Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
In a bid to protect its beef exportsthe Argentine government concealed an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease for monthsaccording to media reports. This disclosure was followed by an immediate ban of Argentine beef by the usthe European Union and other countries. The country's agriculture minister and the head of the …
Renewable energy is fast becoming the buzz word in the international power sector. Countries in Europe, in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, are moving towards use of power produced from renewable sources like wind. Wind power is an attractive proposition for India
It was Henry Ford who invented the assembly line system of manufacturing automobiles and today the car is a victim of its own success. Therefore it is not surprising that Europe is stricken by a crisis, which is the result of the factory-like food production techniques adopted in the Continent …
the oil industry held its annual jamboree, Petrotech in January 2001, in New Delhi. The conference focussed on the technology used for refining fuel. Little time was spent discussing the role of fuel quality in reducing emissions. Immediately after, a workshop on
European beef has been banned in Argentina. Fearing the spread of spongiform encephalopathy (bse), Argentina has banned the import of European beef, lamb, mutton and any products containing such meat. The ban does not include pork, poultry or meat from other animals. The government said that the people must be …
Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (fda) has imposed a ban on the imports of beef from several European nations, including Portugal, France, Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany to prevent the spread of the mad cow disease. The ban, however, does not include dairy products that are certified to be …
high levels of the cancer-causing dioxin have been found in European seafood. A new report of the European Union (eu) says that fish oil and fish meal have maximum level of dioxins and other toxins. The levels of contamination of seafood from the European regions are eight times higher than …
sperm density among residents of the us and Europe is on the decline, says a recent analysis of 101 studies from 28 different countries, published between 1938 and 1996. But the analysis finds no decline in the sperm density in the
Developing countries now account for half of all anti-dumping actions, states a recent report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Between 1995 and 1999, which were the first five years of operation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), developing nations accounted for 47 per cent of …
a debate is brewing in Europe over the creation of human embryos for stem-cell research. A report recently suggested that European Commission's ( ec ) approval to such practices would be a "premature' decision. The report was prepared by a 12-member European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies …
a loan of us $215 million will be granted to Ukraine by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The loan will help Ukraine build its two nuclear power stations, Khmelnytsky-2 and Rivne-4. A few environmental pressure groups allege that ERBD has bowed down to pressure from Ukraine, which …
Romantic Rhine Salmon returns to the Rhine after decades of absence from the "biggest sewer of Europe" "I love rivers, carrying ideas as well as goods... of all rivers I most love the Rhine," said Victor Hugo (1839). But if the famous French author was to visit the Rhine 130 …
The Rhine flows through one of the most heavily industrialised belts in the world. It flows through countries that have had a very long and bloody history of hostility
the book is truly an international effort, both in terms of contributors as well as the content. With articles authored from various parts of the world, the book documents rainwater harvesting systems and efforts to conserve water across the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and America. As in the …
almost a decade after the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( bse ) or mad cow disease was detected in Britain in 1989, the French government was once again forced to ban meat and bone-meal in all animal feed as a precaution against the disease. The disease, which was …
Scientists at Free University in Berlin have for the first time manipulated single molecules using a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM). STMs are instruments used to study the structure of materials. In the experiment, researchers started with several iodabenzene molecules on a copper substrate. Then using the tip of the STM …
Sahashradhara, Dehradun, India. A soft drink shop greets thousands of tourists at this confluence of a thousand streams. So what's the big deal? Well, its just that the shop is located right inside a microhydel powerhouse that supplied electricity to three nearby villages for over four years. Two year ago, …
As the world wakes up to a depleting finite sources of power like coal and the growing opposition to big dams, countries all over the world with water resources and difficult areas to electrify are opting for the community mode of electricity generation and distribution. "Today, a confluence of technological, …
