The total food grain production
reached an all-time high of 186
million tonnes in 1994-95, says the
annual report of the Union ministry
of agriculture with unprecedented
optimism.
India's first Occupational and
Environmental Medicine (OEM)
clinic was inaugurated on April 20
by Harsh Vardhan, health minister
for the Delhi government. The clinic
will treat and educate people on
the effects of pollution, environ-
mental hazards and will handle
health problems faced by factory
workers.
Finally, the elusive coloured cotton
- the textile industry's holy grail -
has been developed by B M Khadi,
plant scientist at the Agriculture
University, Dharwad, Karnataka.
This should cut the cost of making
cloth by half, because the yarn will
not have to be dyed.
Condom vending machines will be
installed at 2 Super Bazaar outlets in
New Delhi in the first week of
May, reports the Family Planning
Association of India.
Delivering the Govind Ballabh Pant
Memorial lecture on April 26 in New
Delhi, A P S Abdul Kalarn, scientific
advisor to the defence ministry, said
that India was working on an indigenously built supercomputer, scheduled to be operational by January
1996. Also on the cards is a hyperplane that will use atmospheric oxygen as fuel.
Fisherfoli ?h West Bengal will soon
have access to satellites which would
help them in locating their catch.
Their trawlers will also be fitted with
wireless sets to warn them against
storms.
International patents approval
have been received for 2 Ayurvedic drugs. These drugs were'developed by Puneased pharmacist
Yeshwant K Joshi. Arenil is used
for rheumatoid arthritis and
Withalilosteo for arthritis.
More on catalytic converters.
Unlimited Technologies International of Charlotte, US has offered
to provide India with a device
which can run both on unleaded
fuel as well as on the leaded
variety. The Indian response is still
awaited.
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