Lemon grass cultivation on the rise
Cultivation of lemon grass in the southern States is picking up fast because of its increased demand for use in various applications in the country and
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Brussels adopts scheme to fight mad cow disease
The European Commission adopted a purchase and destruction scheme for cattle older than 30 months and support measures for the embattled beef sector as part of a toughening efforts to combat BSE, or
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Unicef calls for child investment
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called on world leaders to stop the massive squandering of human potential by neglecting the needs of very young children. In its annual report on the
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China wants Pakistan to change decision for deep-sea fishing
: China has asked Pakistan to reconsider its recent decision of cancelling deep-sea fishing licences, saying it has caused huge losses to its firm. The Chinese government has also renewed its offer
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Forest bank planned
The Ministry of Environment & Forests is exploring setting up a Forest Development Bank and forest development agencies at all levels to encourage agro forestry-based activities, the Union Minister,
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Gold mine collapses, killing 18
Eighteen people have been killed in an accident in a gold mine in South China. Monday's tragedy, in Baise in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, also injured three people and trapped at least two
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Pack-up time for polluters
The countdown to the implementation of the high court directive to shut down hundreds of polluting units dotting Calcutta has begun. The deadline-the last day of 2000. In Calcutta, the polluting
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Opec Fund to finance greenfield projects
OPEC Fund advisor Rolf B Westlign has stated that the international development fund would set up a private financing facility in India to fund greenfield
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Deal to revise laws on GMOs
The European Parliament and European Union governments agreed a deal to revise laws on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), opening up the possibility that a de facto moratorium will be lifted next
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China to spend $24 bln on environment over 5 yrs
China will invest 200 billion yuan ($24 billion) in environmental protection efforts in the next five years, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. Two decades of breakneck economic
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Study
Particles do increase deaths : You don't have to be able to smell or see air pollution to die from it.A study of the nation's 20 largest cities confirms that small amounts of particles less than
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Encephalitis toll hits 23 in far west
With five more deaths reported in Kailali and six deaths in Kanchanpur district of Nepal, the death toll from encephalitis reached 23 in the far western region, hospital sources
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Blind ambition
Any disease that infects 150m people across the world might seem hard to overlook. But blinding trachoma, the bane of European immigrants to America a century ago, has largely disappeared from the
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World Bank sees developing-nation growth
Developing countries are likely to enjoy health growth over the next decade, but the risk of a U.S. recession has darkened their immediate outlook, says a new World Bank report. Although the Bank
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UN talks clinch text for toxic chemical treaty
Delegates from more than 120 countries on Sunday clinched agreement on the text of a treaty to curb or ban some of the world's most dangerous pollutants."We have our convention," United Nations
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Human health severely affected by desertification and drought, says the World Health Organization
Increased desertification and drought represent a serious threat to human health.WHO will express this concern at the fourth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention
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NASA robotics may soon help spinal cord patients take first steps
NASA engineers and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), neurophysiologists are creating a robot-like device that could rehabilitate thousands of Americans with spinal cord injuries. The
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Indian wants to network green scribes worldwide
A former Indian editor who has elected to head a global body of environmental journalists says he plans to activate networks of green scribes and face up to challenges posed by 'environmental issues
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White paper on industrial crisis soon
Sheila: Reaffirming the resolve of her Government to preotect the rights and livelihood of lakhs of industrial workers, the Delhi Chief Minister, Ms. Sheila Dixit, today announced that the Delhi
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Fishy business
Vietnamese fishermen are reaping big rewards from lobster breeding, but environmental perils loom : a