Whittling away
A key resolution adopted at the Doha ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in November last year pertained to the agreement on trade related aspects of intellectual property
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The diagnostic rip-off
While the health care industry has welcomed the corporatisation of diagnostic laboratories, serious questions persist on the quality of service many of these small as well as big players offer and
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Rs 200 crores earmarked for members
The Madhya Pradesh government had proposed to distribute around Rs 200 crore to the members of the Forest Protection Committees dominated mostly by the tribals. The funds will be distributed from the
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M.P. to equip every village with a library
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Digvijay Singh said that the State Government wants to equip every village of Madhya Pradesh with a library by January 26,
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Meeting of Asian Network of Major cities begins
The Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the plenary meeting of the Asian Network of Major Cities (ANMC-21) in the Capital on Wednesday.This is the second conference of ANMC in which the
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O'Neill assures funds after 90-minute poverty education
The US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill had his first encounter with the rural life of India in this small place, 25 kilo metre south of Hyderabad. He was apparently bowled over by the determined
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One decade brings 1.4% growth for UP
Despite overall progress, per capita comsumptiom in the State of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has grown at only 1.4 per cent per annum in the 1990s. This has been stated by a World Bank report on the
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World Bank funded project to tone up rail, bus network in Mumbai
For the first time, an entire project aimed at improving commuting by local trains and buses for the common man in Mumbai is being launched with an outlay of Rs. 4,526 crores with World Bank
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'Indian economy showing signs of growth'
The Indian economy has been showing good signs of growth and this has been reflected in the recently-released Global Competitiveness Report ranking India at 48 as against the last year's ranking of
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SC's mining ban order: states dig up excuses
Nearly a month after the Supreme Court issued an order banning all mining in the entire Aravalli mountain range, both the Rajasthan and the Haryana governments have not moved ahead on implementing
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WTO concern over progress in Doha talks
Slow progress in all areas of the Doha trade talks is putting at risk the prospects of an eventual successful outcome, Supachai Panitchpakdi, director general of the World Trade Organisation, warned.
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Scrap climate change levy, say UK scientists
The UK Royal Society has called for the Climate Change Levy to be scrapped and replaced with a system that more accurately charges all producers of greenhouse gases - including householders and
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Eutelsat launches W5 satellite
World's fourth largest satellite service provider Eutelsat on Wednesday said that it has launch W5 satellite to be positioned in a orbital position of 70.5 degrees East, reinforcing its presence in
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Coping with waste
A company called Eco-emballages in Paris does recycling household packaging materials or generating energy from waste. The city is also moving towards converting organic or kitchen waste into methane
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Of green issues & luncheons
'Why should business care' was the theme deliberated over lunch at the World Economic Forum's session on environment, hosted by Coca-Cola. And as the session concluded, one could not help wondering
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Bush change to NW forest plan would ease logging
The Bush administration has proposed changing a salmon protection program in order to ease environmental restrictions for the sale of timber from public forests in the Pacific Northwest. The
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Centre clarifies forest land encroachment policy
The Union environment minister has sent a letter to states clarifying that people who had encroached on forest land before 1980 continue to be eligible to have their homes. Earlier this year, the
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SC clears Karnataka forests of 147 encroachers'
A recent Supreme Court order has directed the Karnataka government to evict 147 people who have together appropriated 611 acres of land in Tathkola reserve forests. One of them ordered to be evicted
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Encroachment in Nambor Reserve Forest areas continues unabated
Encroachment upon forest lands is a common practice in the Assam State. Thanks to petty selfish gains of the powers that be, more and more government ponds are going under illegal occupation.
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Animal rights lobby wins hearing
An inquiry into Cambridge University's plans to build a