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Wheatgrass, a simple kitchen ingredient, is now a favourite of the allopaths for its antioxidant properties.
Wheatgrass, a simple kitchen ingredient, is now a favourite of the allopaths for its antioxidant properties.
Nepal has decided to ban bottled drinks in the Mount Everest region from Monday to keep the area near the world's highest peak clean and pollution free, an official said.
The Federal Government of Australia is trying to water down the United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples after attacks on the UN initiative by the One Nation Leader, Mrs
The often-fatal hepatitis C virus is running rampant through some sections of the community, posing one of the greatest threats to public health in recent years in Australia. While Australian health
A conservation park for endangered white-flag dolphins in central Hubei province appealed for aid yesterday after floods severely damaged its facilities. Zhang Hong, in charge of the Beinianyuan
Sulphur dioxide emission at the Mae Moh power plant in Thailand which caused hundreds of people to suffer respiratory and other ailments was the result of desulphurisation failure, plant officials
Ranbaxy Laboratories wants the government to exempt all drugs manufacturered in the country from price control, subject to the condition that the drug is manufactured by at least two producers and no
Why is it you can't remember where you put your car keys but you can't forget the theme song to the Brady Bunch? Scientists have taken a big step toward solving the mystery, literally peering inside
Could tbe off-season tomato, which had raked in incomes of up to Rs 45,000 per bigha to growers this season, spell disaster for them in the years to come? Farm scientists were near-unanimous in
The Delhi High Court today upheld the transfer of a portion of the Bailadila mines (11-B) to a private party -- the Bailadila Mineral Development Company Limited in which the Mittal group holds 89%
More than 1,000 Japanese companies had acquired the ISO 14001 certification by the end of June, giving Japan the world's largest number of companies with the hallmark of eco-friendly management,
The mid-day meal programme introduced all over the country a few years ago by the Centre , is likely to come to a grinding halt in Orissa as the Food Corporation of India has stopped supply of
Multi-coloured plastic carrybags will soon be out: Only black and white carrybags, which use good quality plastic, will be allowed. A report of the task force constituted by the Central government
After a gruelling battle against adverse weather conditions, rescue teams succeeded in finding only 33 survivors and fishing out 24 bodies at Malpa, the site of the landslide tragedy in Pithoragarh
The Haryana government sought to wash its hands off the allegation of huge discharge of industrial waste in the Yamuna through in the state. Arguing on a petition, seeking Delhi High Court directions
The Delhi High Court issued notices, among others to the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Police, on a petition seeking ban of trade of human hair, also involving its burning at its
Concerned about the decline in tiger population of the country, the ministry of environment and forests started a tiger control room in the capital. The control room is eqipped with Internet facility
Some 2.50 lakh people become mentally handicapped in Bangladesh every year for iodine deficiency as the iodisation drive failed to make a dent in the crippling public health hazard. A recent survey
The Drug Control Department has initiated punitive action against 16 pharmaceutical firms for manufacturing substandard drugs and violating various other sections of the Drug and Cosmetics Act of
"Historic evidence shows that Basmati is a distinctive cultivar developed by the farmers of India and Pakistan at least 250 years ago, and grown in many parts in these countries ever since," says Dr