The recorded 25 to 30 per cent loss in Nepal's agricultural output is a result of "misuse, overuse and abuse" of pesticides, experts said. Most experts agreed that farmers in Nepal were rampantly
Cross-bred animals are found more useful for the farmers who raise livestock for income-generating purpose. It has been found that high breed animals like murra buffalo, jarsi cow, jamuna pari goats
When millions of farmed fish began dying in Hong Kong earlier this month, the immediate response was to blame the government. Red tide, a mass blooming of toxic algae, had been spotted weeks before
A new drug montelukast offers hope for young asthmatics. The drug works by blocking the production of leukotrienes which are chemicals found in white blood cells, and which stimulate the airways to
The Communist party of India (Marxist) has severely criticised the State government for suppressing the voice of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists who are protesting the construction of
Faulty immunisation policies contributed to massive outbreaks of polio in the country during the 1980s, paralysing tens of thousands of children, a leading Indian infectious diseases expert has said.
A virulent new superbug has been discovered by British scientists which is resistant to all known antibiotics and could kill people with weak immune systems, a report in this week's New Scientist
The British High Commissioner in India, Sir David Gore Booth today, signed a grant of British aid of Rs 50 crore for a watershed development programme to be taken up in the three districts of
Various organisations of the farmers have decided to hold a national-level farmers' convention at Hyderabad on May 1 in protest against the new economic policies of the Union government and to
