In Court
No remorse: Counsel for major US chemical companies have demanded the dismissal of a civil lawsuit which claims that nearly four million Vietnamese people suffered dioxin poisoning due to the use of
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Poison sellers past sins
Leading tobacco firm Philip Morris sought to downplay the well-established link between passive smoke and sudden infant death syndrome (sids) by influencing a scientist's research paper, according
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Recipe
lemon peel sharbat Normally, juice is squeezed out of lemons to make the sharbat . But if one wants a slightly tangy taste, then without peeling, cut the lemons into small pieces. Add them in
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Blood soaked chocolates
The world's largest cocoa producing country recently witnessed its worst ethnic clash in several years. At least 60 members of the Guere ethnic group were killed in a tussle for control over the
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Locust invasion
A severe locust invasion has destroyed large tracts of cotton and grain crops in Uzbekistan's Kashkadarya province. All attempts by farmers and Uzbek authorities to contain the crisis have proved
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Ministerial perk?
This is a glimpse of another ugly face of European farm subsidies. It was recently revealed that The Netherlands' agriculture minister Cees Veerman received nearly us $233,000 subsidies for his
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Snippets
• Over 19,000 dengue fever cases have already been reported in Costa Rica in 2005. Two years ago, the country witnessed a record 19,703 cases; health officials believe the figure by the end of
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Tribals ON warpath
Agaimst the PolavaramDam project
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Snippets
• Environmentalists in Alabama, US, fear people eating locally caught fish might take in more mercury (fishes absorb mercury from the water) than commercially bought fish which are screened.
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Green grenades
Environment Friendly Bombs
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UPDATE
The Supreme Court (SC) and the National Wildlife Board will decide the fate of the Andhra Pradesh government's proposal on the Polavaram Dam Project. The state government had asked for permission to
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Goodwill pact
The us- based transnational New mont Mining Corporation has reached a
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Himachal's tree sanction policy is flawed
Everyone in Himachal Pradesh has an opinion on one issue
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New strain of avian flu virus found
SCIENTISTS have discovered a new strain of the h5n1 avian flu virus that appears to have become resistant to current vaccines. The discovery by Y Guan of the University of Hong Kong and
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Himachal Pradesh in trouble over tragopan breeding
the wildlife department of Himachal Pradesh is now in a muddle. Its pheasant-breeding programme lacks experts. The Rs 5-crore Sarahan pheasantry, which saw the world's first-ever successful captive
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We fought, the government gave in
The Gandhian couple who fought against shrimp farms
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IN COURT
Pesticide poisoning: In the first case of legal action against contamination and death caused by agrochemicals, the Paraguayan Supreme Court held two growers responsible for the death of 11-year-old
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Jharkhand: sans panchayats
Jharkhand has been losing out nearly Rs 100 crore each year because it doesn't have panchayat bodies. The last election took place in 1971, when Jharkhand was a part of Bihar. Since the state's
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The Claremont mystery
A land deal, much whispered about, is allegedly by UK-based Claremont Group. Nobody knows too much about it. But UK papers in February reported: "Birmingham-based Claremont Group has launched a
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Web Exclusive: Vulture breeding plan shelved
The world's first vulture breeding programme for a socio-religious purpose has been shelved. Parsis are traditionally laid to rest in Mumbai's Tower of Silence where vultures (now endangered) devour