ICAR kits to detect cattle diseases
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has successfully developed Elisa diagnostic kits for two dreaded cattle diseases Brucellosis and Infectious Bovine Ehinotracheitis (IBR) which are
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Zeroing in on habitat conservation
Addressing the inaugural session of the three-day conference at Sauraha, Chitwan, some 150 kilometres away from Kathmandu Ministrer for Forests and Soil Conservation, Ananda Prakash Dhungana said
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'Tiger man' Billy rebuts cocktail tales
Billy, 82 who like Joy Adams of Born Free fame raised a tigress cub Tara as a pet, is in the eye of a storm over Tara's progeny having allegedly polluted Indian genes. Conversationists say these
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Focus on increasing output
Upasi cheif: Inaugurating a three-day plantation crop symposium - PLACROSYM XIII, United Planters Association of Southern India (Upasi) president Jacob Thomas said at least a few plantation crops
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MNCs no threat to SMEs in seed business
One way of raising India's agricultural productivity, which stands at an abysmally low 1.6 tonnes per hectare, is to make available high yielding seeds to farmers. Farmers, too, are preferring hybrid
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Difference over CFC phaseout aid
The estimates drawn by industrialised countries and the Indian manufacturers differ on the amount of compensation for phasing out chloroflurocarbons (CFC) in accordance with the Montreal Protocol of
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The hope of clean air
The measures mooted by the Union environment ministry and the Delhi Administration to control pollution in the capital may not amount to a sufficient remedial package for a seemingly insurmountable
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New vaccine carrier developed
An Indian researcher has developed a new vacine carrier by combining the principles of thermoelectric cooling and evaporation of water. The vaccine carrier is, developed by Sujoy K. Guha, professor
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Fishermen to highlight CRZ rule violations
The World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish workers and the National Fishworkers' Forum have decided to launch a nationwide campaign to highlight the rampant violations of the Coastal Regulation
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Expert panel fixed population targets
A report prepared by a committee of five experts for finalising the draft of population policy, to be announced shortly by the new congress (I) government of Rajasthan, has fixed the targets of
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Scalpelless surgery
Operations carried out on pregnant women suffering from mitral valvular diseases is a new stage in Russian endovascular surgery. The operation is carried out under the control of X-ray television and
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US agencies to back ICC's eco efforts
The United States Agency for International Development and the Clean Technology and Environmental Management of the United States Asia Environmental Partnership are collaborating with the Indian
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Plea to ban contraceptives with 'ill' effects
Far from being included into the country's family planning programme, the two injectable contraceptives for women, Net-en and Depo-Provera, should not be allowed in the country, women's groups and
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Labourers warn against sale of Mavoor Grasim
The Grasim Labour Protection Committee today warned that it would not allow the sale of properties and land of the Grasim Industries till the demnds of the labourers were met by the
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Govt lifts ban on unpacked oil
The Delhi Government has lifted the ban on sale of all unpacked edible oils except mustard oil. The exemption, valid for six months, has been made to enable packaging units to create capacity to
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MCD abattoir waste to be converted into useful products
The MCD is now planning to set up a plant which will convert slaughterhouse waste into useful by-products and stop the dumping of such waste into sanitary land fills in the city. In fact, dead
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Green cover shrinks as Forest Dept turns a blind eye
It took less than eight months for unauthorised miners to turn a green land given to the Forest Department by the gram sabha of Rajokri village, in south-west Delhi, into a barren tract. About 70
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Diamond reserves discovered
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) and Mining have, through improvement in mining techniques, discovered diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes, the host rock for diamonds, in parts of Karnataka, Andhra
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Sterlite plant can restart on Dec 26
The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered Sterlite industries (India) Ltd to restart "on an experimental basis" operations at its copper smelter in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu till February 28, 1999.
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IBRD stand on Nagarhole project
The World Bank has ruled that there is no need for further investigation into the complaint of non-compliance of its policies with regard to indigenous people affected by the Bank-funded