Doctor gets AIDS, hospital unmoved
The first Indian doctor to have got infected with AIDS virus has been forced to go underground. This brilliant gold medalist, a chief resident doctor in King George's Medical Colldge in Lucknow,
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Scientific management of wastes needed
Mr. S.S. Boparai, Union Secretary, Ministry of Coal, has called upon the urban local bodies, industrial organisations, private entrepreneurs, individuals and non-governmental organisations to take an
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Medal for Eastman Kodak
Eastman Kodak Company has won the 1999 Gold Medal for International Corporate Environmental Achievement, according to The World Environment Centre. The presentation will be made on May 21, 1999, in
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Your next car could be green
The world's major authomakers have demonstrated that the technology exists to being the next generation or electric, fuel cell and hybrid vehicles to the consumer market and a non-profit organisation
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Draft guidelines to protect environment
The ACPF, a premier non-governmental organisation engaged in the field of sustainable development, peace and stability in the Asian region and worldwide for the past 17 years, has prepared a draft of
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Farmers' suicides due to crop failure
study: A survey conducted by a study group has established that suicides by farmers in Maharashtra during the last cropping season were indeed related to failure of crops, mainly cotton. The study
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Elephants threaten N-E airports
Two of the North East's most crucial airports are under threat of attack by wild elephant herds, forcing the Assam Government to seek permission from the Centre to catch 20 wild
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Sterlite case hearing deferred
The Madras High Court, which ordered the interim closure of Sterlite Industries 100,000 tonne per annum smelter, has deferred a hearing due to take place today, a court official
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585 gastro deaths this year
Kalita: The Health Minister, Dr Kamala kalita informed the Assam State Assembly that so far this year 585 persons have died of gastroenteritis in the state, of which, 354 died in the tea
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Spacecraft blasts off to probe Mars secrets
An unmanned spacecraft blased off on Friday, headed for Mars on a mission to probe the planet's frigid atmosphere and rugged landscape for signs of water, a key ingredient of life. NASA's Mars
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Quake in Kabul, five killed
Residents of this war-weary capital leapt from their beds and ran from their homes on early Saturday as a moderate intensity earthquake shook the city, killing five people and wounding seven others.
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In India, a simple solution to a burning problem
The kind of kitchen stove that now in early sixties, had used all cooking life can produce indoor pollution levels four to five times higher than the levels found outside in such heavily polluted
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Genetic cotton
farmers' protest may cause setback to research: The attack by Karnataka farmers on Monsanto's genetically engineered cotton crop may cause a serious setback to research on developing new food crops
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Villagers near Tarapur industrial belt reel under ecological disaster
An ecological disaster is taking place in these villages on the outskirs of Mumbai. For the last 10 years, people living near the Tarapur industrial belt have not been able to use their wells. The
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Tiger reserve at Pench proposed, says Prabhu
Conflicting views are being expressed about the tiger safari project at the Borivli National Park which was inaugurated by Shiv Sean chief Bal Thackeray. Six tigers have been brought from different
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No terminator gene in Bollgard cotton seeds
Field trials of Bollgard cotton varieties by the American-based multi-national company Monsanto inthe State is not related to the much feared "terminator gene" which prevents the use of second
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Conference on land salinity opens
Dr. R.S. Paroda, Director-General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education has said that over 1.5 billion people in the world do not
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Satellite network sans earth station
A satellite network, devoid of conventional terrestrial relay stations for data transmission to increase the speed of transmission, will invade the sky by 2003. The network, comprising several
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Compulsory licensing sought by drug firms
The domestic pharmaceuticals industry has demanded compulsory licensing clause to safeguard consumer interests and a definition to ascertain the novelty value of "new molecules" in the wake of
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Microcredit, a tool to fight poverty
The third global conference of the International Netwok of Alternative Financial Institutions (INAFI) which concluded recently, has reiterated that microcredit is the most powerful tool to fight