The economics of blood donation has a direct bearing on the possibility of blood being contaminated with infectious diseases such as AIDS, Hepatitits-B, point out experts at the All India Institute
Armies worldwide are vulnerable to major AIDS epidemics and the Malawian army is one of the worst affected. Around 20 soldiers a month die of AIDS-a problem stretching back fifteen years to the civil
Nature's Beckon, an environmental activist group in North-east India, has urged upon the Government of Assam to declare Jaipur, Kirak and Dihing reserved forest together as a sanctuary for the
In a major shakeup, Environment Minister Suresh Prabhu has reconstituted several expert committees which give green clearance to new projects be they industry, infrastructure, power, mining or river
Trade ministers from 132 member nations of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) began their biennial meeting in Geneva with a call to reject protectionism in any form and work towards a rule based free
Andhra Pradesh will soon invite global bids for developing bauxite and rare black galaxy granite mines. The state government has already invited bids for developing diamond and gold mines, reserves
During the last 18 months, there has been afforestation of 10sq kms of denuded demarcated forests in J & K, and the process will continue until the entire 90 sq.km of forests destroyed in the last
A five-man Pakistani delegation is visiting India to attend two seminars on environment-related issues beginning today in New Delhi and Varanasi. The seminars in India will be followed by two in
Most of the people who died in the last few weeks in Humla district succumbed after eating poisonous weeds and grass in the absence of foodstuff, according to a doctor who recently toured the famine
