J&K drive against hepatitis -B
A drive to innoculate about 30,000 employees of health services, including doctors and paramedical staff, has been started in Jammu and Kashmir as part of the plan to prevent hepatitis-B from
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FDA will require companies to test drugs on children
The US government issued new rules that require drug companies to conduct much wider testing of drugs in children, so the companies can write labels that provide detailed information to doctors and
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Dismantling of the "Brent Spar" begins
The re-use and recycling of the old oil platform "Brent Spar" began in the Yrkefjord on the coast of Norway. It is the end of a three year process that started with protests by Greenpeace activists
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Elite seed from tissue culture
Even as the government is contemplating diversification of agriculture in Punjab, an alternative is being provided to farmers by the Nasirpur Tissue Culture Laboratory, which is producing high
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Another forest disease in HP
Fusarium oxysporum and Ganoderma lucidum, two dreaded fungi, are responsible for the mysterious forest disease which has caused large-scale mortality of shisham trees in the mid-hill areas of
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HC suggests action against encroachers
In what is seen as a significant judgement by environmentalists against illegal grants and rampant encroachers in Himachal Pradesh, the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Doraiswamy Raju, suggested initiation
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Cotton crop in Punjab, Haryana plagued by American ballworms
Cotton crop in several districts of Punjab and Haryana has been plagued by ballworms, a deadly pest and growers, who were expecting a good crop after successive crop failures, are once again in for a
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Europe presses panic button on foot-and-mouth disease
Europe was turning itself into a fortress against Britain's rapidly spreading foot-and-mouth outbreak today as France prepared to slaughter 30,000 more sheep and Portugal demanded British tourists
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90 pc Kutch villagers reject relocation, upset rehab plans
A comprehensive survey conducted by voluntary agencies at the behest of the Kutch district administration has shown that 85 to 90 per cent of the villagers are against any relocation
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Germany to rule on law curbing smoking in offices
Traditionally a guilt free smoker's paradise that imposes few restrictions on smoking in public places, Germany plans to introduce one of the toughest anti-smoking laws in
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Drops for diabetes
Scientists may soon develop vaccines for diabetes, a renowned Swedish scientist, Professor Holmgren announced recently. The new, orally administered vaccine should be ready for full-scale testing on
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Hacking at health
Due to economic and social pressures, Malawian women have remained the main food producers at both the household and the national level and have depended heavily on natural resources like land,
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In Pacific Northwest, sighs of relief and gasps at cost of earthquake
After initial waves of gratitude and relief that the area's earthquake was less disastrous than it might have been, western Washington started to come to grips today with the significant damage and
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Powerful Northwest quake injures at least 25
A powerful earthquake rocked the Northwest on Wednesday, shattering windows, showering bricks onto sidewalks and sending terrified crowds running into the streets of Seattle and Portland, Ore. At
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US green groups sue Smithfield for hog pollution
A group of environmentalists and family farmers filed three lawsuits on Wednesday accusing Smithfield Foods Inc. , the world's biggest pork producer, of contaminating North Carolina rivers and
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Rhinos facing threat of extinction
A growing demand for rhino horn in West Asia and its barter for horn by the North East militants are pushing the Indian one-horned rhinoceros to the brink of extinction, said a Traffic India report.
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Call to make farm practices in arid areas sustainable
Agricultural research institutions in India, especially those involved in dryland farming, have a major role to play in developing strategies for sustainable agricultural practices in the arid
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Asia epicentre of tuberculosis
WHO : With six high burden countries which account for over 50 per cent of tuberculosis epidemic in Asia, the continent is the epicentre of world's tuberculosis emergency. Informing this, Dr Gro
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What's 'alternative'?
Americans are embracing unconventional care as never before - and researchers are catching up : a
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Cholera outbreak in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan health officials urged Colombo's residents to avoid eating out fearing a cholera epidemic. "About 50 people have been hospitalized and two have died in the past two weeks, " said Viraj