Bangladeshis got a re-glimpse of the country's fast disappearing wild Asian elephant last month. A newspaper carried photograhps of one of the endangered animals, shot dead and awash in blood after
Two Russian cosmonauts ventured into open space for more than three hours and successfully located a defective lock that was allowing air to leak out of a hatch door on the Mir space
The Union health and family welfare has made provision for laboratory diagnosis of avian influenza at the National Institute of Virology, Pune and the National Institute of Communicable Diseases in
An integrated action plan for hospital waste management covering not only collection but also scientific and safe disposal has been drawn up. The action plan was drawn up at a one-day workshop on
Several Union government-run hospitals in the city will soon release citizens' charters and the Centre has urged state governments to adopt similar measures for their
Avian influenza infection, the killer "bird flu" virus, which has led to the slaughter of six million chickens in Hong Kong, cannot be transferred from poultry to human beings, the World Poulty
Much smoke and dust has been generated by Goa's attempts to restrict the spread of the smoking habit. Not only has a new law run into rough weather, but the government is also been charged with being
Sustainable global development calls upon the affluent to adopt lifestyles within the planet's ecological means, to prioritise the needs of those who have little or nothing, said Professor Umberto
