SAARC TB seminar underway
The two-day 10th meeting of the SAARC TB Centre got underway at Lalitpur (Nepal). Delegates from all member countries, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, The Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and host country
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Death of cattle worker due to killer virus
Malaysian health authorities confirmed that the death of a livestock worker late January was due to a deadly encephalitis virus.
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World Bank blows hot & cold on health project
A World Bank team left the city today with mixed impressions about the rate of progress being made by the government in the Rs 701 crore health project in West Bengal.
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Cipla's Viagra to hit India in 6 months
Indian pharmaceutical major Cipla says it may hit the local market with its version of US giant Pfizer's anti-impotency blockbuster Viagra in six
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Court move may clear way for beef exports
Two meat factories in Northern Ireland have been given a clean bill of health by European Commission veterinary inspectors. The move could lead within weeks to the first exports of UK beef in more
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- New child health project in Haryana
A World Bank-aided Rs. 145.18-crore Reproductive Child Health (RCH) Project was launched by the Haryana Health Minister, Mr. O.P. Mahajan, with the flagging off of 15 ambulances for Bhiwani and
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State govt ready to challenge Andhra HC ruling on tobacco
Agriculture Minister T B Jayachandra today assured the Legislative Assembly that the State government is committed to challenge the Andhra Pradesh High Court directive regarding regulation of tobacco
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Tremors in Gujarat, N.E.
Ahmedabad and most other parts of Gujarat was again hit by a tremor measuring five on the Richter scale today. The tremor lasted for only few seconds but those who felt the jerk rushed out of their
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AP drive on forestry schemes
The first phase of the Rs 370-crore World Bank funded forest development project taken up in 1994 in Andhra Pradesh was successfully completed in September last year and the forest department is
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Indian viagra by March
An Indian variant of viagra would hit the market in March next with the claim that it would not hit the customer's pocket much. Penigra, being manufactured by pharmaceutical gaint Cadla Healthcare
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Robot insects for spying
Robot insects capable of flying military spy missions inside buildings are being developed by a Cambridge University scientist. The craft, called an entomopter, will use a chemical engine to flap
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Govt to ease mining regulations
The Union ministries of mines and coal are collaborating with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to host the fifth International Mining and Machinery Exhibition (IMME'98) which will be held
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Valley's waste dumped at Open-Air-Theatre
Kathmandu Muncipal Corporation (KMC) has started to discharge Valley's waste at the Open Theatre in the heart of the capital as villagers in Mulpani continue to obstruct garbage trucks. For the ninth
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Food bug figures for US
Eight million people in the US got food poisoning last year, according to the country's newest tracking system for food-borne illnesses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the
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Tokyo prepares for an overdue disaster
Tokyo is nervously bracing itself for its next big earthquake, perhaps one on the scale of the tremlor that devastated the city in 1923. And they expect it soon. Tokyo has an aggressive program of
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Watch out, it's plastic stupid
The residents of 15 socieites at Ghatkopar's Joshi Lane,Mumbai have been scrupulously segregating their garbage and using the biodegradable waste to generate compost and plant 4,000 trees in the
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- Tuticorin Alkali bags mosquito spray deal
The Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd, a SPIC group company based at Chennai, has bagged for the second consecutive year the contract for spraying 'Spicbiomoss' in the Kochi Corporation
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Waste disposal plant turns a waste
The Rs 28-lakh municipal solid waste disposal-cum- microbial compost plant, acclaimed as a model one by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal during its inauguration at Salogra, on June
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Kaziranga unlikely to be opened for tourists
There is no possibility of opening the flood-ravaged Kaziranga National Park to tourists from November 1 since nearly 200 roads inside the park and 178 km of the main road have been severely
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National Health policy is being revised
The government has initiated the process for revising the national health policy to control the new situation arising out of emerging and re-emerging diseases. The government is also planning a big