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

Bangladesh's total population stood at 12,70,35,000 as of April 19. The present population has been estimated based on the last population census conducted on March 11, 1991 when the country's

The drug tamoxifen is the first compound ever shown to reduce certain women's chances of developing breast cancer. But in some cases, the benefits of the drug may pale next to its dangers : a

The 2000-odd villagers are inching towards death, consciously. They drink water knowing that the fluoride in it is paralysing them and will eventually kill them. Half-hearted measures by the state

A Stanford research team has found a protein that shields the immune system's T cells from death even as they attack infected or diseased cells. Turning this protein off with drugs might remove that

Doctors find a drug that can fight breast cancer, but when it comes with so many caveats that it won't help most women : a

Mr George presently working at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, has devised an ecologically friendly and totally safe way of tackling the mosquito menace and all it needs is a

Stung by the contaminated blood export scandal, the Austrian government has taken steps to bring to book those responsible for the illegal trade in HIV-infected blood, which was meant to be sold in

Cases of HIV positive and AIDS patients assumed alarming proportions in the North-east during the last decade. According to a report published by the National Aids Control Organisation ( NACO) ,