Call for environment study : The Petitions Committee of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has directed the District Collector to study the issue of environmental pollution before granting
A new crop insurance scheme has been introduced in two districts of Andhra Pradesh on a pilot basis from the present rabi season. About 2.2 lakh small and marginal farmers in Prakasam district and
The Chennai corportion adopted a resolution to convert waste into manure at its two dumping sites to avert health hazards and reduce its generation. The Civic body would soon float "qualification
Scientists at the United States have confirmed that worldwide temperatures last year climbed to their highest levels since record keeping began, continuing a steady, upward march that government
Early tests, indicate that the avian flu that has sickened 16 people and killed 4 in Hong Kong is not spreading from person to person, U.S. health officials said. But they will not rule it
A yoghurt was invented by Scottish biotechnology company Scotia. It tastes like ordinary yoghurt, but has a component, called Olibra, that makes the eater feel full. It works, says Scotia, by
A medical study indicates that ethnic Indians are far more susceptible to heart disease than other ethnic groups. The British study by Dr. Colin Bary, a consultant cardiologist from Manchestor, found
Two Russian cosmonauts ventured into open space for more than three hours and successfully located a defective lock that was allowing air to leak out of a hatch door on the Mir space
