Cotton Corporation signs MoU for Punjab seeds
The Cotton Corporation of India(CCI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Punjab State Seeds Corporation for the production of 6,500 quintals of certified seeds of popular
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India Tech'98 to be held in Nairobi
More than 100 Indian companies will participate in the first ever Indain Industrial Technology Exposition "India Tech' 98" to be held in Nariobi from August 13 to
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Coastal boost for Gujarat tourism
Tourism in Gujarat will get a boost with the completion of the coastal development
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50 years of hope lie gnarled, devastated by killer twister
The fruits of perseverence may be sweet but for the horticulturists of Saurashtra and Kutch region in Gujarat. The orchardists who have been nursing their trees for more than half a century now see
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Stringent measures mooted to increase forest cover
The Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, today expressed his Government's firm resolve to check the reduction in forest cover of the coutnry. The latest report of the Forest
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Siberian cranes on the threshold of extinction
Two of the three artifically reared Siberian cranes who had made Keoladeo National Park their home this year and had successfully braved the scorching heat of Bharatpur, have suddenly disappeared.
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Tea workers protest gastro deaths
Hundreds of tea workers from various parts of Assam under the banner of Asom sangrami Chah Shramik sangha today staged protest demonstration in front of Janata Bhawan in view of deaths of hundreds of
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72 pc male jail inmates do not know about AIDS
Study : In what is claimed to be first India study on the spread of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, through the highrisk group of jail inmates , an associate professor of the All India
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Environmentalist honoured
Prof T. N. Khussoo, an eminent environmentalist, today regretted the lack of commitment among the policy-makers to safeguard the environment. He also regretted the failure to develop a strong
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New Project to protect Indian cranes
The decline in the population of the Indian crane, locally known as the Saras, is causing concern among experts who attribute the fall in numbers to increasing fragmentation and encroachment on its
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Delhi unveils flood control steps
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) said on Wednesday that a central flood control room and eight zonal flood control rooms had been set up to monitor the situation and meet any emergency.
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Up in smoke
The tobacco bill almost made it in US senate until the Republicans decided to blow it off : a
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Birth control pills
Women can safely use at home emergency supplies of morning-after pills to prevent pregnancy, a British study concludes. The research, conducted in England, gave women packets of the hormone pills
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Indiscriminate use of USG can create setback in agri sector
Agricultralists and fertilizer experts in Bangladesh urged the farming community to boost agricultural production through the use of environment-friendly fertilizers like Urea Super Granule (USG).
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Panel submets report
The high level technical committee constituted to inquire into the incident where children in Ghaziabad were administered "spurious" Oral Polio Vaccine, has submitted its report to the government.
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Johnson & Johnson drug may pose risks
U.S. federal regulators warned that Johnson & Johnson's popular heartburn durg Propulsid may cause genetically deadly heart-rhythm problems when combined with numerous other medications, and
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FDA gives approval to computer used to find breast cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a computer system that could significantly improve the chances of detecting breast cancer. The machine made by R2 Technology Inc., can analyze
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Pollution on Qomolangma causes concern
The pollution on the highest mountain in the world, Mt. Qomolangma, which was brought about by an increased number of tourists and mountain climbers, has caused public concern. The site was grassland
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Noisy jets to be phased out
The French government, appeasing residents upset at the building of two more runways, set a timetable to phase out noiser jetliners at Charles de Gualle airport in Paris by
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The Parthenium menace
While the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation and the UT Administration are shifting blame on each other for the congress grass menace in the city, the deadly weed is proliferating unchecked, thus