The fire in an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot at Thekeriguri in Nagaon district, which started in the early hours of Tuesday, was still blazing on Wednesday . However, the intensity of the fire
British doctors are preparing to conduct the first full-scale clinical trial of a "shock wave" treatment for rheumatism. The treatment has so far been used on chronic calcific tendinitis of the
Decreased sea ice extent and thickness, the earlier onset of spring and influx of insects and other animals from the south are some of the changes which Alaska natives have identified in personal
As Washington bureaucrats struggle to protect the privacy of medical records, some doctors are already using cutting-edge technology to snatch the information they need . Some grab files from
The first epidemic forecast centre of India will be set up in Ahmedabad shortly, state health minister Ashok Bhatt announced here. The Centre will be set up at a cost of Rs 12 corre and is likely to
Aboriginal leaders have attacked the announcement that the Northern Territory could become Australia's seventh state in 2001, warning that it will lead to a further erosion of their rights. The
In 1994, a company that measured the dioxin levels of three garbage incinerators in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, submitted its report to the mayor. It stated that the company found dioxin levels
Floods wreaked havoc in central China since June have spread to the north, with 14 people reported dead and 20 others missing in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China Economic Times reported
Residents have been deserting this Yangtze river town in droves, leaving it almost deserted as water levels on the flood-swollen waterway approach record levels. The streets of the town in central
