Ahmedabad-based drug firm Torrent has joined the rush for hepatitis-B vaccine, with a tie-up with US firm Scitech Inc to manufacture 20 million doses of the vaccine in
The Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre has launched a mobile school-cum-clinic of echocardiography for free detecion of heart disease among people. This was announced at the fourth annual
In a significant development, the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court of Kunnamangalam today restrained the Grasim Industries Ltd. of Mavoor here from discharging its effluents into the Chaliyar
With imports of the live chickens - banned during the outbreak of bird flu last year-set to begin on February 7, the World Health Organisation has urged the SAR to remain on high alert for the deadly
The democratic members of the US Senate blocked action on a Republican-backed bill to ban human cloning, saying it also could slow the hunt for cures for cancer, alzheimer's, diabetes and many other
The Indian Medical Association, the apex body of medical doctors all over the country, held a meeting of leading non-governmental organisations of Delhi and representives of various blood banks to
The environment and forests ministry yesterday revised its directive on the ban on felling of borer disease-affected sal trees in Madhya Pradesh to allow the hacking of only dead trees. The ministry,
Jute is no longer the low-value industrial fibre used only to manufacture coarse fabrics for packaging. Today it can be defined as an eco-friendly natural fibre with versatile application prospects
Huge forest fires are again raging on Kalimantan, the Indonesian territory of Borneo, disrupting air traffic and threatening a sanctuary for endangered
The Chariman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) M Devaraj on Friday called upon industries and government authorities to jointly work towards tackling environment issues in the
