Manchar Lake is dying
Manchar Lake, one of the largest lakes of Asia, is polluted due to salinity and waterlogging, threatening the livelihood of about 10,000 people who depend on fishing. The marine life is badly
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Exposure to pesticides impairs development of Theni children: study
Children exposed to pesticides in Theni district have impaired developmental abilities, a multicentric Greenpeace study has concluded. While the study was done in six States, Theni was chosen in
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Solo irrigation project in deep waters
Silchar division of the Central Water Commission (CWC) is on the verge of closure. And that puts an end to the prospect of the only irrigation project called Rukmini in Cachar district of Assam.
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Demand for speeding up hydel projects
The United Forum of Trade Union has demanded that work on approved Hydel projects should be initiated soon, given the continuing power shortage in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Increasing use of biofuels can reduce India's annual oil bill
Biofuels is the appropriate alternative to reduce the annual oil bill of the country which is Rs 64,000 crore, 70 per cent of which is met through imports, Mr R P S Katwal, Director General, Indian
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Centre to plant Jathropha tree in 50,000 hectares'
The centre has drawn up a blueprint to plant Jatropha tree in 50,000 hectares, director general of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehra Dun, Dr RPS Katwal said. He was
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Hetero Drugs may bag Congo order for anti-AIDS drug
Ravaged by the AIDS epidemic, the Democratic Republic of Congo has shown interest in sourcing anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs from Hetero Drugs Ltd.The Rs 550-crore company based in Hyderabad specialises
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Finolex Pipes plans expansion, bets on agricultural growth
Finolex Pipes, the largest PVC pipe manufacturer in the organised sector in the country, is going in for a two-phased expansion programme, enhancing the capacity from the current 65,000 tonnes to
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Global bodies endorse Indian cos' AIDS drugs
The endorsement for generic or chemically equivalent anti-AIDS drugs doesn't get bigger than this. Four major players in the global funding and healthcare space - the Global Fund, World Bank, UNICEF
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Drought hits tea production in South
An assessment made by the United Planters Association of Southern India (UPASI) has revealed that the Jan-April 2004 crop will be lower by 10.5 million kg (mkg), a 16.8 per cent drop in comparison
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Call for consensus on GM crops in Asia
The Government said there was need for consensus and cooperation among Asian nations to address issues related to genetically-modified (GM) crops. Inaugurating an RIS seminar on 'Biotechnology for
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No garbage, students will put city's monster' in the compost kit
While the MCD's garbage segregation plan lags behind, students are pitching in to help. From April 15 for the next fortnight, students of 13 schools will be competing with each other in promoting the
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Kerala Govt spares drought-hit small ryots of and Tax
The Kerala government has spared all drought-hit farmers, holding below two hectares, of basic land tax in the ongoing financial year. Besides the six-months freeze to revenue recovery on
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WTO throws out EU trade sops for Pak
India has scored a significant victory at the WTO with its appellate body throwing out the import duty concessions given by the European Union (EU) to Pakistan as a reward for Islamabad 's
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Fuel for the fire
More than 61 per cent of Indian households used firewood for cooking in 1991. Wood still topped the list 10 years later; but one of every six users had given up on it; perhaps because they found it
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Biocon may launch human insulin
Biocon ltd hopes to introduce human insulin in the domestic market in three to six months, said Murali Krishnan K N, president-Group Finance. "Clinical trials for the human insulin are already over
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Pfizer revamps local r&d biz in sync with parent
Pfizer Ltd has reorgnised its Development Operations Group in India in keeping with the worldwide reorganisation of Pfizer Global Research and Development (PGRD). As a result, the Clinical Research
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US health bulletin lauds Kerala
Should India follow the Kerala model in Health Care? Population Reference Bureau based in Washington DC, USA has come out with their maiden health bulletin which focuses, on the rich-poor divide in
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The Final Countdown
The last living cheetah in India is believed to have been killed in Chitoor district in 1952. The fastest animal in the world has been lost forever. But by no means was it the first or the last
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Pant pitches for Asian collective approach on GM food
Experts have urged the governments of Asian countries to develop a collective approach and coordination in view of the import regulations for genetically modified (GM) food becoming a contentious