TN fish workers want shark ban lifted
The fishworkers groups of Tamil Nadu, who are planning to form a secular political forum under the National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF), want the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to
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Sharp decline in world rhino population
The wildlife parks of North East India are sanctuaries for some of the world's most exotic plants and animals including one-horned rhino which is still struggling for existence owing to poaching,
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Government will act against illegal bauxite mining
The Maharashtra state government will take action against illegal bauxite mining in a 30 sq. km plot in Satara reserved for windmill developers by the Maharashtra Energy Development
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Dairy Worries
The new milk procurement policy of the Maharashtra government will affect the livelihood of farmers working in the dairy
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Paradise lost
A combination of natural and man created problems takes a heavy toll on the winged creatures of Keoladev National
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Bhagidari for sanitation
Having successfully launched the "Bhagidari" scheme in the power and water sectors, Delhi's Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, now plans to extend it to other areas like construction and maintenance of
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Reforming agri sector
Even as the wind of ongoing reforms is blowing through various sectors of economy, a complaint is that they have not focussed sufficiently on what needs to be done for agriculture. The development
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Suicide by Andhra Pradesh farmers : NHRC intervention sought
Expressing concern over the suicides by cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh, the Human Rights Council, Visakhapatnam, has sought the intervention of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to direct
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PMO finds NACO draft on AIDS 'vague'
The country's first National AIDS control policy draft, four years in the making, is presently awaiting Cabinet approval, but getting to this penultimate stage has been a tough, and sometimes
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Move planned to curb femicide
In order to check illegal abortions and streamline legal abortions, the Union Health Ministry has proposed amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The need for amending certain
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Immunisation campaign
The outbreak of pneumonic plague in a particular locality of Himachal Pradesh and its effective containment bring out in bold letters what an adequate public health policy can achieve even in a big
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2 more succumb to suspected monkey fever
Two more patients died of the suspected monkey fever in the Honnavar taluk, of Karnataka increasing the death toll to six. Few others showing similar symptoms are being treated at the Sharda Nursing
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Abortion law to be amended
The Union Cabinet today decided to amend the abortion law to decentralise the system of registering abortion clinics. The move is designed to encourage establishment of quality abortion clinics and
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Ban on eye camps in open
The Union Government has banned eye cataract surgeries in schools, dharamshalas, clubs and other open places with immediate effect. Instructions to this effect have been sent by the Union Ministry of
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TB, asthma cases increasing in Jayru
While poor civic conditions and inadequate health services have been the bane of the majority of villages in Faridabad, there are some villages which have virtually become hubs of some life
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Cell separators in blood banks shortly
Delhi government hospitals will soon have automatic cell separates in their blood banks. The equipment does not allow wastage of various components of blood like the red blood cells, plasma and
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Plans to create bird sanctuary
A wildlife safari and a bird sanctuary in Delhi! While this may sound strange considering the Capital's struggle with urban growth, Delhi Development Authority has drawn up plans for creating such a
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Newly discovered European corals need protection
Scientists from the UK, France and Norway are calling for immediate controls to stop destructive fishing practices in the northeast Atlantic, where rare cold-water coral reefs are being reduced to
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New virus in monkeys sparks AIDS origin debate
An international team of researchers has identified a new virus called SIV (for simian immunodeficiency virus) in a species of monkey from Cameroon, relaunching the debate on the origin of AIDS
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A step forward in the AIDS vaccine dance
The week began with a setback: a report that a planned $80 million trial of a promising vaccine, Aventis Pasteur's ALVAC, had been scrapped. The experiment wasn't dropped because the vaccine's a