Trash the old can, welcome twin bins
Almost a year after it was planned, garbage segregation and a more efficient method of waste collection may become a reality in the Capital. MCD Commissioner Rakesh Mehta announced this would happen
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AIDS treatment programme to be launched on April 1
The model code of conduct will be a hindrance when the free anti-retro viral drug treatment programme for one lakh HIV/AIDS patients gets underway on April 1. Contrary to the original plan, treatment
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WTO Decides To Go Slow On Formal Meetings
Not expecting much from negotiating groups at the moment, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has not planned any formal meetings of the groups. It wants talks to progress informally at bilateral
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'India first' is BJP's vision
The Bharatiya Janata Party has unveiled its vision for making India a "developed and a great power" by 2020 - a goal it promises to achieve through aggressive globalisation and modernisation.
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New food norms on the menu
The Government is planning to tighten its hold over processed food manufacturers. In the aftermath of controversies over pesticides in colas and worms in chocolates, the ministry of food processing
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Firm Pleads Guilty in Massachusetts Oil Spill
A New York company whose barge spilled thousands of gallons of oil off the Massachusetts coast last year has pleaded guilty to criminal charges and will pay a $10 million fine, a federal prosecutor
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Vietnam Set to Declare Bird Flu Stamped Out
Vietnam was expected to declare it was free of bird flu yesterday after a month of no new outbreaks of the virus that has killed 16 people in the country and caused the death of millions of poultry.
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Electrabel, SSE optimistic on new emissions regime
Belgium's Electrabel (ELCBt.BR: Quote, Profile, Research) and UK utility Scottish and Southern Energy Plc (SSE.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said this week they were well placed to benefit from a new
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Garbage Threatening Beauty of Paradise Islands
Garbage and untreated sewage threaten the beauty of small island nations that rely on tourism, environmental officials said. Rising sea levels, over-fishing and water shortages already trouble the
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Kenyan Wins $100,000 for Tree Plantings in Africa
Kenya's assistant environment minister won a $100,000 prize Monday for leading a campaign to combat deforestation by planting more than 25 million trees across Africa. Wangari Maathai, 63, was
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Crucell Gains Funding to Develop Malaria Vaccine
Dutch biotechnology firm Crucell said it had received $3.5 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to support the development of its malaria vaccine. Crucell
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Banks chalks out relief measures for drought-hit farmers Kerala
The commercial banks operating in Kerala have decided to extend a set of relief measures to the drought-hit farmers in the State. To begin with, a six-month moratorium will be granted on revenue
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Kerala industrial units fall victim to environmental activism
Environmental activism and public litigations under the banner of protection of the environment seem to have become a bane on the industrial growth of Kerala. Several industrial units have faced the
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UN cites threat posed by waste around islands
Island countries thought of as paradises are increasingly threatened by garbage and sewage they cannot dispose of because of lack of money or space, the United Nations warned at a global environment
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Angola to block entry of gene-altered cereal
A UN effort to feed nearly two million hungry Angolans, most of them former war refugees, is imperiled because Angola's government plans to outlaw imports of genetically modified cereals, according
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Chile to collect $100m from new mining charges
Chile will impose additional charges on mining companies to take advantage of sharp rises in copper and other mineral prices, raising at least $100m a year. Nicolas Eyzaguirre, the country's finance
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Industry resists EU carbon scheme
The European Union's attempt to curb the emissions of gases blamed for climate change is facing a strong backlash from industry, which says it cannot afford the cost of its latest and most ambitious
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Assam's polio scene real grim
At a time when the rest of the country has achieved remarkable progress in the campaign against polio, the fact that 37per cent of the children below 5 years in Assam have either been never immunized
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Farmers angry with Reliance
Farmers in Maharashtra's Dahanu taluka are up in arms against Reliance Energy, blaming the coporate giant for the consistent ecological and environmental degradation in the area that has led to a
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Agriculture is depleting gene diversity of animals'
The Holstein Friesian, with its familiar black and white markings, is possibly the world's most instantly recognisable cow. Throughout North America, Europe and New Zealand, its reputation for