Indian born patents methods to make bandaging
An Indian born enterpreneur in the US's firm sells wound care material and will hit the market with the biofoods next year. The product that makes Manoj Jain's company hot is Kollagen, brandname for
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Brussels bans antibiotics in animal feed
The European Union faces legal action after its agriculture ministers banned the use of four antibiotics in animal feed amid fears of increasing human resistance to life-saving drugs. Rejecting
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SA asbestos victims can sue in England
The House of Lords gave the go-ahead for five South African asbestos victims to sue their former employer in the English High Court. The Lords, refused permission for Cape, a UK-based multinational,
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Monsanto to auction off cotton seed subsidiary
Life sciences firm, Monsanto Co., may have taken a giant step closer to the Governemnt approval of its deal to acquire cotton seeds maker, Delta & Pine Land Co., with its decision to auction off its
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Turtles abandon Gahirmatha Beach
The concentration of Olive Ridley sea turtles in Orissa's coastal waters has put a question mark on the possibility of test-firing of any missile from a newly constructed defence establishment in an
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Cheap drug to treat Hepatitis-B
An anti-viral drug lamivudine holds promise for treatment of hepatitis-B. The disease's spread has assumed alarming proportions, according to an expert.Lamividine is currently used with other drugs
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US and Canada call a truce as farm trade tensions grow
The US and Canada are expected to announce an agricultural trade agreement aimed at defusing tensions that earlier this year led to a blockade by several US states against Canadian grain and
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Female foeticide on rise in Usilampatti taluk
A two-day consultation programme of NGOs in Chennai has brought to light increasing instances of female foeticide in Usilampatti taluk of Madurai.This has been seen as a direct consequence of misuse
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83 fresh polio cases reported in State
Despite intensive pulse polio immunisation programmes in the state from last three years, 83 fresh cases have been reported in the current year with Gulbarga district, Karnataka alone recording 16
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Successful liver transplant at Apollo
Apollo Hospital in Delhi has conducted its first successful liver transplant and only the second in the country. The 42 year old patient, Bharat Bhusan, has survived the crucial one month period
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Apathy threatens historic skating rink
Pollution and environmental degradation has affected South Asia's only open-air natural ice skating rink in Shimla , as a result of which this unique 78-year-old ice field is threatened. Once, the
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Smog linked to lung cancer in men
Men who live and work in smoggy areas are more susceptible to lung cancer, according to a study published in the journal, Environmetal Health Perspectives. The study , conducted by researchers at
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Bottom trawlers decried as ocean clearcutters
An extremely common industrial fishing method, known as bottom trawling has the same devastating impact on the ocean bottom as clearcutting forests has on the Earth's surface, according to series of
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States asked to expedite land acquisition in GAP
The Centre has asked the state governments to take advance steps for the acquisition of land for the completion of the remaining seven schemes of the first phase of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP).
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IMA demands dengue control committee
The Indian Medical Association today demanded the formation of a high-powered dengue disease control committee headed by the Prime Minister and heads of all ministries which have civic involvement.
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High Court to consider validity of smokers' case
The legal test case being brought by 53 lung cancer victims against Imperial Tobacco and Gallaher, makers of 80 per cent of the cigarettes sold in UK, returns to the High Court for a hearing that
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Acknowledging the need to keep forestry green
Prodded by environmental pressure groups and impelled by tougher legislation, forestry companies have made great strides in reducing the ecological impact of their activities during the past decade
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Costs threaten EU farm reform plans, says watchdog
The cost of European Union plans to reform farm policy could be higher than predicted and could put "the whole reform at risk", according to the EU's financial watchdog. The report by the European
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Increasing in asthma cases due to rising levels of pollution
The number of asthma cases reported in the city hospitals has been increasing level in the city showed a rise, according to studies by Dr. J. N. Pandey, head of the department of medicine in the All
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China in shift on state health
China aims to start dismantling a subsidised healthcare system for statesector workers from January, replacing it with a nationwide medical insurance plan, a move that could reduce sales by foreign