WHO will train city druggists
A two-day training programme has been organised by WHO India and the Delhi Society for the Rational Use of Drugs here on Saturday and Sunday for 40 pharmacists working in the drug stores of
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Forest policy on the anvil
The Tamil Nadu Government will formulate a 'State Forest Policy' for management of forest resources, the Minister for PWD and Forests, Mr. Durai Murugan announced in the Assembly
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GAU is all for leading a second green revolution
Imagine farmers of Gujarat reaping bumper harvests using saline water over during drought years, growing genetically modified plants which consume minimal amount of water and fruits which will
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90% HIV positive Indians don't even know it
Ninety per cent of the India's five million HIV positive people are not even aware of their problem and the government's efforts to contain the deadly virus have been grossly inadequate, as
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Cloning technique may help the infertile
European researchers said on Saturday they had developed a method using cloning technology that could help some infertile women have babies. The team of French, Spanish and Italian researchers said
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16 polluting units face prosecution
The Delhi Government has launched prosecution against 16 polluting industries for allegedly discharging effluents into the Yamuna even as the Supreme Court came down heavily on the government
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'Smoking doesn't ward off Alzheimer's
Claims that smoking can ward off Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia are false, according to a major study which says these ailments may in fact be exacerbated by tobacco use.
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New blood thinner linked to deadly blood disease
A widely used new blood thinner that is routinely given to heart patients after angioplasty appears in rare cases to trigger a deadly blood disease. The drug, called Plavix, prevents blood clots and
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17-year jail term for eco crime
An Idaho businessman drew a record 17-year prison sentence for an environmental crime that left one of his employees permanently brain damged from cyanide poisoning, the Justice Department said on
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Govt wants a baby to mark 1 billion people
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched the Great Baby Hunt. A search is on far half-a-dozen or more new-borns, preferably female, one of whom will be anointed the one billionth
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Breakthrough in leucoderma cure
A breakthrough treatment for leucoderma and vitiligo patients practised in Sweden will be made available in Pune, Hyderabad and Delhi. After training in Sweden with the innovator --Dr Mats
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Scientists' view sough on Meta Strips controversy
Four top scientists are the national level will now probe into the pollution angle of the controversial Meta Strips Ltd, a copper processing unit in Goa, set up with Spanish collaboration, by Sushil
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Bihar population to cross 100 m by 2001
Bihar's population is likely to exceed 100.25 million by year 2001. Even as the "counting of heads" for preparing new census report has already begun in the poverty stricken Bihar, it has been
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Students rate bad air as worst of SAR's pollution problems
More than 60 per cent of secondary school students said in a recent survey that poor air quality was the most serious of Hong Kong's pollution problems. More than 70 per cent said it was the most
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Greenpeace protests Lapeyre's role in Amazon
Greenpeace activists in France, Belgium, Spain and Switzerland protested against the French home-improvement store, Lapeyre, after the company neglected to fulfil a commitment to its customers to
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Tussar silk trade in Orissa under threat
The tussar silk trade in Orissa, which sustains some 50,000 rearers and about 300,000 members of their families, has fallen on had days. Smugglers and black marketeers have done serious harm to
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SKB to launch vaccine for typhoid
Smithkline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Ltd (SKBP) will launch its typhoid vaccine in a month's time and will follow it up with two more vaccine launches shortly thereafter.
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Red-tape leads to artificial famine in Gujarat, Rajasthan
The Union ministry of food and consumer affairs is concerned over bureaucratic wrangles at several levels, which h ave delayed food-grains from reaching the beneficiaries in the drought affected
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Farmers commit suicide in drought hit Andhra Pradesh
Betavat Ratan (30) , a small farmer who belongs to the Banjara tribe in Mehabubnagar, the worst drought-affected district in AP, took a loan of Rs 40,000 from the local co-operative bank a couple of
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Water conflicts
Preparing for the lobster season off the eastern coast of Canada was easier this year, despite concern that tempers between native and non-native fishermen might flair once traps were lowered into