Hurricane horror toll soars to 7000
Devastated Honduras appealed for help and set a curfew to stop looters while rescuers throughout Central America continued to dig for up to 7000 dead after one of the century's most destructive
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Uncommon rat urine disease kills eight, hospitalises 100
At least eight people have died in recent weeks from an uncommon rat urine disease which has landed 100 others in hospital. Leptospirosis cases have been reported throughout Phrae, but mostly in Rong
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Pollution level in sector I-10 alarming
The ministry of environment, local government and rural development has reported to the government of Pakistan that air pollution in Sector I-10 and its surrounding areas of Islamabad has increased
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US eco agency offers solution to Tirupur pollution
The United States-Asia Environment Partnership (US-AEP) is making efforts to link the technology and expertise available with the US environment technology companies ot solve the pollution problems
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Gene piracy
An ethical battle rages as protestors scour the globe to find-and profit from-organisms that could cure some of the world's worst diseases : a
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Children dying due to Mitch infections
Young children are increasingly falling victim to infections in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, the Honduran health minister said on Sunday, amid growing fear of major epidemics in Central
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Medical dept blamed for deaths due to malaria
Nizamabad district collector RM Gonela has blamed the medical staff for the spread of Malaria in Yellampeta of Machareddy mandal and surrounding six lambada hamlets where the disease claimed 13 lives
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370 cases of malaria reported in Bharuch dist
Some 370 cases of vivex and falciparum malaria have been reported from 10 villages in Vagra taluka of Bharuch in Ahmedabad during the lat fortnight. However, no casualty has been reported so far. The
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Gujarat, Andhra invited to WB green meet
The World Bank has invited Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh for a critical conference it has convened in Paris next week where it will unveil the findings of a study it had commissioned on environment for
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Lack of marketing strategies discourage organic cotton growing in country.
Organically grown cotton is evincing much interest though it currently accounts for only a fraction of the total amount of cotton consumed in the country. Indian farmers have started tuning to
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Herbal extracts can cause infertility in men
A range of commonly used herbal medicines might trigger anti-fertility effects in men, experts attending the Natinal Congress on Andrology and Reproductive Medicine at Calcutta revealed. In separate
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EU and US explore solution to hormones dispute
The European Union and US are exploring ways of replacing the $118m sanctions imposed by Washington in the dispute over US hormone-treated beef with compensation the Europe, according to EU
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Hurricane toll exceeds 10,500
Planeloads of food, medical personnel, sniffer dogs and even demining teams have arrived in Central America as the international community pledged $115 million to help victims of this region's worst
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Recycled polythene bags for food banned
The Centre has decided to ban use of recycled polythene bags for carrying food items and imposed certain specifications for their manufacture, the Delhi High Court was told today. The Central
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No to plastics
First it was the Shimla Municipal Corporation which had banned the use of the plastic disposables in some parts of the city. Now its is the turn of the Indian Railways to re-enact the same. The Union
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Farmers' woes
A Punjab Government study reveals that there has been a spurt in the suicides in Punjab following the end of terrorism-related violence in 1992-93 . The suicide rate is the highest among the
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World bid to save 15 'canned' lions
The lion man of Africa, Gareth Patterson, was forced to step in and saved 15 lions which he claimed were sold for canned in lion hunting at Pandane Game Farm in Mozambique. The lions are expected to
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TN farmers threaten to stop cutting cane
Sugarcane farmers in Tamil Nadu, under the auspices of Tamil Nadu Farmers Association, may launch a 'stop cane cutting' agitation, demanding a hike in the state-advised procurement price for
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Laser combats cancer
Russian researchrs have engineered a set of devices for photodynamic therapy and fluorescent diagnosis of malignant tumours. Photodynamic therapy is prescribed at earlier stages of skin cancer, oral
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Actual number of arsenic-hit tubewells yet to be ascertained
Actual number of arsenic-affected tubewells is yet to be ascertained in the district of Bangladesh though a programme costing Tk 18 crore has been taken up with the financial assistance of Japanese