AHMEDABAD: The controversial proposals of the Gujarat forest department which greatly reduce the eco-sensitive buffer zones around its sanctuaries -including Nalsarovar, Porbandar Bird Sanctuary, G
Recent comparative product testing by city-based Consumer Education and Research Centre (CERC), found traces of pesticides and heavy metals in six supposedly-organic brands of rice.
Ahmedabad: City-dwellers have no respite from the bite of Aedes aegypti as the cases of vector-borne infections, especially chikungunya and dengue, are on the rise.
India, which accounts for 17.5% population of the world, bears the burden of 20% of global depredation by diseases and it also accounts for 27% of neonatal deaths in the world, every year.
Ahmedabad: Many restaurants and hotels in the city have stopped serving chicken dishes on their own, to safeguard their custom from bird flu related complications, after the state government issued