India allows sowing of three gene cotton hybrids
India said it had allowed production of three genetically modified cotton hybrids by a private company which has U.S. biotechnology giant Monsanto as its partner. This is the first genetically
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Greens lament depleting forests, public apathy
The story sounded familiar, even Mumbai's quandary over growing slums and shrinking open spaces. Except this saga was about tribals who had encroached on protected forest land. When forest officers
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Ponda locals up-in-arms over move to cut garden trees
Barely days after the controversial move to cut the trees at Campal in Panjim, Goa was shelved following public outcry, the municipal garden in Ponda is now threatened with a similar fate and for a
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Tuberculosis menace
It is a crying shame that a nation that has barged into the club of states with nuclear weapons and is putting space vehicles in orbit is also confronted with an enormous tuberculosis menace. Quite
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Gates Foundation funds 'swindled'
Funds allocated for propagating awareness on the dreaded disease Hepatitis B were allegedly embezzled by medical authorities in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. The Bill Gates Foundation had
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Novartis gains US approval for dairy cattle vaccine
Swiss drugs group Novartis said its recently acquired U.S. vaccine firm ImmTech Biologics has won a conditional license in the United States to use Treponema Bacterin, a vaccine preventing so-called
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Norms for contract farming by firms soon
In an attempt to ensure a ready market for agricultural produce, the government is working on guidelines for contract farming by corporates. The guidelines, which will not be mandatory, are being
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Himachal gets Rs. 15.15 crore more as special grant
The Union Government has sanctioned an additional Rs. 15.15 crores as special grant under the Border Area Development Programme for the current
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Committee moots bill on water, land, trees
The select committee on the Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Bill, 2001, headed by Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Pocharam Srinivas Reddy tabled its report in the Assembly on
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Plantation drive by SCCL in vacant sites
The Singareni collieries company limited(SCCL) has taken up on an experimental basis plantation of bamboo and rubber in its vacant sites in Andhra
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One year jail for keeping black buck skin
A local court of the Hoshangabad district has sentenced a person to one year of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 500 on the charge of keeping the skin of black
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Nod for Bt cotton path-breaking
Six years after 100 grams of genetically-modified (GM) cottonseed (Bt cotton containing gene from a bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis) was imported for the first-ever trial cultivation of a GM crop,
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Commercial release of Bt cotton approved
India today opened its doors to genetically modified(GM) crops by granting approval for the commercial release of three varieties of transgenic cotton seeds manufactured by the Maharashtra based seed
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Arsenic linked to arterial diseases
Long term exposure to arsenic, a common groundwater contaminant in some areas, has been linked to heart attacks, strokes and diseased arteries. For the first time, researchers report a strong, dose
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Study: Aspirin no heart attack panacea
A new study suggests that some people who take aspirin to ward off heart attacks may not be getting all the benefits they thought they were. The study in an issue of the journal Circulation found
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Proper monitoring of TB outlets proposed
The WHO and other international agencies working for elimination of tuberculosis have registered their concern regarding lack of standardisation of pharmaceuticals used under national tuberculosis
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Diabetes on the rise
The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Pakistan have so far registered more than 9000 patients affected by diabetes and its complications.
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Mosquito threat from used tyres
Colonies of aggressive, potentially disease carrying mosquitoes could have arrived in Britain in used car tyres without public health authorities knowing anything about it, scientists have warned.
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Wockhardt recast of Rhein Biotech venture complete
Wockhardt Ltd. has said that it has completed the restructuring of its joint venture with Rhein Biotech GmbH, called Wockhardt Rhein Biopharm. According to a press release, the company said that it
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Lupin anti-TB drugs in single tablet
Anti-TB drug manufacturer Lupin Ltd. has introduced AKuriT, a customised therapy for TB patients of all weight categories. A simplified therapy, as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines