Indian women will not be allowed to become testing fields for western contraceptives. They will no longer be used as mere "bodies" to try out untested and unapproved methods. The Union Minister for

The Pakistani government will seek to contest jointly with the Indian government the grant of a patent on Basmati rice to an American firm, authorities said. Disclosing this, a senior officer at the

At least 40 per cent of the doctors and attendant working in different mortuaries in the Capital are suffering from tuberculosis and other disease due to the prevailing unhygienic conditions there.

The Union Health Ministry has issued fresh instructions to all Central Government hospitals in the Capital for prevention of dengue and other water-borne

As civic authorities in Shimla battle with the growing problem of garbage disposal, particularly the menace of polythene bags which have polluted the hill station, the biggest hindrance in this

For the first time the state has a Horticulture Minister, Mr Narinder Bragta, from the apple belt, an event that has sent the minister and his supporters into a frenzy of delight. But this joy could

The head of the Cardio-Thoracic Centre at the All India Institute of Medical Science, Professor P Venugopal, has been selected for the prestigious Dr B C Roy National Award in the category of eminent

It may not be just out of his concern for effective governance that the Chief Minister, Mr Jyoti Basu, recently pulled up the State Health Department for the sorry state of affairs in hospitals and

The state water investigation and development department has sanctioned Rs 80 crore for uninterrupted power supply in Nasipur, which has been stalked by fluorosis. The "Statesman" had reported on

Over 200 scientists, physicians , public health specialists and others from 38 countries, including India, are participating in what the University of California San Francisco terms the first ever