5000 hectares of paddy damaged by "insecticides"
Paddy crop in several villages under the Baghapurana police station in Moga district which was ready for harvesting has been affected and mostly damaged totally bringing the damaged paddy crop due to
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Wrecked ship's polluting cargo worries officials
A Sri Lanka shipping firm said on Friday it would not remove the wreck of a Turkish ship and its cargo of fertiliser which authorities say may pollute the ocean. "We do not hold ourself responsible
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Fresh floods hit 200,000 in Itahar
Today's fresh floods affected more than 200,000 people in Itahar block of this district, while shortage of relief food supplies has sent a large number of children begging along National Highway
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The final biopsy
Delhi's Yamuna is dead : What's left of the Yamuna in Delhi is severely polluted. It's there for all to see. The Central Pollution Council Board has studied it over decades ,each time confirming
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Village groundwater contaminated by arsenic in MP
Groundwater contamination with arsenic, hitherto believed to be confined to West Bengal, has now been detected in Madhya Pradesh, according to a report that warns that many more states in India could
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Hazards of reactive systems examined by EPA
As a result of an accident investigation of the Sept. 10, 1997, explosion in a resins production unit at Georgia-Pacific Resins Inc. in Columbus, OH, the U.S. EPA is issuing a case study to highlight
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Fight against dengue not over yet
Despite there being no apparent letup of Dengue 2 in the Pacific coastal region of Puntarenas (Costa Rica), the Ministry of Health this week said it has the situation under control. "The cases have
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Indonesia's forest fires pose an economic threat
For the third year in a row, fires are blazing across parts of Indonesia. Thick clouds of smog have affected inhabitants of Kalimantan and Sumatra. When the winds blow from the south, as they ofen do
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Weak monsoon diminishes hopes of good kharif
CMIE : Hopes of bountiful kharif crop in 1999 has diminished due to progressive weakening of monsoon from the last week of July to end August, according to the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy
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Discerning truly organic coffee can be grid for consumers
"Organic" is the buzzword these days for environmentally conscious coffee drinkers, but they may not know what they're buying. "The first problem arises over the definition of what organic is," said
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Intel demonstrates long-awaited chip
Intel Corp., offering reassurances about its chip design capability, demonstrated the first working prototype of its next-generation microprocessor at a technical conference. Craig Barrett, Intel's
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Turkish amnesty provokes uproar
A new amnesty law that is expected to benefit some of Turkey's most notorious criminals has produced an outpouring of public anger. The emotional reaction to the law comes as many Turks are already
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Information sought on city jumbos
All elephants roaming the streets of Bangkok will be tallied and listed in an information base to aid future efforts to solve the problem. City residents have been asked to help with the survey,
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Tsunami alert system planned
In 1992, a tsunami with waves reaching 9.5 meters tall and several hundred meters wide wreaked havoc along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, killing at least 170 people. The Panamanian-based Center for
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Damages ruling eases big tobacco's liability
The threat of a crippling, multibillion-dollar verdict against the tobacco industry vanished yesterday when a Florida appeals court ruled that damages in a path-breaking lawsuit may not be awarded in
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New virus may wipe out hard drives
A new computer virus has been identified that infects Microsoft Word documents and threatens to wipe out computer hard drives on December 13.However, expert agreed on Thursday the threat has been
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UNDP to fight poverty using Internet
The United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) has joined hands with mega-information technology professionals for launching a global onslaught on poverty using the time and cost-efficiency of
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Zarda colours not fit for consumption
A number of cheap chemical substances being widely used to add colour to various dishes and eatable items - zarda, rice, sweets, etc - are not fit for human consumption, says a study carried out by a
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ADM warns suppliers to begin crop segregation-WSJ
Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. is warning its grain suppliers to begin segregating genetically modified crops from conventional crops, the Wall Street
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U.S. study suggests removal of ovaries lowers cancer risk
A U.S. study suggests the small portion of women at risk of developing breast cancer because they have inherited a genetic mutation may be able to lower the risk by having their ovaries removed. The