Thais get chance to bite back at crocodiles
Crocodiles have a foul reputation in Thailand its folk history replete with tales of the fearsome reptiles gobbling humans. Now Thais will have a chance to bite back at the crocs. Thai supermarkets
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Fishes depleting due to disease, pollution
Various species of delicious fish are depleting in Bangladesh due to over exploitation, pollution,diseases and illegal fishing, experts told an international workshop in Dhaka reports UNB. They said
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Karnataka to set up farm export zones
The Karnataka government has approached the Centre for clearance to set up five agri-export zones to exploit the growing markets for gerkins, rose onions, bananas, grapes and pomegranate. This is in
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In lab trials, vaccines seem to keep AIDS virus in check
AIDS researchers have described several experiment vaccines that don't prevent HIV infection, but apparently enable laboratory animals to lead more or less healthy lives after they acquire the virus.
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NHRC notice to Gujarat Govt.
The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Gujarat Government asking it to file a report on the toxic gas leakage in Jamnagar which is causing serious health problems to the one
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Rajammal Devadas wins top nutrition award
A scientist from Coimbatore, Dr. Rajammal P. Devadas, won the International Nutrition Award for 2001 from the International Union of Nutrition Sciences (IUNS) at the 17th International Congress of
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Heart study blames the male lifestyle
Women are less likely to die from heart disease than men, not because they are protected by female sex hormones but because men are more vulnerable to lifestyle risks such as dietary fat, researchers
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World bank to probe conduct of economist after critical article.
The World bank has launched a disciplinary investigation into the conduct of one of its most published economists, William Easterly, after printed in the Financial Times. In it he said the $1000bn
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CAG finds anomalies in BPL identification
In the wake of central government's order with regard to identification of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the state which was again followed by a similar Supreme Court direction; the
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Fish washed ashore in Kuwait
More than 2000 tonnes of dead fish have been washed ashore in Kuwait in an unexplained, mouth-long phenomenon that has left a bustling fish market deserted and thousands out of work.
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Cabinet approves Rs 10000 cr scheme for food security.
Following the Prime minister's August 15 announcement, the Union cabinet approved a Rs 10000 crore programme to provide employment opportunities and food security in rural areas. Essentially a
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Forest Dept takes up afforestation programme
The Department of Forest has taken up a massive afforestation programme across the country to maintain ecological balance, a press release of the department said. The department implemented 23
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In search of stem cells
The sudden attention followed the announcement by the U.S. National Institutes of Health that CyThera has more stem-cell colonies-nine-than anyone else in the United States. Fear that it would be
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Cancer death rate high but falling
Cancer death rates are falling in Victoria and nationally but cancer is still the major cause of death in Australia, figures released yesterday show. The figures, released by the Anti-Cancer Council
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Regular, light cigarettes the same : Witness.
A witness who has studied smoking for decades testified that regular cigarettes and those touted as light are essentially are no safe than any other kind. Jack Henningfield, a consultant from
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South Africa's biggest killer.
AIDS has become South Africa's biggest single killer, the country's Medical Research Council reports in a study made public. calculating that 40 percent of the deaths of those aged between 15 and 49
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Japan contains impact of diseased cow
The dairy cow suspected of having Japan's first case of a deadly brain-wasting disease was used to produce feed intended for other animals, an Agriculture Ministry official said. However, the
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Typhoon Nari hits Taiwan
At least 48 people have died and 22 are listed as missing after typhoon Nari caused havoc in northern Taiwan with the biggest floods in a century, officials said on
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Aids named as South Africa's biggest killer
Aids has become the biggest single cause of death in South Africa, according to a report by the country's medical Research Council(MRC). Last year 40 per cent of adult deaths and 25 per cent of total
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Manipur dist reels under kala-azar
A special team of the Manipur health department has rushed to the far-flung Monlom area of Churachandpur district, located in the south-western part of the State, to take up efforts on a war-footing