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Plant workers exposed : Current and former employees of the uranium enrichment plant in Paducah, Ky., are outraged at finding certain workers were unknowingly exposed to dangerously high levels of
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Team cultivates embryonic stem cells
An efficient way to cultivate embryonic stem cells from in-vitro fertilized monkey cells has been developed by a mixed academic-industry research ream led by Norio Nakatsuji at the Institute for
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Mosquito menace on the rise
Authorities at the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) are concerned about the rising mosquito menace in
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2 lakh acres of land accreted to coastal areas of Ctg, Cox's Bazar
More than two lakh acre of land have been accreted from sea bed in the off-shore islands and coastal areas of the country's two south eastern districts of Bangladesh-Chittagong and Cox's Bazar since
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After service to nation, they move to afforestation
For the Bhatti Mines are, pitted and scarred by stone quarrying for decades, there is hope, courtsey some "part-time soldiers". The Territorial Army is raising a battalion of troops - mostly
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Govt may resort to aerial spraying for artificial rain
With the candlelight experiment for bringing about aritifical rain having failed, the authorities are now contemplating aeiral spraying to effect rains across drouhgt-affected Saurashtra and
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Integrated Plant Nutrient System to replace jhum
The National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) for the development of Integrated Plant Nutrient System (IPNS) for vegetables and fruits in hill and mountain ecosystem was formally launched with
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MPCB issues notice to 32 city hospitals over waste treatment
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued notices to 32 city hospitals for non-compliance of rules on treatment and disposal of bio-medical waste. The notices deal with the hospitals'
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Pollution pipe work on
After polluting Nakkavaagu and turning huge tracts of agricultural lands barren besides making people residing along the rivlet "impotent" and "sick", industrialists of Pattancheru (Andhra Pradesh)
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Special cell set up to tackle industrial pollution
An inter-departmental cell has been formed, under the Union Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, to work out ways and means of tackling industrial pollution levels, without
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UK tops European league for under-age drinking
The European Commission is making an example of under-age drinking in Britain to press European Union member states into curtailing the glamour of alcohol
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More research ordered into mobile phones
UK's Department of Health has ordered new research into potential harmful effects from using mobile phones as it publishes leaflets admitting no one knows what the risks
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WHO project boost for Third World
Researchers in Asia, Africa and eastern Europe could soon have access to the latest scientific information via the internet, thanks to a new pilot project set up by the World Health Organisation
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Finance Commission suggest ways to increase resources of Panchayati Raj Institutions
The 11th Finance Commission has suggested ways to build up financial resources for the working of Panchayati Raj
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British Water-UK govt trade mission to visit Gujarat
A trade mission of British Water, the trade association for the UK water industry, in collaboration with the UK government's department of environment, transport and regions (DETR) will visit
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Green-house projects set to take off in Gujarat
A quiet beginning in setting up of a string of green houses across Gujarat will be made at Chaloda village in Dholka taluka of Ahmedabad district with the inauguration of a Rs 13 lakh project
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Nandankanan crocodile killers arrested
The mystery shrouding the decapitation of a South American variety of crocodile in Nandankanan zoological park was solved with the arrest today of two persons and the recovery of the reptile's
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Chlorine level in UMC water is alarming
The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in Shahad which supplies water to Kalyan, Ulhasnagar and Mahral village has expressed its concern about continuous high concentrations of
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Encroachments, a threat to Pallikaranai marsh
The Pallikaranai marsh, home to more than 100 species of birds and several other organisms on Velacheri-Tambaram Road, is feared to be on the verge of extinction due to large-scale encroachments and
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Mixed message
Can your cell phone really give you cancer? The best answer science can offer so far is maybe. Researchers have discovered that cell-phone radiation can cause subtle, short-term biological effects in