Global fish production unchanged in '97
FAO : Global fish production was virtually unchanged in 1997, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. Production reached 122 million tonnes in 1997 from a revised estimate of 121 m.t. in
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- Unhygenic food caused jaundice outbreak
The Chief Medical Officer and Health officer has informed that the outbreak of jaundice in the Durg district for the past one month has been brought under control. It could be recollected that
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Crops to be grown for wild animals
A special meadow is to be planted to provide foodstuffs for wild animals in Yunnan Province, China.The meadow, the first of its kind in the country, will supply sufficient foodstuffs for all the wild
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British aid for wasteland project
One lakh hectares of wasteland in the State (A.P.) will be upgraded for productive use with cent per cent grant from the British Department for International Development (DFID) under the
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Kaziranga may remain closed this year
The Kaziranga National Park home to the one-horned rhino, may not be opened to all this year. The catastrophic flood, which turned the 433 sq km game park into the lake formation, destroying every
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8,500 turtles killed; Trawlers major threat
Despite patrolling by the authorities and the seizure of fishing trawlers, about 8,500 Olive Ridley sea turtles, one of the rare species, appear to have been killed along the Orissa coast, so far.
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Glaxo given $6.7m for malaria vaccine
A non-profit organisation is paying GlaxoSmithKline $6.7m to speed up the development of a malaria vaccine candidate that has been in development since
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France sets out 'mad cow' compensation
Jean Glavany, the French agriculture minister, announced a package of $194m direct financial aid to help French farmers cope with lost income from the slump in demand caused by the heightened scare
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Indian bustard on verge of extinction in M P
the great Indian bustard is on the verge of extinction from the country's largest State Madhya Pradesh. Citing the main causes, Forest officials say that improper nesting facilities along with lack
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Rodent ghosts return to plague flood-hit Surat
History repeats itself every four years so it is said. The same city of Surat, the same river, the same water and the same dam of Ukai. But for the change in the officials who man the city and the
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Homes scheme aims to recreate garden city movement
Proposals were launched to turn Britain's most controversial housing development into a testbed for environmentally friendly growth in the next century, matching the creativity that produced the
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Impotence pains
The principle for the National Health Service is easy. The practice is a great deal more difficult. Around the world, health systems have reacted in sharply differing ways to the arrival of Viagra,
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Chilka lake under threat from prawn mafia
Asia's largest brackish water lake, Chilka, is under threat due to large-scale 'fishy' operation by 'prawn mafia' in and around the lake. By encroaching over thousands of acres of land and water area
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Naidu releases AIDS booklet
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu commended The Times Group in Hyderabad for being pro-active in sensitising people about AIDS, which has assumed alarming proportions in Andhra
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Vets backs end to U.K beef ban
A majority of European Union veterinary officials backed the easing of a ban on British beef exports, signalling the end of a criplling embargo that was imposed in 1996 over "mad cow" disease. EU
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GSFC in pact with US firm on waste use
Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals (GSFC) said it had signed a pact with a US firm to make wood from solid waste generated by its process
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'U.S. firms not involved in mustard oil adulteration '
The American Embassy has refuted the alleged involvement of U. S. interests in adulteratation of mustard oil, which caused at least 50 dropsy deaths in New Delhi and affected many people in other
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Bangladesh gets WHO prize for pry health care
Bangladesh Medical Research Council has been awarded the prestigious WHO prize for its contribution to promotion of primary health care in
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Japan tobacco in cancer treatment agreements
The debate about whether the use of tobacco causes cancer continues-but Japan Tobacco Inc (JT) has hedged its bets by entering into agreements with Corixa Corporation and Cell Genesys, both of the
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Elephant training to be slowed'
Methods used to train wild elephants in a new programme in South Africa will be toned down, the man at the centre of a worldwide row about the controversial project conceded on Wednesday. "We are