Study
Gene therapy restores cells : Withered cells in the brains of old monkeys were restored to youthful health in a gene therapy experiment that researchers hope to test soon in Alzheimer's
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Planning commission sets up task force on agro-forestry
The Planning Commission has set up a task force on development of agro-forestry under the chairmanship of Commission member DN Tewari. The principal objective of the task force is to increase
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SPCA onjects to shifting of TB-infected cows
The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) today took strong exception to a blanket order by the Army Headquarters to directors of military cattle farms across the country to cast and
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Acid fumes from factories can upset running trains
The Shatabdi Express or any major train using the four electrified lines between the New Delhi railway station and Ghaziabad, could be inviting disaster from an unusual quarter. Industrial units
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Environment institute hanging fire
Lack of coordination between two government organisaitons has prevented the creation of a crucial environmental institute despite a World Bank grant of $ 2 million. The institute-- the Indian Centre
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Fungi root of sinus infeciton
US study: Sinus infections, which afflict 37 million ameivans with Runny noses and can cause chronic congenstion, turn out to be the ody's immune system response to fungi, according to researchers.
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German outfit invents 'green' television
After the hype of eco-friendly refrigerators (free of chloro-fluro carbon(CFC) emissions) and vehicles with controlled emissions, the latest invention joining the bandwagon of environment-friendly
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Meet on AIDS
An international conference on the AIDS pandemic in Africa, where 83 per cent of the cumulative global AIDS deaths have occurred, opened in the Zambian capital today. More than 11 million Africans
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U.S. readies list of nations at Y2K risk
In what promises to be the best road map yet for identifying global problems caused by the Year 2000 technology glitch, the State Department is readying country-by-country warnings on 194 nations.
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Nepal suffering food deficit
The food deficit in the central development region of Nepal stands at staggering 1,41,211 metric tons per year, the Regional Director of Agriculture Tek Bahadur Thapa said. According to him only six
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US gears for hurricane
Hurricane Floyed was developing into a monster storm on Monday, packing 250-kmph wins and threatening to inflict severe damage on the Bahamas and the southeastern United
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60 per cent of world's leper population lives in India
Nearly 60 per cent of world's patients afflicted with leprosy are in India and every year five lakh new cases are being added in the country, a top official of the Leprosy Mission International has
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Fishy business
Effluent plant releases wastes near shore: Two decades ago, they needed large containers to store their catch. Nowadays, small utensils are enough. The 1,000-odd fishermen families in seven villages
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New ray of light for heart patients
The live demonstration of the implantation of pig's heart at Sri Ganga Ram hospital on Monday was deferred as the visiting cardiac surgeon from Australia was denied entry into the country due to visa
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Negligence turns golden land into hell for villagers
The negligence of civic bodies at Sahidabad has proved to be pathetic for the villagers who had given their golden land to the administration for development. In 1962, Uttar Pradesh State Industrial
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Sick building syndrome strikes India
"The 'sick building syndrome' is fast becoming a reality in urban India as levels of respirable particulate matter and carbon dioxide are alarmingly high indooors, even in air-conditioned buildings,"
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India, 2025
Half the population is urban: By the year 2020, there will be estimated 550 million people living in urban areas and five years after the India's urban population will make up half of its population.
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Sun, sand but no smoke, please
Goa set to bring in India's most stringent law banning smoking, spitting and chewing tobacco. The amount of fine - which ranges between Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000 and even imprisonment up to three months
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Beluga whales 'Depleted,' U.S. Says
The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service plans to list the beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet as a depleted population, but the designation pleases neither environmentalists nor industry
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Gene repair shows promise for genetic disease
Through the use of a novel technique termed 'chimeraplasty,' researchers have, for the first time, successfully repaired the genetic defect associated with Crigler-Najjar syndrome,