11,846 new cases of HIV in Hyderabad in 2016
The deadly HIV is on the rise in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana, with the capital city alone accounting for 33 per cent of HIV AIDS cases in the state. In fact, the number of people living with
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AP Wildlife Board accords clearance for ITC plant
ITC proposes to double capacity in its Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division to one million tonnes. Decks have been cleared for the expansion project of ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division
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It’s a PATH of violations, all the way, to vaccine trials: parliamentary panel
Committee questions roles of ICMR, Drug Controller-General of India in the “intriguing” 2010 episode Accusing the international organisation PATH (Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health) of exploiting with impunity the loopholes in the system during a trial of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a parliamentary panel has also questioned the roles of the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Drug Controller-General of India in the entire episode.
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‘We must wake up to the mining-politician nexus in our country which is wreaking havoc in our politics’
On 25 May, the ghastly Naxal attack on a convoy of Congress leaders in Darbha, Chhattisgarh, jolted political leaders across the spectrum. Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh — who has been
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No plan to divert iron ore from Bayyaram mines to Vizag plant: AP Govt
The Andhra Pradesh government today sought to put at the rest the political controversy over the Bayyaram mines issue, saying there was no proposal to divert iron ore to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP).
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25 killed, crops damaged as rain lashes Andhra
Lightning struck and killed at least 21 people and heavy unseasonal rain damaged acres of standing crops, particularly paddy and mango, over the past two days across Andhra Pradesh. Seven persons were
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36.44 sq km of AP’s forest vanishes in a year
Visakhapatnam:Encroachments in the guise of Forest Rights Act, cultivation and smuggling is shrinking forests. As much as 36.44 sq km of forest area has vanished in the state due to cultivation and illegal felling of trees within a span of one year. Andhra Pradesh forest department has completed collecting data of loss of forest cover during 2010-11 and is set to come out with a detailed report for the year 2012 soon. Khammam district recor-ded an encroachment of 19.28 sq km forest area, the highest. Warangal, part of Karimnagar district followed with 6.66 sq km and Nizamabad forest circle comprising of Nizamabad and Medak was encroached to the tune of 2.46 sq km.
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Hit by land crunch, paper majors bank on agro-forestry for pulp
New Delhi Hit by an acute shortage of land for growing eucalyptus, the paper industry is now banking on agro-forestry to meet the rising demand of wood pulp. Started by paper major ITC, more than 1,500 acres of land is covered under the agro-forestry plan in areas such as Khammam, west Godavari, Prakasam and Nizamabad districts of Andhra Pradesh. In these areas, eucalyptus is planted on the same land where other agricultural crops such as cotton, chili, sunflower, maize and tobacco are grown.
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Green cover rises in five industrialised states
For long, industrialised states were looked upon as the ones trading forest cover for development. However, a recent report by the Forest Survey of India showed five of the nine most industrialised states were able to increase their green cover in 2011, compared to 2009. Between 2001 and 2010, these nine states contributed 60 per cent towards the country’s gross domestic product output. Data analysed by Business Standard showed the five states added 178 sq km of forests. The states were Tamil Nadu (74 sq km), Rajasthan (51 sq km), Orissa (48 sq km), Karnataka (four sq km) and West Bengal (one sq km).
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SC dismisses petitions of Emaar MGF Land, Sandur Power, others
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petitions filed by Emaar MGF Land, Sandur Power Company and others seeking to stall the ongoing CBI probe into the land allotments made to these companies
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India's forest cover declines, blame on Naxals in Andhra Pradesh
India's forest cover shrank by 367sq km with the maximum 80 per cent loss recorded in Andhra Pradesh mainly due to Naxals felling trees in Warangal and Khammam districts, according to a new survey released on Tuesday. Forest and tree cover of the country as per the biennial assessment report released by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) is 78.29 million hectares, which is 23.81 per cent of the geographical area. This includes 2.76 per cent tree cover.