Are exercises like brisk walking and cycling safe for people suffering from acute hypertension? Yes, says a recent study. High blood pressure and the amounts of medicine used to treat it can both be reduced with moderate exercising on a regular basis

Diabetics need not lose sleep over their vulnerability to cardiovascular diseases. The new discovery that vitamin C infusions into the blood- stream avert cardiovascular complications will

Ending bitter disputes over fishing quotas and farm exports, Morocco and the European Union (EU) signed wide-ranging trade and cooperation agreements recently. The pact, known as .

In the run up to the international Habitat-Il conference to be held at Istanbul in June 96, a three-day SAARC conference on human settlements was held at Colombo in the last week of February.

The largest methane gas collection programme in the world has begun at a huge sewage treatment plant at Werribee near Melbourne, Australia. The plant is expected to generate 800 KW of

INDIA's Verdant, covers are spread over 75 million ha, about 19 per cent of the total land area, according to the latest annual economic survey conducted by th@ ministry of finance. But it is a

A Canadian firm has given a fresh lease of life to defunct fuel cells which have been modified to produce enough electricity to run a home or even to power buses, which would spew out water vapour instead of toxic fumes

• A recent report made by the Punjab Pollution Control Board has made gloomy predictions for India's two major wetlands located in Harike and Kanjli areas in the state. Indiscriminate

THE country's nuclear ambitions have turned to ashes. Faced with a severe cash crunch, the Nuclear Power Corporation is unable to carry on the construction of new atomic power plants. A

A towering structure, proposed for generating eco friendly power in the Netherlands, has run into trouble with engineers and energy experts who have raised doubts about the feasibility of its construction and its efficiency