Sawaddi farmers harvest dream goes up in smoke
Numerous incidents of crop fires have led to panic harvesting of the standing crop all over the countryside. A tour of the Ludhiana district of Punjab revealed that the villagers were not willing to
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15 cattle, 5 horses fall to poisonous fodder
In a shocking incident, 15 buffaloes and five horses belonging to the Gujjar families residing in jhuggis along Pakhowal road in the outskirts of Lalton Kalan village in Punjab died after consuming
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Bt cotton protection may cost Rs 5000 p/h
Farmers may have to spend Rs 5000 per hectare to protect their Bt cotton hybrid crops in case pests population exceeds the normal limits. The final evaluation report of the Central Institute for
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BT-less farming
Unfortunately, farmers in Punjab and Haryana have to wait longer to grow Bt cotton as the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee hasn't yet approved mech 195, the variety most suited for these
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Mahyco to launch 6 Bt cotton varieties
Mahyco Monsanto Biotech India Pvt Ltd (MMB) plans to introduce at least half a dozen Bt cotton hybrids in the coming years. MMB is a 50:50 joint venture between Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd
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Vikhe-Patil blasts CM's anti-farmer policies
In a blatant disregard for protocols and conventions, Union minister of state for finance Balasheb Vikhe-Patil who belongs to the Shiv Sena has written a terse letter to Maharashtra chief minister
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New gene may double breast cancer risk
British and Dutch researchers said they had identified a new gene involved in breast cancer, and said having a mutated version can double a woman's risk of the disease. The gene may account for up to
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Diabetes now less painful
People with diabetes the world over need daily doses of insulin to control blood sugar. And that can mean a number of painful and inconvenient injections per day. But there is good news. Researchers
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W.H.O. moves to make AIDS drugs more accessible to poor worldwide
Helping clear the way for Western-style AIDS treatment to reach even rural Africa, the World Health Organization released new guidelines today describing the drug cocktails that work best and the
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Physical inactivity a leading cause of disease and disability warns WHO
Physical inactivity can have serious implications for people's health said the World Health Organisation on the occasion of World Health Day. Approximately 2 million deaths per year are attributed to
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Evaluation of Codex Alimentarius
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched a joint evaluation of FAO and WHO food standards programme, including the Codex Alimentarius, so that
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Recycling sought for PCs in U.S.
Responding to a growing problem of discarded computer equipment, some U.S. manufacturers and local government's have agreed in principle to set up a nationwide recycling program.
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12 jaundice cases reported at Najafgarh
The first jaundice outbreak of this summer in the rural areas of Delhi has come to light ad its is because of the contaminated water supply in the rural belts. Thousands of residents of the
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Students not given mid-day meals
The much publicised scheme of cooked midday meals for students of class 1 to 5 has remained a non-starter and most of the students in the entitled group were either not covered or no provided cooked
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DRDO neem contraceptive gets boost
The Defense Research Development Organisation's project of developing a neem-based contraceptive signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Pune-based National AIDS Research Institute to undertake a
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Andhra pharma city
Andhra Pradesh, which contributes one third of the total pharmaceutical productions in India today, will develop a Pharma city near the port city of Vishakhapatnam at a cost of $ 60 million to
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50,000 medicinal herbs, shrubs to be planted at park
The Haryana Forest Department would plant 50,000 medicinal herbs and shrubs and 11,000 medicinal plants at the Ch. Devi Lal Herbal Nature Park, Yamunanagar, during the current financial year to
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Gurgaon closure notices revoked
The notices served by the Gurgaon Municipal Council last week on industrial units operating in residential areas, directing them to down shutters within three days, may treated as null and void.
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High Court notice on plea against dumping waste
The Madras High Court has ordered notice on a writ petition seeking to restrain the Chennai Corporation from using the lands in Pallikaranai and Thorapakkam villages near the city for storage of
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World Bank denies Orissa govt next tranche of loan
Restoration work in Orissa's super cyclone-afffected areas has received a severe jolt with the World Bank refusing to give the second phase of soft loan of about Rs 600 crore. Nearly 50 per cent of