As chemical fertilisers are causing gradual degradation of soil, huge wastes generated from human and animal excreta, and household rubbish should be turned into natural manure by using efficient technologies to protect soil and environment. Besides, to prevent rivers around the urban centres from getting polluted, management of wastes is also very important as such […]
Myanmar: The Perfect Storm
– by Mong Palatino More than 4,000 people are dead after cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last weekend. Cyclone Nargis, a Category 3 storm packed winds of 190 km (120 mile) per hour. It was the world’s deadliest storm in ten years. In 1999 a cyclone in South Asia killed more than 10,000 people. Initial estimates put the casualty […]
US Stores Ration Rice
For the first time since World War II, the US is rationing a food item. Sam’s Club began limiting bulk purchases of jasmine, basmati and long grain white rice this week in response to supply and demand trends. The Wal-Mart warehouse chain follows action by Costco Wholesale Corporation, which began limiting bulk purchases earlier in […]
Price rise of organic foods, a worrying factor, in the US
Shoppers have to pay a heavy price in the form of premium in US, for organic foods. Rising price for organic groceries, prompted some consumers to question their devotion to food produced without pesticides, chemical fertilizers or antibiotics. In some parts of the US, a loaf of organic bread can cost $4.5, a pound of […]
GLOBAL INITIATIVE OF NESTOR PHARMACEUTICALS LTD RECEIVES MHRA
Nestor UK Ltd, a part of Nestor pharmaceuticals Ltd, one of India’s leading pharmaceutical companies has acquired MHRA which will enable Nestor’s foray into supply of medicines to the regulated market of European region. Nestor UK took over the full facility of US pharmaceutical giant Schering – Plough at Mildenhall Suffolk in the UK in […]
Uzbekistan: Blogging Fosters Freedom of Speech
by Tolkun Recently, the U.S. State Department has ranked Uzbekistan among “top ten” of the most authoritarian countries in the world. During almost two decades of his reign, president I. Karimov and his clan have taken control of all spheres of life in the country – political, economic and social. Civil society, which emerged and […]