Malaria can be detected through body odour now
New research promises development of non-invasive diagnostic procedures for effective malaria screening
Kolkata is one of world’s 10 cities most at risk from natural disasters
Study spanning 616 cities around the globe says most of the world’s cities facing maximum risk from floods and quakes are in East Asia
FAO, Swiss Institute team up to fight bird flu and other infectious diseases
Both organisations are developing tools to improve early detection of such pandemics
Breakthrough in impasse over toxic export ban
Parties take a step forward to make it easy to enforce Basel Ban Amendment
Push to strengthen Basel Convention regional centres
Centres in turn will assist in ratifying ban on toxic exports from rich nations to the poor
Raipur's clean power plants using coal on the sly
They are registered as clean development mechanism projects, eligible for carbon credits