West Bengal health minister, Mr Partha Dey, claimed that there had been no delay in tackling the mystery disease which struck Siliguri recently. He slammed the media for falsely portraying an exodus
The theme "Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Trade and Development in a Glablised Economy", will be discussed in the third World Congress on Environment Management to be held between June 16-17
The Kolkata has got a new silence zone; this time for our feathered friends. Some migratory birds have turned a small strip of land off the busy Raja Dinendra Street in north Kolkata into a
Monkeys can contract mad cow disease if it is injected into their blood-stream, underscoring that infected tissue risks transmitting the brain-wasting illness to humans, researchers said
The Centre will soon set up an institute on fluorosis mitigation. Fluoride contamination in groundwaters Is a major health hazard - considered smoke menacing than arsenic
After the death of caesarean patients at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital and M R Bangur Hospital, the health department had instructed these two hospitals not to use the I-V fluids supplied by
Resentment bordering on rebellion is building up against the Punjab government in some villages of Patiala district over a proposed nuclear power plant to be set up in the
People who possess shahtoosh shawls should perhaps not throw legal notices at others. Ms Lundquist, too, had reportedly said she wasn't aware that possessing a shahtoosh shawl was an offense. Says
The HIV/AIDS menace is assuming epidemic proportions, with a growth rate of 15 per cent annually in India and other countries of Asia and the Pacific region, posing a formidable threat to their
