Tea is grown in India in a wide amplitude of climatic variables, at latitudes from 8° 12' to 32° 13' N. Currently, an area of about 579,000 ha is under tea, the major tea growing states being Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Other states such as Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, Tripura and Uttaranchal also grow tea in small areas. Tea plantations in India are traditionally ...

background: awareness of occupational hazards and its safety precautions among welders is an important health issue, especially in developing countries. objective: to assess the awareness of occupational hazards and utilization of safety measures among welders in coastal south india. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 209 welders in puducherry, south india. baseline characteri...

Aprivesa unimaculatasp. n. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) is described and illustrated from Coorg, south India. This represents the first record of the genus Aprivesa Melichar from India and the fourth known species of Aprivesa. The new taxon greatly extends the range of the genus Aprivesa, which was previously known as an endemic Australian genus. A checklist of all known species of th...

Morphological characterization of some common species of the genus Loxoblemmus (Gryllidae: Gryllinae) from India is presented. In all, 5 species were identified that included two, Loxoblemmus equestris Saussure and Loxoblemmus haani Saussure, from the sub-humid regions of Rajasthan (South West India) and Madhya Pradesh (Central India); while three species, Loxoblemmus taicoun Saussure, Loxoblem...

Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic and localized infection of the mucous membrane of nose and paranasal sinuses caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi which is endemic in several parts of India particularly south India but it is rare in north eastern part of India. Ocular rhinosporidiosis is rare with less than 15 % of total cases. It usually presents as polypoidial mass and may mimic clinically as papill...

The often perceived and frequently quoted racial division in India between the fairer Aryan North and the darker Dravidian South is pernicious and dangerous. The British gave currency to this view of racial divide in India. It was part of their “divide and rule” strategy. The Northern people in India got especially sucked into this interpretation of history because it made the “Aryan” northerne...

Cohort Profile: The 1934–66 Mysore Birth Records Cohort in South India Murali Krishna,* Kumaran Kalyanaraman, SR Veena, GV Krishanveni, SC Karat, Vanessa Cox, Patsy Coakley, Kiran Nagaraj, Claudia Stein, BDR Paul, Martin Prince, Clive Osmond and Caroline HD Fall Early Career Research Fellow, Wellcome DBT India Alliance, India, Epidemiology Research Unit, CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore...

Cohort Profile: The 1934–66 Mysore Birth Records Cohort in South India Murali Krishna,* Kumaran Kalyanaraman, SR Veena, GV Krishanveni, SC Karat, Vanessa Cox, Patsy Coakley, Kiran Nagaraj, Claudia Stein, BDR Paul, Martin Prince, Clive Osmond and Caroline HD Fall Early Career Research Fellow, Wellcome DBT India Alliance, India, Epidemiology Research Unit, CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore...

Background: To suggest South India CT diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) by collecting radiation doses for the most commonly performed CT examinations. Materials and Methods: A pilot study investigated the most frequent CT examinations. 110 CT sites were asked to complete a survey booklet to allow the recording of CT parameters for each of 3 CT examinations during a 1 year time period. Dose...

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic and geopolitical organisation of eight countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) that are primarily located in South Asia. To promote the welfare of the people of South Asia and to improve their quality of life through accelerated economic growth, social progress and cultura...