Every year, doctors come across hundreds of cases wherein spurious gulal causes health problems involving the eyes, skin and respiratory system - toxicity and allergy being the most common of them.

Viral fever is staging a comeback in the Capital. Doctors at various hospitals say that there has been a renewed spurt in the cases of this infectious disease in the past few days. Around a month

Deadly cancers can now be detected before it is too late, thanks to new techniques that are not only faster and more effective but less painful. Just a few cells sucked out from the affected tissue

A notification declaring the entire Gir forest and sanctuary as a national park has become a bone of contention between the state government and thousands of forest settlers, who will be rendered

Yesterday, while the Canadian aluminium giant A1-can was busy making presentation before the media on how environmental-friendly the group and its subsidiaries are, its Indian affiliate Indian

Forest officials blamed : Forest Department employees have held their own officials responsible for the death of beat guard Namdeo Potwar who was found dead last month, allegedly by illegal tree

Bimla Devi, Susheela, Geeta, Rashmi, Lakshmi and Munesh have one thing in common. They are all forced to work hard to keep their hunger at bay. These women are forced to step out of their homes and

The US Government has put forward a new proposal for a triparty science and technology forum which will concentrate on environmental and energy issues. The forum would initiate a dialogue with

The chewing gum manufacturers have received a further setback with the Health Ministry's Central Committee of Food Standards (CCFS) suspending the issue of use of BHA in chewing gums and bubble gums.

The Karnataka High Court today ordered a CBI probe into the alleged payment of kickbacks in the setting up of the Rs 4200-crore coal-based power plant by Cogentrix Engineering at