New drug to cure cancer discovered
US scientists are excited by preliminary tests on mice that show that an experimental cancer treatment can kill tumours by cutting off supply to their blood stream, US media reports said on Monday. A
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Malaysian haze problem may worsen
Malaysia's environment minister has warned that the haze caused by plumes of smoke rising from blazing forests in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia could worsen in the coming weeks, a newspaper said on
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Incentives demanded for shifting polluting units
Industrialists have called for simplification of procedures, including single-window clearances and allotment of land at 50 per cent of the prevailing rates, to speed up relocation of polluting units
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J&K officials fet notice for felling trees
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, issued show cause contempt notice for initiating proceedings against two officers of the Jammu & Kashmir Government and the Managing Director of a private firm for
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Cows die of polythene bags
Hundreds of cows have died in Jaipur after eating polythene bags left by residents. The menace of plastic bags - one of the fallouts of modern-day living - is threatening the bovine population of the
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Plan to ban import of animals for experiment
The committee for the purpose of control and supervision of animals for experimental purposes plans to ban import of animals for experiment. The committee is attached to the Ministry of Environment
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A cure for cancer ? Elated doctors cautiously point to healthy mice
Within a year, if all goes well, the first cancer patient will be injected with two new drugs that can eradicate any type of cancer, with no obvious side effects and no drug resistance-in mice. The
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AIDS soars in Burma heroin users
So many young Burmese are injecting heroin that some medical exeprts say Burma has the world's highest rate of HIV infection and AIDS contracted from AIDS needles. By 1994, the Global Program on AIDS
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Clean-up of toxic spill gets under way in Spain
Workers began a massive clean up in the aftermath of toxic waste spill that has created one of Spain's worst ecological disasters. The owner of the mine, the Canadian-Swedish conglomerate Boliden
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Alternative care
Buyer beware : Studies have shown that patients make more visits each year to alternative care practitioners than to primary care physicians, and most of them pay out of their pockets for the care
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Chocoholics take note
Beloved bean in peril : An unusual alliance of manufacturers and environmental groups has formed to try to prevent a shortage of chocolate. Cocoa farms around the globe are failing, under siege from
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Greenpeace issues dire warning to world governments at biodiversity conservation
Greenpeace warned the world's environment ministers about the disaster-in-waiting for global biological diversity if immediate action is not taken to protect biodiversity. Government environmental
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Big fishing boats threaten fish stocks and jobs alike
Greenpeace released a report detailing the expansion of the capacity, or fishing power, of the world's industrial fishing fleet over the past few years. The report "Assessment of the World's Fishing
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ADB approves US$900,000 grant
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance grant of $900,000 to assist the Nepalese government to undertake institutional reforms in the agriculture sector in line with the
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Japan, South Korea recommit to resolving fisheries dispute
Japan and South Korea are moving towards settlement of their fisheries dispute by autumn, when Kim Dae-Jung will pay his first visit to Japan as South Korean
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Chemical in plastic tableware becomes focus of health fears
Makers of plastic tableware are on the defensive as concern arises over the health threat posed by them. The reason for the safety concerns is that the plastic tableware is made with polycarbonate,
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Organic produce certification sought from U.S. agencies
Japanese farmers, food processors and wholesalers are rushing to get certification from U.S. organizations that designate agricultural produce as organic, before the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
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Gene therapy shows promise in treating type of diabetes
A promising new strategy of gene therapy for the treatment of diabetes has been developed by a trans-Pacific research team including scientists from Yokohama City University, Mt. Sinai School of
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Whales to get a little help from above
Whale saving has reached the final frontier. A one-time cosmologist and now professor at Chiba Institute of Technology has received the go ahead to use satellites to trace the migration of whales.
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- US will continue to import shrimps from 39 nations despite WTO ruling
The United States said on Monday that it will continue to import shrimps from 39 nations that meet a US law protecting sea turtles, a measures the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last month said