Enzyme may trigger sudden infant deaths
A small percentage of infants whose deaths are attributed to sudden infant death syndrome may have a lethal enzyme deficiency, Texas researchers report. If the disorder is detected early, some of
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Court sets Nov. 1 closure deadline for polluting units
Taking strong view of the pollution of the Yamuna river by industrial effluents, the Supreme Court on Monday gave a November 1 ultimatum to the industries in the city to take measures to treat their
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Cabinet okays extension to population project
The Union cabinet has okayed the revised World Bank assisted India population project VIII, which aims to improve health and family welfare status of slum populations in the cities of Bangalore,
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Blood tests could help after head injury
A simple blood test performed soon after a mild head injury may spot brain damage, even when imaging scans are normal, German researchers report. The test "might be of clinical...
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New York will spray to fight encephalitis
With three people dead from a rare outbreak of St. Louis encephalitis and the confirmed spread of the infection to separate parts of the New York city, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani today ordered health
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New family planning law expected in three years
The first nationwide law on population and family planning is likely to take effect within the next three years in China. The State Family Planning Commission (SFPC) is presently preparing to draft a
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Carmakers oppose recycling proposal
Leading car manufacturers are considering a legal challenge to a European directive forcing them to take back and recycle ageing cars. Under the proposed law, new cars sold in the European Union from
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World Bank confronts its tangle in Tibet
The board of the World Bank will take up an embarrassing challenge in connection with its controversial project to resettle 57,750 Chinese farmers in traditionally Tibetan lands in Quinghai in
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Construction waste clogs nation's landfill
Systems and sites for recycling construction waste are overloaded and close to collapse in Japan. The problem is expected to grow more serious closer to 2005, when the volume of such waste is
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System gives cheaper access to ocean depths
Taisei Corp., Japan announced that it has developed a low cost mechanical system to pump out seawater more than 200 meters deep. Deep-layer water is used in fish farming as well as for producing
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Fuelwood, vehicles behind Thimphu's air pollution
More than 42 truckloads of firewood are burnt every day in the Thimphu valley making bukharis and other heating appliances the biggest source of smoke pollution in the capital of Bhutan, according to
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Ban on haemoglobin formulations with immediate effect
The Union Health Ministry has reiterated that the ban on the production and sale of fixed dose combinations of haemoglobin in any form (natural or synthetic) in iron tonics and of pancreatin or
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Floods drive 300 million homeless worldwide
Damage caused by global warming worldwide in 1998 was estimated at a staggering $92 billion US, 53 per cent higher than the previous record of $60 billion in 1996, according to US-based World Watch
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For quick detection of heart blocks
A new technique of coronary heart screening that reduces the time taken to detect blockages in the heart has been introduced at Metro Hospitals and Heart Institute in Noida, near
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Qatar Airways to ban smoking
Privately owned Qatar Airways said on Tuesday it would ban smoking on all scheduled flights from October
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Disappearing fresh water species
Frogs, toads and salamanders are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate, a sign that something is wrong with fresh water ecosystems, the World Wildlife Fund had said. According to the
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Slag in polluting industry ruling in DDA case seen rising to the surface
It was a land mark judgement that catapulted green lawyer M C Mehra to fame and gave Judge Kuldip Singh the reputation of being a "green judge". Three years after the Supreme Court ordered
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Safety defects force Ford, General Motors to recall cars
Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corp said on Friday they have each recalled more than 160,000 cars due to safety defects. GM, the world's largest automaker, recalled 168,036 1999 Buick Century
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Pain in the leg? Call the doctor
Do your lower legs hurt after you walk a few blocks ? Are they sometimes numb, tingly or cold? If the answer is yes, doctors say you need a checkup. Yopu may have a problem that could threaten not
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4,000 plastic bags in one cow's stomach
In an unusual operation which highlights the problem of plastic bags, four veterinary surgeons in Bhug removed 4,000 plastic bags from the stomach of