Geneva AIDS meet targets wealth gap
Organisers of the 12th Annual World AIDS conference marked the official opening on Sunday with a call for greater emphasis on the use of resources already available in the fight against the deadly
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Govt told to take stock of famine hit dists
The Supreme Court issued a directive to the Nepal government requiring the executive to take stock of food shortage and public health situation in the famine-affected areas of mid-western mountain
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Mango hopper plays villain in HP
Fungal diseases like powdry mildew and an insect, (belonging to genus amritodus and idioscopus) commonly called mango hopper, and unseasonal windstorms had taken a heavy toll of this year's
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New breed of pest-proof plant in offing
A new type of genetically engineered plant may hold the key to providing farmers with pest-free fields, researchers have said.The new breed of plants would emit a toxin that would kill insects that
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Thailand developing drought-resistant rice
Thailand, the world's top rice exporter, is in the process of developing drought-resistant rice and expects the strain to be ready for commercial use in five years, a senior Agriculture Ministry
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Illegal logging on as rangers go on strike
Nepal Rangers Association (NRA), whose members went on a relay hunger strike, announced that the strike will continue. And as the rangers continue their indefinite strike, there has been a sudden
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New tobacco Bill planned
US House Republicans have laid out plans for a tobacco Bill that bears little resemblance to the $516-billion tobacco killed by the Senate last week.Republicans said the House bill would not try to
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'Green drive' from July 2
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will launch a 'Green Delhi Campaign' from July 2. The campaign which has been scheduled to coincide with the expected first spell of monsoon in the Capital, will
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Leaded petrol phased out by 2005
Leaded petrol is to be phased out across much of the developed world by the year 2005 in a bid to help cut atmospheric emissions of toxic heavy metals. Twenty-eight European countries, the US and
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Pain free injections
US researchers have developed a way to take the pain out of injections. Their technique relies on anarray of 'microneedles' - each much thinner than a human hair. The array only penetrates the
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21 die in China floods, toll 620
At least 21 people have been killed and more than 100,000 stranded as torrential rains flooded many parts of southern China's Guangdong province, the state media reported on Saturday.The deaths
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Herbicides could treat malaria
European and US scientists have discovered that a group of parasites responsible for human diseases such as malaria share a metabolic pathway essentialto the survival of many plants. The finding
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MRI can detect congenital anomalies of the brain
The application of magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) technology in medical science has been the biggest step forward in the field of radiology since the use of X-ray. According to a paper presented by
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A new method to help infertile women
Gynaecologists in Jabalpur, have used a non-surgical method to clear blocked fallopian tubes of infertile women thereby helping them to have babies in the normal way instead of having to go through
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Russia space officials lobby to save Mir
Russian space officials on Friday lobbied for the ageing Mir station, warning it could hurtle to Earth without proper funding and would represent a giant leap backward for mankind if retired
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Wider use of RPR drug backed
The US Food and Drug Administration gave its approval for the expanded use of the anti-cancer agent taxotere, according to its manufacturer Rhone-Poulenc Rohrer, the pharmaceuticals subsidiary of
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SOHO spacecraft observations interrupted
Ground controllers lost contact with the NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft June 24 during maintenance
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Ministry issues notification to check flyash menace
In order to check the growing menace of coal-ash flying into people's faces and adding to air pollution, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) has brought out a notification which bars
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Mehta for green courts with HC powers in states
Noted environmentalist and Magsaysay award winner M C Mehta has favoured setting up environment courts in all states to deal with green issues. The environment courts should have the status of high
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Airborne emissions to be cut
Thirty-two nations from across Europe and North America agreed to slash airborne emissions from three heavy metals and ban or limit 16 of the world's most dangerous chemicals. The legally binding