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It's early morning and you're lying in bed trying to snatch a few more winks before the alarm clock rings. Rays of sunlight peep through the curtains and the sweet sound of sparrows chirping makers
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Tripura records rise in number of AIDS cases
Tripura has recorded an alarming rise in the number of AIDS patients in recent years despite the fact that crores of rupees are being spent on the prevention of the deadly disease. According to the
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Jhum cultivation rampant in West Garo Hills
Rampant deforestation by jhum cultivators in Garo hills in Meghalaya is a matter of great ecological concern. The Supreme Court ban on felling of trees seems to have made no impact. A glaring example
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Cigarette majors get ready for advtg ban
Come May, cigarette shops are probably going to be a lot snazzier. With a cigarette advertising ban coming into affect on May 1, ITC and Godfrey Phillips, which control over 80 per cent of the
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Births in the shadows of death
Safe Motherhood in
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Birds of a feather Threatened together
Although the hunting of pheasants is prohibited under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, they continue to be poached and trapped for food and plumage. The degradation and loss of habitat, have
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Salinity in farmlands touches dangerous levels
The salt density in some agricultural lands in Godavari and Krishna deltas is touching dangerous levels. The pH and EC(electrical conductivity) in some farmlands is abnormal and the lands are not
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4000 harmful chemical substances in tobacco
The speakers at a workshop underscored the need for sustainable control of tobacco use for the sake of building a healthy nation. They also laid stress for concentrated efforts of all to undertake
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UP renews fight against polio
Under the Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign, Minister for Family Welfare, Ahmed Hasan, administered polio drops to 40 children at the Jhalkari Bai Hospital in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. Hasan said
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1,66,278 children vaccinated
About 1,66,278 children out of 1,81,247 were administered pulse polio vaccines in Shimoga district of Karnataka. Overall, the progress in the district in this connection was 91.74 per cent, said
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Drivers breathe easy under CNG
The introduction of compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in the Capital has led to a definite improvement in the health of the drivers-- especially those of the Delhi Transport Corporation- as very few
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TN seeks autonomous body for Cauvery
The Cauvery Delta Farmers Welfare Association has sought the establishment of an autonomous body to plan, execute and oversee projects that could harness available water in the Cauvery as a
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Finns tap pure Arctic water for export
The land of a thousand lakes wants to sell you some of its water. With a seemingly endless supply of the cleanest ground water in the world, Finland's capital Helsinki has set up a company that
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12 villages have twice the fun these polls, courtesy geography
They live on a borderline tha probably has no parallel. In course of a dispute in which Maharashtra claims them but Andhra Pradesh has not quite relinquished them, they belong to two states, have two
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It's unhealthy honey! Pesticides add to the bitter taste
All that's sweet isn't honey. Because that branded pot that you dip into every morning to make that healthy muesli brekker for your family may actually be blended with fructose corn syrup, dumped by
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Seer advises Mallya to give priority to water projects
Janata Party working president and liquor baron Vijay Mallya visited Chitradurga in Karnataka and kicked off an election campaign in favour of Janata Party candidates in the district. Mallya was
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OISCA's rainwater harvesting unit soon
The Palakkad district chapter of OISCA in Kerala will implement a rainwater harvesting unit at the civil station as a pilot project at a cost of Rs 3.40 lakh. The amount would have a capacity of one
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HC admits PIL against JPC report
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday admitted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Consumer Guidance Society of India (CGSI) against the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) report on
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Environment pollution in Sitakund coast alarming
Environment pollution at Sitakund coast in Chittagong (Bangladesh) has come to an alarming stage mainly due to unscientific method of obsolete ship scrapping and spilling of bunkers in the sea water.