A locality where a child is born blind
There is a dalit locality in Shahganj of Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh where children are born and get affected from blindness. Night blindness is also a common feature among the children here.
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The AIDS threat in India
On his trip last week to India, Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp, was treated like a cross between a rock star and a head of state. When Microsoft's founder warned of the potential for an AIDS crisis,
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Free eye surgery leaves 25 blind in Punjab
After attending a free eye operation camp organised by a charitable trust 25 people have reportedly lost their vision central Punjab. More than 40 persons from Ludhania, Ferozpur, Muktsar, Moga and
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Country's health needs govt intervention
Over two million cases of malaria are reported each year. The number of diabetes affected people had crossed 25 million. An estimated 3.97 million people are HIV positive. There are 2.5 million
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Govt learns the 'Gutkha trick, bans remix pouches in State
Having realized that the Gutkha manufacturers had cleverly hoodwinked the law by marketing gutkha remix pouches, a chastened Maharashtra Government after conducting laboratory tests has decided to
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Arsenic field tests may lead to mislabeled wells
Thousands of people in Bangladesh and India may be drinking arsenic contaminated water from wells that are falsely labeled safe, warn researchers from Jadavpur University in Calcutta, India.
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Deadly livestock virus on prowl
A devastating livestock virus is on the verge of breaking out of its last stronghold in northeastern Kenya and southern Somalia, threatening recent progress in eradicating the disease, the UN Food
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Decision soon on fresh trials for GM mustard
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) will meet 'very soon' to decide whether there is a need for further open field trials of Proagro Company Private Ltd's genetically modified (GM)
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Drought-resistant rice could be a boon
A team of scientists, led by researchers at Cornell University, U.S. have created a genetically-modified rice that is drought and salinity resistant, major problems facing rice cultivation in India.
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Bt cotton hybrids cleared for trials
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has been directed by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) to conduct trials for agro-economic evaluation of Bt cotton hybrids suitable for
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Poor canal water supply hits Gohana farmers hard
The maintenance of canals and distributaries continues to remain a problem despite heavy expenditure incurred on them in Gohana sub division of the district (Haryana). According to a report, although
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Farmers' suicides not due to fund delays :Desmukh
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh denied that delayed payments for procurement of cotton was responsible for suicides by cotton growers in Vidarbha but said the Collector would be asked to
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Paper waste goes up in smoke
The paper industry has expressed disappointment over the European Commission's recent mandate on solid recovered fuels, which it says will promote the burning of paper that would otherwise be
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Pepsi introduces tonic water
Pepsi foods Ltd. on Monday launched carbonate water flavoured with fruit extracts, sugar and quinine - Lehar Tonic water - and announced that it would roll out "exciting" new products this fiscal.
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Lack of safety measures led to match factory fire
Workers, many of them children, work under the most unsafe conditions in match factories in Tamil Nadu. This has been highlighted in the fact-finding report of the Campaign Against Child Labour which
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Swaminathan moots agri biotech policy
Noted agricultural expert MS Swaminathan has suggested to the government to come out with a policy statement on agricultural biotechnology to put at rest controversies regarding genetically modified
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PIL on gas victims' viscera
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has admitted a public interest litigation seeking an inquiry into the destruction of 300 samples of viscera of the Bhopal Gas Victims by the State Legal Medico Science
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Health Department takes action under PNDT Act
The Haryana Health Department has sealed ultrasound machines of two private units and issued notices to them for violation of the Pre Natal Diagnostic Technique (PNDT) Act prohibiting detection of
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Green mission
International Environment NGO Greenpeace has launched in India to highlight environmental crimes committed by industries across the world and stress the need for corporate accountability. The
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Regional and bilateral deals discriminatory: WTO
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has said that increasing number of regional and bilateral trading agreements, particularly in the Asian region are a matter of concern and discriminatory from its