WHO : With six high burden countries which account for over 50 per cent of tuberculosis epidemic in Asia, the continent is the epicentre of world's tuberculosis emergency. Informing this, Dr Gro

The controversial copper smelter plant of Sterlite Industries (India ) Ltd at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu closed down its operations today for the third time in 20 months due to a Madras High Court order

The forthcoming phase of Pulse Polio programme, which will be the fourth consecutive year of the observation of the National Immunisation Days in the country, will target children living in high-risk

The European Union ban on British beef exports is expected to be lifted on Monday after a decision by the Italian Government to switch its position. The move, which follows a week of negotiations,

The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has forced as many as 912 industrieal units to install effluent treatment plants and 904 other units to adopt air pollution control measures to control

British researchers have come up with a new detergent tablet, that can readily dissolve in water in washing machines. "Persil performance" tablets, introduced by the Lever Brothers Company,

Dharmshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre is organising an international conference on "Recent Advances in Cancer diagnosis and Treatment" on 22 November. The objective of the conference is to

China today asked the USA to speed up probe into the alleged transfer of sensitive military technology to Beijing for boosting the reliability of Chinese rocket and missiles. "We hope USA will

Phulpur unit of fertiliser cooperative giant Iffco has achieved "zero effluent emmission level" after installing various waste treatment units and pollution control equipments. The unit, which has

Though the DPC has been denying it, there are clear indications that the financial closrue of the 1444 MW second phase of the Dabhol Power project in Maharashtra is in some trouble. The closure,