Pollution
govt. must file reply: The High Court today directed the government and others to file their objections within 10 days on a public interest petition which sought directions to implement pollution
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NACO's unreleased AIDS figures find way to UN site
While the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) is yet to release the latest figures on HIV incidence in the country--claimed that statistics are still being compiled-the very same statistics
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'Stone diseases more common in North'
About 3 per cent population of Northern India suffers from stone diseases. The stone diseases are higher in northern part of the country as compared to the southern parts. Incidence of stone
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Cement plant initiated despite opposition
The Himachal Pradesh Government has once again initiated a move to set up a cement plant in this subdivision ignoring strong protests of the residents. Earlier, the proposal of setting up a cement
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Illegal fishing tops the agenda as world fisheries authorities meet in Rome
Urgent measures to tackle the growing problem of illegal, unreported and unregulated and fishing will top the agenda at a series of meetings involving world fisheries authorities and experts at the
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Dysentery claims 26 lives in Orissa village
At least 26 people are feared to have died due to starvation and dysentery in the last 21 days in Kupakhal in Maikanch Panchayat under Kasipur block in Rayagada
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Punjab to set up forest clubs
The Punjab government has decided to establish forest clubs in all government schools and colleges. This was stated by the Punjab Forests Minister, master Mohar Lal, today.
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Karnataka demands farm white paper
Karnataka has urged the Centre to bring out a white paper on all agricultural issues in the country in the implending WTO regime. It has called for at least five corrective steps in the Exim Policy
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Punctured drains dirtying Yamuna
Many drains in Delhi have been punctured and sewage is being taken into stormwater drains which are polluting the Yamuna. This was stated by BJP leader of the municipal house Mahesh Chandra Sharma at
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Jabalpur to be listed among polluting cities
Jabalpur is likely to find its name in the list of highly polluted cities along with some 400 other cities of the world. These cities would be provided facilities by the world bodies for tackling the
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Vedike seminar on forests on Feb 27
The Rashtriya Navanirmana Vedike will conduct a seminar on "Forests of India, problems and prospects" on February 27 in Bangalore.Disclosing this at a press conference here, former principal chief
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Europe fights to prevent disease
The slaughter of entire herds which could have been contaminated with the foot-and-mouth virus is under way across Europe in a bid to prevent any outbreaks of the disease outside Britain.
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Chinese scientists succeed in growing wheat in frigid Northeast
Chinese scientists have been successful in growing 13,333 hectares of winter wheat in frigid northeastern parts of China. The winter wheat can resist cold to as low as minus 28 degrees
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MoU signed for waste-to-power project
After many fits and starts, Chennai Corporation's ambitious and path-breaking waste-to-power project took the first step forward on Friday with representatives of a private firm and the civic body
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Orissa Govt puts a rider on BALCO lease
Orissa Chief Minister Navin Patnaik on Monday asserted that the State Government had recommended the grant of mining lease to BALCO, the public sector aluminium company caught in a disinvestment
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Bivoltine technology successfully implemented
The Central Silk Board, in association with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has successfully implemented the "Bivoltine Sericulture Technology Development Project" in eight
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Gas flare pollution
Major oil-producer Nigeria holds the dubious record of being the world leader in 'gas-flaring' - burning off unwanted gas left over from oil extraction. The north African nation burns more than 76
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Mad cow proteins in sheep
French afternoon daily Le Monde said several unpublished scientific studies in Britain had found in sheep tiny proteins identical to those believed to cause so-called mad cow disease in
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- Awareness campaign to save fish
The National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR) , Lucknow, and Assam (Bhorelli) Anglers Association is going to organize an awareness campaign to save threatened fishes in the surroundings of
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Britain for tie-ups on environmental protection
Britain sees enormous potential to work together with India in the field of environmental protection."Solid waste management and waste water treatment are among the fields of activity wherein we are