Report :About 8.5 lakh people in South 24-parganas are affected by arsenic in water. The areas include Sonarpur, baruipur, Bhangar-1, Mograhat-2 and Rajpur-Sonarpur municipality. This was disclosed

The coverage of the World Bank funded cataract blindness control project is likely to be extended to all the States. This follows a review of the project by a World Bank

The Centre has begun preparations for the Millennium Census, one of the largest administrative operations ever undertaken by any government of the world. A work force of two million enumerators

Sindoor contains harmful lead oxide and bindis contain mercury sulphide - both of which are highly toxic compounds, Mumbai based Consumer Guidance Society of India said in a report. These two

With birth rates around the world falling, one can expect fewer people through the next century. That scenario, U.S. think tanks say, is cause for concern. "Mounting evidence from rich nations and

A new subject - rehabilitation of torture victims - might be introduced in the medical curriculum in all medical colleges in the country. It was learnt that the Indian Medical Association has

False alarms : Nearly one third of all American women who undergo annual breast cancer checkups for a decade can expect to get at least one false alarm, wrongly suggesting the presence of a tumor,

China has drawn up reforms for its backward medical care system that aim to provide coverage for all urban workers and could generate more business for Western insurance companies. Under the plan,

Brain tumors are one of the most frighening forms of cancer as they damage the soft sponge, packed inside the skull, that controls our lives. But there is glimmer of hope from a radical new treatment

Representatives of private satellite TV channels in India told the government that they favoured self-regulation regarding the airing of liquor and tobacco advertisements. At a meeting which I&B