Across the world, attempts at regulating the processes and products of recombinant DNA technologies, including genetically modified organisms (GMOs) had their origins in the famous Asilomar Conference in 1975.
Of the 18 valid species of Cryptosporidium (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from fish, reptiles, birds and mammals reported from different parts of the world, seven species are known to be emerging gastrointestinal parasites of zoonotic importance. Among the parasites, two species, C. parvum and C. andersoni are found to exist among calves in India. The first Indian report of C.
Geomorphologically, the mighty Brahmaputra River system flows over the Quaternary sediments. This is a cause of concern because of its location in an abundant monsoon regime within an active seismogenic volume. Since time immemorial, the Brahmaputra has continued to wreck havoc through repeated floods year after year.
Leather-making is a processing industry with both socio-economic and environmental implications. Conventional leather processing is associated with the discharges of significant amount of environmental contaminants. Researchers at the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai have developed a novel green technology for leather processing.
Das et al.1 have studied clay mineralogy, terrigenous and biogenic components of the sediment core collected from the Ocean Drilling Programme site 728A, northwestern continental margin of the Arabian Sea, off Oman.
As the monsoon retreats and the flood waters recede, the flood bank and bed of the River Dikrong in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh becomes a humming ground of the human activities. Temporary labour tents or huts, crusher machines, movement of trucks and other vehicles all along the length and breadth become the state of affairs in the river.
Throughout the world, as use of manufactured cigarettes has dropped, the tobacco industry has taken steps to diversify its product offerings with the overall goal of assuring a steady market of nicotine addicted people.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem globally and its control is a daunting challenge in low-income country settings such as India. Our country contributes 20% of the global burden of new TB cases. TB in children remains
