78 bird species in danger
BNHS: Bombay Natural History Society, the partner designate in India of BirdLife International, has sounded a red alarm after compelling data indicated that the number of bird species threatened by
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Gastroenteritis claims 36 lives
Minister: The Health Minister, Dr. S. Aruna, admitted here on Friday that gastroenteritis had so far claimed 36 lives this season in
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Smoke signals from Philip Morris set off alarm bells
The much publicised 'Racketeering' lawsuit against Philip Morris (PM), the world's largest tobacco MNA, in a US Federal court for alleged "smugglign and drug-money laundering to avoid taxes and bost
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Honda's new fuel cell car to be tested
Honda Motor Co. said it has deveoloped a quieter, nimbler and more efficient experimental fuel-cell powered car for test drives on California roads. Honda's FCS-V3 is among the models that will be
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Singapore hit by virus
Singapore has ordered the closure until further notice of all public and private kindergartens, child care centres, wading pools and even play areas in shopping malls and fast-food restaurants to
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Activists find endangered birds for sale in shops
About 90 species of native wild birds are on sale in pet shops across the nation despite regulations forbidding their sale, the Wild Bird Society of Japan said Wednesday.The species include
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AIDS wars
A meeting in London has destroyed the idea that AIDS was the accidental result of a polio-vaccination campaign conducted in the 1950s. But the disease' origins are still mysterious : a
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Delhi gets notice on Rs 20-cr idle incinerator
The Delhi high court has issued notices on a public interest litigation seeking concrete action to make use of the Rs 20-crore incineratory-cum-power plant here which was imported in March 1985 but
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Crop failure drives Andhra farmers to suicide
For the third time in two years, farmers in Andhra Pradesh are restoring to suicides after their crops had failed. At least 15 farmers have attempted suicide in the past month. Eight farmers have
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BSE's lessons
Finally, the truth about Britain's worst food scare for generations is coming out. BSE (mad cow disease) was first identified in 1986; it has since been linked to 82 cases of the fatal variant
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India pulls down FDI flow to South Asia by 13%
Unctad : Though FDI by transnational companies in developing Asian nations rose to $106 billion in 1999 as against $97 billion in the previous year, FDI in South Asia dipped 13 per cent to $3.2
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Study identifies 24 potentially dangerous glacial lakes in Bhutan
While it was not possible to prevent the floods caused by glacial lake outbrust in 1994 , which caused massive damages to the Punaka Valley, Bhutan warning signals could have been sent, according to
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22 killed in Bengal floods
At least 22 people have been killed and more than five million marooned in devastating floods triggered by heavy rains in eight districts of West Bengal even as the Army and Air Force carried rescue
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Experts predict watery future for Calcutta
Calcutta's future is definitely very watery. Though this year's "bhora kotal" didn't synchronise with the rains, saving the city a repeat of the 1999 pre-puja floods, experts working on the
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AIDS in Burma
A growing disaster : Burma has become an epicenter for the spread of AIDS in Asia. Yet both the Burmese military government and the opposition, intent on their own political agendas, ignore the
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A plague of eels highlights risks of foreign species
The eel's most alarming trait, according to scientists is its ability to survive extreme conditions. As if this weren't cause enough for concern, the eel is now within 1.6 kilometers of the
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Hurricane Keith leaves central America high and dry, weakens
Hurricane Keith pounded Belize's delicate reef islands on Sunday, sending palm trees and electricity poles flying, and dumped heavy rain as far south as Nicaragua, where one person drowned. The US
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People in this district do not remember when they last had a bath
While Gujarat is bracing for another drought, about 50 villages of Amreli district in Saurashtra are yet to get out of the last one. For the, it has been a along ordeal which began last November.Fore
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Eco mantra, new business tool of auto companies
Environment protection makes good business sense, goes the new mantra in the automobile sector."Scooter India Ltd (SIL), being in the automobile business, whose products contribute to air pollution,
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Japan hails US steps on biotech corn
Japanese importers have welcomed the US Government's swift action to calm concern about food safety after it discovered gene-altered corn not approved for human consumption in taco shells, traders