Hospital junkyard
India has become a dumping ground for low-tech medical devices from the US. And even some third world countries, which have no manufacturing facility, are unloading repacked substandard items
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First dengue case reported in Capital
As the dropy toll rose to 15 and continued to claim more victims, the first case of dengue came to light
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To travel hopefully
It is possible that traffic congestion will keep on getting worse so that road rage, missed appointments and late deliveries become the norm. But there is an equally plausible alternative scenario.
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State put on ivory smuggling alert
Alarmed at the increasing poaching of elephants in Orissa, the Union ministry of environment and forests has asked the West Bengal forest department to intensify vigil and intercept smuggled ivory
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Shortage hits AIIMS blood bank
An acute shortage of blood has hit the blood bank at the main hospital in AIIMS for the past few days. Blood has had to be requisitioned from the Red Cross and the CNC Blood Bank in AIIMS itself to
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New vaccine for malaria
Scientists at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in New Delhi claim to have developed two synthetic peptide vaccines for combating a lethal variety of
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Danish ship illegally dumps Israeli toxic waste into Mediterranean Sea
Greenpeace revealed that the Danish dragger ship "Skandia" is illegally dumping toxic waste from the Israeli fertiliser company "Haifa Chemicals" in international waters in the Mediterranean
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1m lumberjacks will turn green
More than one million lumberjacks in China are expected to become tree planters under a nationwide forest-conservation project. The project, which will cover 61 per cent of the mainland's major
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Is the next one OK?
Aspiring Thai monks may have to take urine tests. Thailand's education ministry wants men applying to become Buddhist monks to submit to urine test for drug use and the virus that causes AIDS. More
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Radiation from bomb tests could cause thyroid cancer, but screening program not advisable
Some Americans are at higher risk for developing thyroid cancer after being exposed to radioactive iodine released during nuclear bomb blasts in the 1950s and 1960s, but the government should not
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From bad to worse, down on the farm
The crisis in European agriculture could force fundamental changes in the European Union's common agricultural policy. At last : a
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Skin-deep
By using human cells in skin-graft operations, Thai specialist Nares Damrogchai is at the cutting edge of a relatively new form of biotechnology. His lab-grown skin is easing suffering in burns
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New treatment for neuralgia
Jaipur based skin specialists claim to have developed a new method for treating a painful viral disease affecting nerves. Post-therapeutic neuralgia is caused by the reactivation of a dormant virus,
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Maker of farm chemicals cleaning soil at shuttered plant
Nihon Bayer Agrochem KK, a producer of agricultural chemicals, is purifying mercury contaminated soil at its former plant in the western Tokyo suburb of Hachioji in $49 million project. Obayashi
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New curtain will repel mosquitoes
Scientists at the Malaria Research Centre here claim to have controlled mosquitoes in urban slums using curtains impregnated with an insecticide. A two year study by the MRC team has found about 90
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Exposure to aluminium can lead to Alzheimer's
Medical experts have cautioned against extensive use of aluminium cooking ware and foils, especially for acidic food preparations containing tamarind, tomatoes and green leafy vegetables, which could
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Clean up the world drive by Discovery
Discovery channnel is telecasting a series of programmes this week as its contribution to a global environment campaign, Clean Up The World.Called "Green Earth, Clean Planet," the special line-up
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Basmati exports
Quality certification in offing: The Government appears to be coming around to the view that rice exports need to be closely monitored, not only in terms of volume but also for quality. While the
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Greening of Ladakh breeds mosquitoes
The greening of Ladakh is having some unusual results on the environment there. Mosquitoes and flies have now entered areas they would not have dared to access 10 years ago. Mosquitoes and flies are
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Privatization considered for trash pickup, disposal
The Japanese government is considering privatizing household garbage collection and disposal, now handled by local muncipalities, and allowing companies to charge for doing just so as in the case of