News

ipsita's picture

- New engineered protein helps heart patients

Medical researchers in the U.S. said they successfully used a genetically engineered protein developed by Genentech Inc. to help heart patients grow blood vessels around potentially lethal blockages

Publication Date: 
01/04/1998
thesaurus: 
Name of the Newspaper: 
Main Topic: 
ipsita's picture

- Kallada Bill referred to subject committee

The Kerala Revocation of Arbitration Clauses and Reopening of Awards Bill, 1998, was referred to the Subject Committee today even as members from across the floor welcomed the legislation and wanted

Publication Date: 
01/04/1998
thesaurus: 
Name of the Newspaper: 
Main Topic: 
ipsita's picture

-Doctor having links with Veerappan held

A practising doctor at Dharmapuri, who reportedly accompanied forest brigand Veerapan in poaching activities in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka forests has been arrested. The Chief Conservator of Forests,

Publication Date: 
01/04/1998
thesaurus: 
Name of the Newspaper: 
Main Topic: 
ipsita's picture

- Research on fusion energy losing momentum

Publication Date: 
01/04/1998

In about 50 years time, when global oil supplies begin to run dry and the search for alternative sources of energy becomes acute, the research being done at an institute in rural Oxfordshire could

Main Topic: 
Name of the Newspaper: 
ipsita's picture

- Bluelines, polluting vehicles given additional time

Solution to Capital's vehicular pollution is unlikely in near future. Keeping an eye over the forthcoming Assembly elections in Delhi, the Transport Minister on Tuesday extended date of phasing out

Publication Date: 
01/04/1998
Name of the Newspaper: 
Main Topic: 
ipsita's picture

-PM to open GEF meet today

India is hosting the first assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), designed to promote international cooperation and foster actions to protect the global environment in particular and the

Publication Date: 
01/04/1998
thesaurus: 
Name of the Newspaper: 
Main Topic: 
ipsita's picture

Beijing to strongly enforce emmissions standards

Beijing will order catalytic convertors to be installed on cars that fail to meet emissions standards. Spot checks will be carried out and drivers of cars that fail to meet emissions standards would

Publication Date: 
01/04/1998
Main Topic: 
ipsita's picture

- Osteoporosis is linked to vitamin D deficiency

A new study strongly suggests that widespread deficiencies of vitamin D may play a big role in causing the bone-wasting disease osteoporosis among older

Publication Date: 
01/04/1998
thesaurus: 
Name of the Newspaper: 
Main Topic: 
ipsita's picture

- India's challenge to basmati patent will be futile

A senior Clinton Administration official has stated that India's envisaged challenge of a U.S. patent given to an American company for basmati rice would be an exercise in

Publication Date: 
01/04/1998
thesaurus: 
Name of the Newspaper: 
Main Topic: 

Pages