The price of health without frontiers
Merck's decision to supply Aids drugs to the developing world at cost could unleash an uncontrollable global price war : a
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TN tanneries told to pay compensation
The Loss of Ecology Authority, set up by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), has asked the tanneries of Vellore district to pay a compensation of Rs.26.82 crore to 29,193 families
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Rajasthan fails to reach drought relief target
The cash-strapped state government is yet to attain the goal it has set for relief works in the drought-hit areas. The government has created only 88 per cent of the employment it announced for
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Aussie tips on fighting pollution
Several new and innovative procedures used in controlling pollution in Australia were show-cased today at an interactive seminar between the Australian and Indian
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'Orissa must prepare for moderate quakes'
Orissa residents should be prepared for moderate earthquakes in future, though it does not fall under high-risk seismic zone, experts say.
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Two-thirds of the surface area of US estuaries and bays at risk
A report by a new independent commission says that that runoff from farms and cities has mostly been unabated or has actually increased over the past 30 years, threatening to turn much of America's
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US EPA defeats states, utilities and industry on interstate pollution
The US Supreme Court has ruled that an Environmental Protection Agency law requiring many states to reduce their air pollution drifting across stateliness can stay, defeating an action brought about
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EU environment ministers slam Commission's 10-year plan
European environment ministers and various EU bodies have savaged the Commission's 10-year environment programme for its absence of clear targets and timetables. Ministers made their criticisms
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Estonia makes good progress in cleaning up Baltic
Estonia is gaining control over its worst pollution hotspots that drain into the Baltic Sea, but needs a further EUR30 million (
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Air pollution cause for high lead toxicity among kids
In an alarming finding, about 30 per cent of children in urban cities and towns in the country were found to have higher than the recommended levels of lead toxicity which would cause serious health
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Conserving mangroves : Officials pass the buck
When it comes to conserving mangroves, the Maharashtra government and city authorities in Mumbai turn a blind eye. The Times of India newspaper had reported large scale felling in the lush mangroves
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Gujarat handled quake disaster efficiently : UNDP
As many as 19,727 persons died and 20,717 were seriously injured in the quake which rocked Kutch and other parts of Gujarat on January 26. This was stated by Praveen Pardeshi, United Nations
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$19.99m IFAD loan
Bangladesh will receive US$19.99 million from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) under a loan agreement signed in
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WB postpones two more loans to India
In an apparent measure in response to India's nuclear tests, the World Bank today postponed indefinitely consideration of two proposed loans totalling more than $200 millions to India, it has been
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Lab plans sterilisation way to destroy deadly fly
A Johor laboratory plans to eradicate the deadly old-world screw worm fly, whose larvae feed on open wounds, by mass-breeding and sterilising them for release in infested areas.
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Genetically altered corn 'found' in popular corn-dog
Controversy over Starlink corn-a variety of genetically-modified corn which has not been approved for human consumption in the US--resurfaced when Greenpeace, the environmental group, claimed that
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16,000 contract AIDS virus a day, says study
About 16,000 people a day contract the AIDS virus, and by the millennium experts expect about 40 million HIV-positive around the world --A US
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Software flaw opens web shops to hackers
A flaw in internet technology used to protect the security of electronic shoppers has sent leading computer software suppliers scrambling to plug the potential leak. Computer hackers could exploit
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Ensuring tiger prawn farms are eco-friendly
New tiger prawn farms, opening up along mangrove areas, will be strictly monitored so that they do not damage the ecological system. Agriculture Minister Datuk Amar Dr Sulaiman Daud said a guideline
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Foodgrain output target lowered ; Agricultural university at Jammu proposed
The Agriculture Ministry has revised the target of foodgrain production for the current year to between 203 million tonnes and 205 million tonnes instead of the 210 million tonnes set by the