$18.2 million package for PFI to fight AIDS in India
The Global Fund,Geneva, signed the first phase of a 5 year $18.2 million grant with the Population Foundation of India to fight AIDS. The relief package will cover 1,37,000 AIDS-infected people in
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'Agrarian distress to be redressed'
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated the UPA Govern-ment's commitment to reforms in the agriculture sector in which rural India would be accorded top priority. Inagura-ting the International Food
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Job training for 1 million rural poor every year
The government launched a massive training programme aimed at imparting employment skills to one million rural poor in a year. The programme, launched formally by Rural Development Minister
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Garlic, an alternative to pesticide
Insects dislike the smell of garlic as much as human beings do, according to a Bangladesh scientist who has used it to develop an environment-friendly alternative to pesticide. A four-year research
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World fish stocks strained, UN says
World stocks of most fish, including Atlantic herring and capelin, are stretched to their limits and nearly a quarter are already over-exploited, a United Nations agency said. The UN Food and
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Pacific NW undersea quakes intrigue scientists
Scientists searched for signs of a volcanic eruption off the Pacific Northwest coast following a swarm of earthquakes that posed little risk of causing a tsunami but could teach them about how the
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Land claims will not hurt South Africa's Kruger Park
South Africa's Kruger Park, famed for its wildlife, will not be carved up into farms and settlements if communities pushing land claims within its boundaries win their cases, a senior official said
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Hundreds of corpses unearthed in Albania landslide
Relatives and soldiers battled mud and lashing rain to retrieve the remains of hundreds of corpses unearthed by a landslide in a cemetery in eastern Albania, local television said. Television
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Few clues on dolphin deaths in Florida keys
Biologists are investigating whether sonar used in US Navy submarine exercises or red tide bacteria contributed to the deaths of more than 30 rough-toothed dolphins in a mass stranding in the Florida
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Asthma returns in children who 'outgrew' it - study
A third of children who supposedly outgrew their asthma saw it come back by the time they reached their mid-20s, researchers reported. Those with some common allergies, such as a sensitivity to house
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UK chief fights against junk food
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has launched a crusade against junk food served up in school canteens, forcing the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair to reassess Britain's nutritional standards. The
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Hindustan Motors launches a new CNG cargo vehicle
Following notification by the Environmental Pollution (Prevention and control) authority asking all diesel vehicles in Delhi to convert to CNG mode by April 1st, 2005, Hindustan Motors has launched a
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Polluter must pay: MCD's new mantra for garbage disposal
Taking up the issue of garbage segregation and disposal and sweeping of local streets and cleaning of drains seriously, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has formulated the "polluter must pay''
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Organic farming planned in Andamans
The National Commission on Farmers (NCF) is preparing a strategy for organic farming in the country. It has also programmes to make the post-tsunami Andaman and Nicobar Islands as the largest organic
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Ninety nations littered with landmines
More than 90 countries or disputed territories are contaminated by unexploded weapons, and more than 50 of them by anti-vehicle mines, according to the first global survey of their impact on
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PM for private -public tie-up in farm sector
The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, today said the 'second green revolution' in the coutnry could be ushered in only with partnership between the private and the public sector, both in terms of
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Doctors urge free HIV drugs for all
HIV should be reclassified as a sexually transmitted disease which must be treated on the NHS for free, or there is a risk that its spread will increase, warned four senior doctors. Brian Gazzard,
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New Pfizer heart drug stirs controversy
A drug that could be one of the most promising new heart treatments in a decade is generating controversy even before it is approved, because its maker,plans to sell it only in combination with the
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World fish stocks strained, U.N. says
World stocks of most fish, including Atlantic herring and capelin, are stretched to their limits and nearly a quarter are already over-exploited, a United Nations agency said. The U.N. Food and
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Unraveling cotton subsidies
The World Trade Organisation struck a huge blow for poor countries the world over last week when it upheld a ruling that the billions of dollars America spends to subsidize its cotton farmers violate