River pollution on the rise
Rivers, their tributaries and nullahs in Solan district are being polluted by the waste being shed by different towns and industries. A major pollutant in the river water is the synthetic waste.
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Actionaid suggests involvement of NGOs in kendu leaf trade in Orissa
Diospyros melanoxylon or kendu leaves, mainly used in bidi making, are again making news, particularly in Orissa. The state government, having realised its incompetence to handle both the commodity-
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Stroke, epilepsy 'breakthrough'
Researchers have cracked the three-dimensional structure of a key protein involved in stroke and epilepsy, paving the way for new drugs to treat those diseases. Scientists from Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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New information from SOHO increases chances for recovery
The dormant Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft has sent temperature and electrical data to ground controllers, information which could help in the satellite's recovery. The SOHO
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Novartis AG budgets for research center
Novartis AG, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, will spend $600 million over the next 10 years on a San Diego, California, complex that the company says will be the biggest crop-gene mapping project in
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26 children die in fresh measles outbreak
A total of the 26 children have already succumbed to a fresh epidemic of measles that showed up in at least three villages of Kalikot (Nepal) a few days ago, authorities said.
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Nitric oxide treatment
Doctors at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here have used nitric oxide gas to widen the narrow blood vessels of person suffering from adult respiratory distress
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Biodegradable plastic synthesized from waste water
A group from Nihon University in Tokyo said it has developed a way to synthesize biodegradable plastic using waste water from homes and food-processing plants as a raw
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Concern over deforestation in Assam-Arunachal border
Of late, the large-scale deforestation and encroachment in the forest areas of Sonitpur district has been a matter of great
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Brick kilns making Kathmandu's air fouler
The government of Nepal and environmentalists have made several attempts to convince the brick kiln owners about the serious impact of hazardous gases and other harmful chemicals in the environment
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Sandstorms engulf Beijing
Beijing was shrouded in a yellow layer as the fourth sandstorm of the year swept down from the arid plateaus of north central China covering the area in sand and grit. The storms were attributed to
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Multinational companies urged to comply with environmental laws in developing countries
Environmentalists belonging to Pakistan, Great Britain and Netherlands were equally critical of absolute indifference and double standards reflected on part of multinational companies (MNCs) towards
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EU bank may help Russia to curb Baltic pollution
European Union heads of government will decide this month whether the bloc should help finance two Russian projects to cut pollution in the Baltic Sea, the president of its long-term financing arm
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Latvia PM says wants oil spill deal with Lithuania
Latvian Premier Andris Berzins said yesterday an oil spill at neighbouring Lithuania's Butinge oil terminal has strengthened his resolve to push for a deal on a compensation mechanism in oil
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USDA panel to discuss air pollution from livestock farms
The smell from huge U.S. pig and cattle farms will be among the air quality issues discussed by a U.S. Agriculture Department task force at a meeting later this month, the USDA said yesterday. The
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EU scrap vehicle directive will shake up recycling
The European Union (EU) End-of-Life-Vehicle (ELV) directive, imposed in October 2000, will have a significant impact on Europe's recycling market, delegates at a secondary aluminium meeting said on
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Haryana in the grip of severe drought
Haryana is in the grip of a severe drought. While the principal Kharif crops (such as jowar, bajra and gawar) of the rain-fed region have been totally laid waste, inadequate supply of canal water and
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Carbide polluting water, alleges NGO
The Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan has sent a memorandum to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh giving details of several cases of ground water pollution near the Union Carbide
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Society must focus on families if it wants to raise birthrate
Japan's birthrate dropped further to a record low of 1.39 children per woman in 1997, a shocking fact that has prompted the Health and Welfare Ministry to sound an alarm in its annual white paper.
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Damaged salt farms to be rehabilitated
The Gujarat state government is preparing a rehabilitation package deal for the salt farms that have suffered as a result of the recent cyclong in Kutch and Saurashtra.