Govt plans housing for urban poor
Buoyed by the success of co-operative housing for the middle class, the government now wants to do the same for the urban poor. And if this works out,
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Poachers at large in M.P.
Poachers continue to strike at will in Madhya Pradesh and the latest case of poaching has been detected in Seoni district where the carcass of a tigress and her cub were found lying just outside the
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UNDP pilot project for poverty alleviation
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is taking up a pilot project for poverty alleviation in Dungarpur district of southern Rajasthan in association with the Union Ministry of Panchayati
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Report indicts Maharashtra govt for malnutrition deaths
About 160000 infants died every year due to malnutrition in Maharashtra and the state government's indifferent attitude was wholly responsible for the phenomenon. This scathing indictment of the
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Unilever finds solution for obesity in African plant
A plant used to stem the hunger pangs of African tribes could soon be added to the meals to obese westerners desperate to lose their excess pounds. Anglo-Dutch mutlinational Unilever is to develop a
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Eco-friendly underwear
China, the world's largest producer and exporter of cotton textiles, is now branching out into "soya underwear," made from fabric spun out of soyabean dregs. The soft and silky fabric invented by Li
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70 percent syringes unsafe
About 70 percent of the syringes used in the country are unsafe and 90 percent of the injections administered are avoidable, the Government told the Rajya Sabha yesterday in order to prevent their
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'Avian flu biggest threat after SARS'
An outbreak of avian flu which caused panic in nine countries in South-East Asia earlier this year was the next biggest threat to the world after the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which
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Govt uses 7-yr-old BPL base for pro-poor schemes
The Central government is going ahead with a seven-year-old census on below poverty line (BPL) population as the base for doling out benefits to rural poor. In fact, the UPA government has given a
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Cotton output records 67 percent increase: growers expect bumper crop
Cotton production, as on December 15, has reached 11.744 million bales, against 7.482 million bales of corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 66.99 percent over last year, says
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Medicine fueled by marketing intensified trouble for pain pills
In the mid-1990's, the medical community reached an inescapable conclusion. Researchers at the Stanford University Medical School and elsewhere who had long been monitoring arthritis and rheumatism
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Libyans in H.I.V. case say they're forgotten victims
After six years the tears still come easily among the families of 428 children infected with H.I.V. while under the care of Bulgarian nurses at a hospital here. But their sorrow is mixed with
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US set to block new talks on Kyoto treaty
The US looked likely to succeed in blocking discussions on the next stage of the Kyoto protocol on climate change, to the chagrin of the European Union. At the conference of the parties to the
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Rs 58.71 crore sought for Dharwad dist
The Dharwad district administration has sought central assistance of at least Rs 58.71 crore to provide relief from the National Calamity Relief Fund (NCRF) to the to initiate drought-relief
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Panel moots 11-point strategy
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, headed by Buta Singh, has in its report on Sabarimala in Kerala suggested a 11-point strategy to provide facilities to the crores of pilgrims visiting the
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Govt indicted for infant deaths
About 1,60,000 infants die due to malnutrition every year in Maharashtra and the State government's indifferent attitude is responsible for the deaths. If this situation persists, it will take
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Japan gives Tk 13.38 cr for measles control
Japan will provide Taka 13 crore 38 lakh (US dollar 2.3 million or 239 million yen ) to Bangladesh to support is measles control and neonatal tetanus elimination programme under an agreement
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Dhaka iterates on action to combat global climate change
Bangladesh minister for Environment and Forest Jafrul Islam Chowdhury has reiterated Bangladesh's stand for taking on the ground actions to combat climate change across the world. "It is high time
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Isro funds for rein on coastal erosion
Jadavpur University's department of oceanography has taken up a scheme to prevent coastal erosion, measure tidal waves and identify seasonal changes in ocean-wave dynamics with financial assistance
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Meet on literature and environment
The Madras Christian College's department of English is hosting an international meet on December 20 and 21 on literature and environment in association with the world Association for studies in