A tale of three polluted rivers
For the people of Bhadravati town the silver lining is distinctly missing from the dark cloud of toxic coal dust, sulphur gas and air pollutants from the Mysore Paper Mills factory which hovers
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140 died of AIDS in Nepal : Report
One hundred and forty two AIDS patients have so far died ad 458 are struggling with the killer disease in Nepal. According to statistics given by the National Venereal Diseases and the AIDS Control
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Orissa gives bauxite mine on the sly to Balco
The Orissa government took a quiet decision to lease out huge bauxite reserves to Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd (Balco) just a few days before the Union government finalized the company's privatization on
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Sewage could be killing southern sea otter
A sudden rise in the death-rate of southern sea otters along the Californian coast, which means that they will soon become endangered, could be due to parasitic diseases from sewage outfalls, say
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Hope for heart patients
Melbourne researchers hope to use the human hormones estrogen and progesterone to improve the survival rate of heart attack patients. There is anecdotal evidence that these hormones improve patients'
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MCH asks user agencies to maintain Hussainsagar
Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad Dr PK Mohanty said that the Hussainsagar lake would be cleaned on every Monday to remove garbage and water hyacinth by involving all the user
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Crackdown call on coal-fired units
It's like a shroud of smoke and dust, covering parts of the Calcutta skyline for most of the day. To be precise, it's seven tonnes of particulate material, belched out by chimney's of small
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Crimes against humanity
Even as you read this, AIDS is taking lives in sub-Saharan Africa, swallowing families, communities, hopes. So far 17 million have died. At least 25 million may
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Singapore's population is aging
Singaporeans are better educated and richer than they were 10 years ago, but the population is aging quickly, government figures released
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Mystery malaise in death sweep
The mystery malaise which crept up on Siliguri threatened to spin out of control with seven persons dying overnight, taking the total toll to 19 and spreading
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Center gets tough on rural scheme implementation
The Indian government has decided to get tough with states on implementation of rural development schemes with some lief Bihar and Orissa either not utilizing funds or diverting them for other
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Owens to pay $1.2 b for asbestos cases
Owens Corning, maker of insulation and other building materials, said yesterday it will pay $1.2 billion to settle asbestos-related lawsuits in a bid to end one of the biggest product liability cases
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KAIC trying to spread use of LPG in cars
The technology that allows a vehicle to run on the common LPG but has not found many takers for it in the last 20 years of existence in the country. The Karnataka Agro Industries Corporation (KAIC)
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WHO conference calls for equitable health order
The three-day WHO Regional Conference on Public Health in South East Asia began at Calcutta today with a call for adopting an 'equitabel health order' along with integration of global trade in the
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After Mitch
Central America has suffered the worst natural disaster in its modern history. Recovery could take its two worst-hit countries a generation : a
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President Estate are among 'dirty' spots
Report: Hundreds of places all over Delhi, including the prestigious New Delhi area have been identified in a report submitted to the high court as "hot spots" which require "immediate action with
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160 wild ducks rescued
Nearly 160 Mallards, a species of duck, were seized from the Old Delhi Railway Station on Sunday. One man has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody by the Wildlife Department. The accused,
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Sonia calls for people's movement against population growth
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has stressed on the need for a total change in attitudes and practices to launch a people's movement against population growth. Sonia Gandhi called for evolving a
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Oracle offers 'FastForward Y2K' to Indian companies
Oracle Software India Ltd (OSIL) has announced the availability of parent company's Y2K solutions for Indian enterprises which can be implemented within two months. "Many Indian companies have still
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Malaria claims 26 lives
Malignant malaria claimed 26 lives during the past one week in West Bengal, while there were out-breaks in many districts, the Health Minsiter, Mr. Partha De said