Joshi justifies refusal of aid
Union Human Resource Development, Minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi today justified the Centre's decision to refuse Rs 12 million Japanese aid for cyclone victims of Gujarat amidst trade sanctions
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Cost curbs use by Germany
Viagra, the drug for treating male impotence, will not be available for patients in Germany through the nation's statutory health insurance system. A federal government committee of doctors and
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In Yellowstone, wrestling nature
A debate is raging in Yellowstone National Park around a policy known as natural regulation. This is the 30th anniversary of its inception, and natural regulation has grown to encompass a broader
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Deadly grip of AIDS is devastating American blacks
Seventeen years after AIDS was identified as a deadly disease among gay white men in New York and San Francisco, the disease is becoming an epidemic largely among black people in the United
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New baby boom surpasses the first
Sometime within last year, the number of children in the United States rose beyond the peak of the post-World War II baby boom, signalling a new demographics-driven reordering of social, economic and
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Apocalypse not
For most private computers, the notorious Year 2000 glitch won't be the end of the world. For Washington, however, it could be a disaster. The U.S. government is dramatically and perhaps dangerously
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WB sanctions $300 m loan for women's project
The World Bank has approved a $ 300 million loan for a women and child development project in Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh aimed at reducing the number of infant,
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Bureaucracy hinders efforts to go green
The Chief Minister has appealed to people to plant trees. Try planting one in your neighbourhood public park and you will know how serious the government is about its tree plantation drives. Chances
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Security Council tackles question of rapid rise of children soldiers
As a measure of how dramatically the face of modern warfare has changed in the last decade, the Security Council has spent a day debating the rapid increase in the number of child soldiers worldwide
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EU agrees to cut farm subsidies
After four days of contentious talks, European Union agriculture ministers reached agreement on a wide ranging package of agricultural reforms aimed at trimming Europe's bulging farm
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Brussels to smoke out cannabis growers
The European Union is to crack down on rogue farmers claiming subsidies from the Common Agricultural Policy to grow
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Natural defences to be used against erosion
The UK government is to scale back its attempts to stop Britain falling into the sea, by switching resources form rebuilding sea walls to creating "natural defences" like shingle beaches and salt
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AIDS scientists tackling the ultimate goal
a cure : At this week's 12th World AIDS Conference held in Geneva, researchers talked of plans for going the next step. Their intention : Rid the body of HIV completely or reduce it so drastically
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A sound advance for early warning of bone disease
Early and accurate detection of osteoporosis, a bone thinning disease that affects 200m people worldwide, was developed by Myriad Ultrasound of Israel. The system, SoundScan, uses standard
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Ericsson to launch 'world phone'
Mobile phone users who encounter frustration when their handsets fail to work on the other side of the Atlantic, may soon have a solution to their troubles. A new "world phone" allowing subscribers
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Task force report on environment and human settlements presented to Secretary-General
Another important milestone in the reform of the United Nations has been passed with the presentation of the report of the United Nations Task Force on the Environment and Human Settlements to
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Scientists have shot at genetically engineered vaccine
The first HIV vaccine trial to take place in Africa is ready to go ahead in Uganda, according to Donald Burke, a vaccine expert with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). The trial, which
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Glaxo HIV drug aims to beat side effects
Glaxo Wellcome, the UK pharmaceuticals company, presented clinical trial data for abacavir, an HIV drug submitted last week to US, Canadian and European authorities for approval. Glaxo, which was
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PM demanded fewer rules on meat hygiene
Confidential documents released by the inquiry into BSE show that John Major, as prime minister demanded that there should be less regulation of the meat industry at a time when controls to protect
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Ban on hunting wild animals
The Bangladesh government has imposed a complete ban on hunting of wild animals and birds in the next five years for the protection of environment and bio-diversity in the