Vitamin D helps slow ageing Healthy levels of vitamin D may help to slow the ageing process and protect against age-related diseases, a team of British scientists has found.
Hooked to the pipe Apple-scented smoke drifts in the air as the police officer looks around genially.
Wielding the gene and upping the yield Getting more out of straw, farming animals for antibodies, building disease resistance in
animals are some areas where biotechnology
is helping.
ENVIRONMENT
Sacred pollution With rivers and ponds in Kolkata registering a high level of pollution following idol immersions, the blame game is on.
A World Health Organization Advisory issued in 2005 reports that during one 40-to 45-minute hookah session, a smoker could, in theory, inhale the equivalent of 100 cigarettes.
A new government has been installed in Karnataka. What should be the priorities of the Yeddyurappa-led government? Transparency, focus on power sector and infrastructure, curbing graft and warding off terror threats to Bangalore... the list of priorities set by Deccan Herald readers for the government is endless. Some of them have also insisted that the Bharatiya Janata Party should prove that it indeed is a party with difference.
