The Union health and family welfare has made provision for laboratory diagnosis of avian influenza at the National Institute of Virology, Pune and the National Institute of Communicable Diseases in
Food crisis in parts of the globe worsened in 1997 with more countries affected by food emergencies as compared with the previous year. Bad weather, poor crops and civil strife were the causes for
The Delhi High Court hoped that the city government would initiate steps for an early passage of an Anti-Quackery Bill, making the practice by quacks in the Capital a cognizable
The year 1997 was the warmest on record, as measured by land and ocean surface temperatures, according to top US government scientists. Global temperatures last year increased by an average of .083
Chyawanprash, the Ayurvedic health food, is under fire for a variety of reasons. Critics allege that the modern version does not follow the original recipe and is too sugary for diabetics : a
Mineral water bottles will now have to carry certification of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). At present, mineral water bottles do not carry a mark pertaining to the quantity of mineral content in
A team from the Atomic Energy Commission has reached Moscow to finalise the terms of the Indo- Russian "supplement" to the 1988 agreement to build two civilian nuclear power plants in India, which is
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is drafting a notification aimed at imposing fresh mandatory regulations to check flyash pollution generated by thermal power plants, say the ministry
