A red light for blindness
Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the western world's leading but little-known causes of blindness among people over 50.Until now there have been few effective treatments.
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Desperate for water
Western India is suffering through its worst drought in 100 years. And the government is to blame. The water shortage is "a government-made disaster," says Anil Agarwal, director of the Center for
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Extinct 'tiger' may live again
Scientists hoping to bring the extinct Tasmanian tiger back to life said on Thursday they were within sight of their goal after samples taken from a preserved pup were found to contain high quality
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Disease victims in class action
Victims of the Melbourne Aquarium legionnaires' disease outbreak have lodged a Supreme Court class action for damages.A Melbourne law firm yesterday announced it had filed for the class action late
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Drought claims 20 lives in Chaghi
Death toll in the Chaghi district rose to 20 on Friday as a result of drought in Balochistan. Eight persons lost their lives in the Chaghi tehsil, seven in Gowand Shero and five in Dak.Women and
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Implementation of rice crop action plan begins
The Sindh Agriculture Department has started implementing a "rice crop action plan", which envisages to achieve the highest rice production target of 2,179 million metric tonnes this year by
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Rs 2 billion for Sindh, Balochistan drought victims
Pakistan's Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf directed the finance ministry on Friday evening to immediately release Rs1 billion each to Sindh and Balochistan for relief operations in the
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Pakistan to seek foreign help to fight drought
Pakistan is likely to make an appeal to the international community for an immediate help to combat drought following reports that the situation in the affected regions of Balochistan and Sindh is
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Exco backs fourth marine park
A fourth Hong Kong marine park in Ping Chau was endorsed by the Executive Council yesterday in a move that will increase the SAR's marine park area to more than 2,400 hectares.The proposed park on
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Chopping up the wilderness
Tourism operators want to land helicopters on some of Tasmania's most pristine, remote World Heritage sites.The proposal has been condemned by some Australian environmentalists and Greens senator
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Satellites used to help predict deadly disease outbreaks
NASA is providing new insights from space that may help health officials predict outbreaks of deadly water-borne cholera, a bacterial infection of the small intestine that can be fatal to humans.
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In the midst of a drought, a cyclone?
Though the state of Gujarat is reeling under supposedly the worst-drought of the century, chief secretary L N S Mukundan last week convened a meeting of departments concerned to know the
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Blood -thinning drug can reduce strokes
Doctors in Britain confirmed that a blood thinning drug can reduce the risk of stroke in patients suffering from heart rhythm problems. They said results of a two-year study of 167 patients with
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More US biotech food regulations likely
Glickman : The Clinton administration's new initiative to step up oversight of gene-spliced foods and publish more scientific data on the Internet is a first step certain to be followed by other
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'Love Bug' virus wreaks fresh havoc worldwide
The world's worst computer virus, Love Bug, wreaked fresh havoc on Friday as it raced around the globe, hiding behind new identities and worming its way into more and more systems. Computer experts
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Apathy marks Gehlot effort
With hardly 60% of the drought relief works started by the Gehlot government in the drought-hit areas, the statistics provided by the state government reflect its failure in meeting the problems. It
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Surat traders turn drought samaritans
The worst drought in Saurashtra and north Gujarat seems to have brought out the best in affluent Saurashtrians who are settled in Surat--the diamond city. Much before the state government woke up
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Scientist arms for neem patent battle
It is David vs Goliath. India's hopes of wresting the patent for neem from the Americans, who have already appropriated basmati, karela, jamun and brinjal, rest on Uday Singh. The BHU professor will
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Excess salinity renders bore water useless
For the thirsty villagers of Dholera, the irony could not have been worst. In the midst of drought there is water everywhere, thanks to a borewell which has been yielding water incessantly for the
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Test tube mangoes
A team of botanists from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi has grown tow popular mango varieties-- Chausa and Amrapali--in test tubes.