American NGO to the aid of Bengal's arsenic-hit belt
A US agency has come forward to lend financial help to prevent arsenic poisoning through drinking water in West Bengal even as the Indian government has withdrawn funding of water purification
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Ch'garh Pollution Control Board likely in April
A separate Pollution Control Board to monitor the pollution rate in Chattisgarh is expected to come into existence from April 1, 2001. The preparations in this direction have been completed by both
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US court gives Napster deadline over copyright
A US judge told Napster it will have three days to filter out the copyrighted music of the world's big record companies, once the companies submit a list of tracks they want barred from the hugely
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Record-breaking series of space walks
Two Russian cosmonauts have successfully mounted a new alignment engine outside the Mir space station in the course of record-breaking series of space
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Greenpeace claims StarLink in Kellogg product
The environmental group, Greenpeace, has said it had detected traces of a gene-altered corn variety not approved for human consumption in vegetarian corn dogs made by Kellogg
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American study on genetically engineered crops is coming to fruition
After months of study, the Environmental Protection Agency soon will be wrapping up its first comprehensive review of the United States' major genetically engineered crops:corn, cotton and potato
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Millions of Brits live in extreme poverty: Report
More than five million Britons are living at a level of extreme poverty previously thought to exist only in the developing world, a study published on Thursday stated.'Breadline Europe', which looked
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Zonal transport system in the offing
The transport department has mooted a novel concept of "zonal transport system" to be introduced in Delhi. A notification to this effect has been issued by the department and suggestions are invited
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Measles virus behind Siliguri mystery disease
The preliminary report on the disease that stalked Siliguri over the last few weeks points at a mutating measles virus. The report was submitted to West Bengal health minister, Mr Partha De, by the
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Parkinson's research is set back by failure of fetal cell implants
A carefully controlled study that tried to treat Parkinson's disease by implanting cells from aborted fetuses into patients' brains not only failed to show an overall benefit but also revealed a
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PETA threat to resume campaign
The international animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), has threatened to re-launch its campaign against Indian leather industry for not effectively preventing
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Ridleys on chopping block
Olive Ridleys, an endangered species of turtle, are being slaughtered in thousands in villages around Digha and Ramnagar (West Bengal) for
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Peanut stripe virus in groundnut crop eradicated
The peanut stripe virus (PStV), a pest posing threat to groundnut crop in the country, has been successfully eradicated, the National research Centre on Groundnut(NRCG), Junagadh in Gujarat, has
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- Peasants' woes
The authorities have occupied prime farmland in Gauchar, Uttar Pradesh, to construct an airstrip that will benefit tourists both at home and abroad. But it will affect the livelihood of many
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Orissa uproar over Nalco ash-pond breach
The state Assembly today witnessed an uproar over the alleged non-implementation of rehabilitation and restoration measures in the villages affected by the 31 December ash-pond breach near the Nalco
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Kennedy team cleans up with fertile invention; wins NASA award
Faced with the daunting task of reducing hazardous rocket-fuel waste, a team of inventive scientists and engineers from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, found a way to really clean up, while at the same
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Senate set to axe worker safeguard
The US Senate is expected to vote to repeal a controversial Clinton Administration regulation designed to protect the 1m-plus workers afflicted by repetitive stress injuries each year.
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Japan, South Korea to resume talks
Japan and South Korea have agreed on a new bilateral fishing treaty, starting with working level talks. Discussions broke down in January after Japan unilaterally withdrew from the previous agreement
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Biotech bailout : U.S. offers to buy back bad corn seed
The US Agriculture Department will spend up to $20 million this year to compensate seed companies for corn mixed with an unapproved genetically modified variety-the first direct federal bailout of
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44 held, 300 to go
Seven weeks after the earthquake and the launch of a manhunt for the builders, engineers and architects of the 70-odd buildings that collapsed in Ahmedabad, less than a fourth of the job of arresting