Fight against AIDS
United States scientists have unveiled a new method of fighting viral replication in AIDS, which they believe could help combat the deadly
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US shows the way in global patenting of e-ideas
British companies are failing to file patents for new ways of doing business and risk falling behind their US counterparts in the new economy, according to a report published. The report-by law firm
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Hi-tech city's war against pollution comes a cropper
Thick froth, resembling snow, has enveloped an area of 40 acres on the downstream of the Bellandur tank, the biggest water body in Bangalore, and the froth has been billowing out for the last couple
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Global treaty to curb tobacco use gets push
In an atmosphere of unexpected harmony, officials representing nearly 150 governments have laid the groundwork for a new global treaty intended to control tobacco use and stamp out adolescent
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Robots successful at heart surgery
Doctors are reporting early success in using athree-armed robot to repair heart valves-an approach considered cheaper and less invasive than conventional open-heart surgery. Using a computer and
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Members call for change in WTO dispute system
When the World Trade Organization was created five years ago, a dispute settlement system was set up to finalize trade squabbles. Now, some of the smaller members of the 138-nation WTO are signaling
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Study slams Tory effort on environment
The Ontario government's recent efforts to improve its dismal record on environmental protection is all "bluster," says the author of a new study. The study, Ontario's Environment and the Common
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Red Cross asks $3.5 million for India flood aid
The Red Cross requested international assistance of $3.5 million to provide relief to some of the millions of villagers left homeless by devastating floods in eastern
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Banana war
A debatable 'split'?: The 'Banana War' is back with reports that a Dispute Settlement Board(DSB) panel of the World Trade Organisation(WTO) has found the dispute-related sanctions imposed by the US
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Environment courts still in papers
The much talked about Environment Courts are still in papers as the process of establishing the courts in the Divisional Headquarters to avert Bangladesh's deteriorating environmental pollution has
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Low birth weight haunts Indian children
Two-and-a-half decades after special schemes and programmes were launched to bring down mortality rates of children, the Indian child still remains a poor cousin of his counterpart in most countries
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Human health and patent law
The deleteriousness of TRIPS, in relation to health and social justice, cannot be wished away by Parliament since Right to life, a basic feature and constitutional guarantee, cannot be truncated or
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Total southern seas fishing ban urged
A global conservation coalition has for the first time called for a moratorium on Southern Ocean fishing.It says an official scheme to clamp down on rampant poaching has failed.The Antarctic and
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Vaccine halts AIDS in monkeys
Using a new kind of vaccine, researchers report that they have been able to control a particularly lethal strain of AIDS virus in monkeys. The vaccine, made of DNA, did not prevent the animals from
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Two more die from cholera
Two people died of cholera in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) yesterday, bringing the death toll in the cholera outbreak in the province to 30, the health department said. Provincial spokeswoman Roz
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Experts seek to save jaguars
Last week was just like any other for jaguars Agatha and Franco, who, pacing in their cages at San Jos
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129 ducks poisoned
One hundred and twentynine ducks have died due to poisoning when they were let into a pond at Neeradi vilalge in Kancheepuram district of Tamil
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Farm policy focuses on genetic engg
The Agriculture Policy has favoured application of frontier sciences such as genetic engineering and remote sensing in agriculture through the efforts of the national research system as well as
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New Noise level standards for gensets formulated
The Government has set new noise level standards for gensets to be manufactured and sold from September next year. The standards will apply to all categories of gensets run to either petrol or
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Preserving forests
Guarding wild life is a tough job. Tougher still if the forests are in remote areas like the Rani forests on the Assam-Meghalaya border. Straddling 160 sq kms, the Rani forests comprises three