Workshop of Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Mission, for the implementation of the project was recently held at Mundhada Kunj. The Collector and the incharge of the Mission Mr B L Agrawal speaking on the
AIDS deaths across the United States plummeted 44 per cent in the first half of 1997, accelarating earlier gains against the disease attributed to improved drug therapies, according to health
Both supporters and critics say financing the colossal Three Gorges Dam Project may be tougher than expected, given slower economic growth at home and the bubbling financial crisis in Asia. While
A pioneering Indo-Australian project on chromium pollution had led several tanning industries to recycle industrial waste and use it to grow suitable trees, flowers and salt-tolerant cultivated
The Union agriculture minstry has suffered a major setback in its effort to set up its regional agriculture-cum-animal husbandry research centre of India Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) in the
Consuming large amounts of folic acid and vitamin B6 may sharply reduce the risk of heart attack, according to a major study released. The 14-year study found that women whose diets contain high
An analysis of a blood sample preserved since 1959 from the oldest documented case of infection with the AIDS virus called H.I.V shows that the first such infections probably occured in people in the
Greenpeace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Philippines closed down a PVC-scrap export company in Lelystad, Netherlands. The entrance of the company was blocked, as Greenpeace urged the
All existing agreements on transfer of biological resources from India will be reviewed after the enactment of the proposed biodiversity bill. This condition is provided in the draft bill being
Over 500 suspected leprosy cases were detected in Ahmedabad city and district in a survey, which began on Friday as part of a leprosy elimination campaign. The district tuberculosis officer and head
