Only 20 per cent of the country's rural households have private latrines and not all of these are safe, the Minister of State for Rural Areas and Employment, Mr Babagouda Patil, said here today.

In order to provide guidance and medical treatment to pregnant women, the Delhi Government will organise "matri Suraksha Divas" tomorrow(Friday). According to the Delhi Health Minsiter, Dr. Harsh

In a bid to control industrial pollution, the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board will measure the impact of industrial production on the environment in all industrial areas in the State, which

An indigeneous genetically engineered cholera vaccine for human trials has been cleared recently by the D Rug Controller of India. The vaccine is based on a recombinant strain of Vibrio cholerae,

The impact of health in developing countries due to climatic changes was projected to be of alarming proportions, and it was important to bear in mind that environmental consequences, particularly in

Haryana has received the first instalment of Rs 240 crores out of the Rs 2400 crores World Bank loan sanctioned for implementation of the reform programme in its power sector. The second instalment

PRIA (Society for Participatory Research in Asia) has organised a three-day workshop from July 14 on the occupational health hazards of women

An appropriate and constructive programme of "social capital" was urgently needed to help citizens develop a concern for the environment, the Vice-President, Mr. Krishan Kant said. Inaugurating a

Kerala State Committee of the ruling Left Democractic Front (LDF) has decided in principle to close down the sandal oil extraction units functioning mainly on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border in Palakkad

Contrary to earlier officials, Maharashtra does not have 21 per cent of its land under forest cover. It is an abysmally low nine per cent. "The situation in Maharashtra is much worse. Although it

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