North Korea hungry, but donors are fed up
Just as the United Nations begins an emergency $201 million food appeal to help feed almost a third of North Korea's 22 million people this winter, donor fatigue has turned to donor
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MP leads country in forest management
Madhya Pradesh has registered a remarkable success in forest management with community participation in last nine years. Ownership right over minor forest produce had been conferred on gram sabhas
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In tests of smallpox vaccine, side effects jolt experts
As physical speciments, the students at Baylor University in Texas were fir and healthy, the "creme de la creme," according to a doctor who used them in a study, Kathy Edwards.Yet when she inoculated
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Gilead to buy a rival maker of AIDS drugs
Gilead Sciences Inc. has announced that it will buy Triangle Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $464 million in cash to expand its line of drugs to treat AIDS and hepatitis B.Gilead already sells an AIDS drug,
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Uttaranchal stricken by Khari Baoli syndrome
Moves are reportedly afoot to make it mandatory for Ayurvedic companies to declare the source of the ingredients used by them in their herbal preparations. Although no directives have been issued by
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Proposed changes in Sex Determination Act slammed
The National Committee on Empowerment of Women's recommendation that women be punished with three years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 if they undergo a sex-determination test has angered many
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Poor families with two children to have free medical insurance
In order to control population growth the central government has come up with a new benefits for those who follow two-child policy. According to the programme people following family planning and
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Family planning takes precedence over basics
In January a study on "Role of Incentives and Disincentives in the Population Policy of Andhra Pradesh," released by the Population Research Centre of Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, reported some
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Kids more prone to ecological hazards
In research studies conducted by doctors from the All-India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute and Environmental Biology
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MCD fails to check water-borne diseases
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Health Department has failed to control water-borne diseases, particularly cholera and gastro-enteritis. The department's annual report for 2001, prepared by the
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Punjabi diet 'invites' heart disease
Indians living abroad are more prone to coronary artery disease, commonly known as heart attack, compared to other world communities.Experts attribute this to genetic factors, but also do not rule
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HP tops in recording births, deaths
Himachal has won the first position in the country in the registration of births and deaths. Mr J.K. Banthia, Registrar General of India, stated here today that the registration of births was as high
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Disaster or opportunity?
The Genetically Modified (GM) mustard controversy has once again brought to the fore the entire issue of genetically modified crops and foods. The Indian Government's apex regulatory authority,
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Fruit preservator from CRIDA
The Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) has made designed and developed a low-cost portable preservator of fruits and vegetables to contain post-harvest losses to farmers. It
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Plea to set up plantation development bank
The United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi) has urged the Union Government to set up a National Plantation Development Bank (NPDB) on the lines of Nabard for financing and refinancing
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Bt cotton lets down AP farmers: Study
BT Cotton, introduced by Mahyco-Monsanto company in Andhra Pradesh, has failed to fulfill its promise, says a study made by agricultural scientists Dr Abdul Qayoom, former Joint Director of
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Funds for agri zones may touch Rs 1,025 cr in 5 years
An aggregate investment of Rs 1,025 crore is forecast during the next 3-5 years in the 40 agri-export zones (AEZs) sanctioned in 17 States. The private investment in these zones over the last one
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Ministers differ over drought impact
The Finance Ministry's Mid-year Review document makes it amply clear that the statistics about drought have fallen victim to the tussle between economics Dan politics in the government. The Review
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Neem-coated urea developed by NFL
National Fertilisers Limited (NFL) has achieved a major success by developing a process for the manufacture of neem-coated urea on commercial scale. In a press note issued here today, the Public
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Disturbing do(ub) ts
When the Union ministry of health and family welfare claims that the new Directly Observable Treatment Short Course is the best for tuberculosis in India, something is lost in the fine print: that