European Commission (EC) is imposing financial penalties on Indian firms who export antibiotics to Europe. The move follows claims by native drug makers that the imports, which are heavily subsidised

At the moment, cannabis is seen by most authorities around the world as part of narcotics and not as a medicine. In America, at least, the government seems to be taking fairly effective measures to

Slaughtering of cattle for beef exports resumed in Ulster more than two years after the European Union imposed a worldwide export ban on British

Japan's fertility rate declined to a record low last year, the government announced, raising fears about the consequences for a rapidly aging

Britain's first government-sanctioned cannabis farm has been established to grow marijuana for medical research purpose, the company running it said on

A state court jury ordered Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. to pay the family of a two-pack-a day smoker who died of lung cancer $500,000 in compensatory damages, plus $450,000 in punitive

The Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Mr. G. Basavannappa, said today the Karnataka State Government would take a decision on banning gutka only after conducting a study. Addressing areca growers at

Hundreds of thousands of apparently healthy cattle in Britain may still be infected by mad cow disease, according to the latest issue of New Scientist magazine using data collected in Switzerland. It

The Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society has asked the Chennai Corporation to form a society for concentrating on the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the city. The anti-AIDS activities in the entire

A consumer group that has been campaigning against olestra, the new "fat-free" fat, has renewed its assault, saying long-term use of the product may cause thousands of cancer cases. The Centre for