World Bank offers big loans to Turkey
The World Bank offered loans of more than $1 billion to help Turkey recover from a devastating Aug. 17
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CPCB for amalgamating ISO 14001 provisions
The Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) is in favour of amalgamating the provisions of ISO 14001 system for attaining regulatory compliance of prevailing national environmental laws with the ISO
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New tactic for TB treatment
Writing in the latest issue of Nature, Douglas Lowrie of the National Institute for Medical Research, London UK, and colleagues report some success with an experimental genetic vaccine against
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Gene discovery may boost crop yields worldwide
The identification of a gene which controls the size of plants may increase crop yields worldwide. The discovery made by the John Innes Centre in eastern England, has implications for the developing
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Cancer spotter
A new device from Australia is better than most doctors at detecting malignant melanomas, and cold drastically improve the chances of detecting skin cancers at a treatable stage. The Skin Polarprobe,
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Fishermen submit protest letter to PM
Bangkok civil groups and non-governmental organisations yesterday lent support to inshore fishermen from the South who are rallying against night-time anchovy fishing. Led by the Federation of
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Shrimp farmers say ban order is unfair
Shrimp farmers in the upper area of Bangpakong dam want the Thai government to find more acceptable solutions other than terminating shrimp farming.They say the ban, agreed by the Eastern Seaboard
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Worst still to come, say flu experts
Australians who think they have survived winter free of influenza should be wary of two new strains that could spread to any capital city in the country.Cases of influenza B, and a strain of
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New arsenic detection kit designed
A new arsenic detection kit has been demonstrated the International Training Network Centre, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka recently. The kit was sponsored by the ITN and
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Waste management
To say that Dhaka city's waste disposal is not up to the mark is just an understatement. So far as the management of solid waste is concerned, it is simply non-existent in Dhaka city. For a mega city
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Encephalitis cases on the rise
With an increasing number of encephalitis cases turning up at Bheri Zonal Hospital and hospitals at district level, measures to prevent and cure the diseases have been expected. Forty out of the 199
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Bill Gates bets his money on vaccines
Bill Gates transformed the economics of the computer industry. Now he's trying to do the same in the market for vaccines for some of the world's deadliest diseases. The chairman of Microsoft Corp.,
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'Skin' from tube can seal wounds
People with chronic skin ulcers can now feel more hopeful of regaining healthy skin. A new technique developed in Germany makes it possible to transplant a skin substitute that was cultivated in a
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Mission to monitor gas victims' rehab
Almost 15 years after the Bhopal gas disaster of December 1984, the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangthan has decided to set up an investigative mission to look into all aspects of rehabilitation,
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Backlash on gene-altered exports threatens U.S. markets
U.S. farmers paid premium prices this spring to sow many of their fields with genetically engineered corn and soyabean see, but now as the fall harvest nears, more of the international buyers they
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Great White hunters to become prey
Britains Great White Shark hunters, now descending on Cornwall in shoals, may soon become an endangered breed. Marine biologists are pressing to have the fish, Carcharodon carcharias, protected
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UK report on antibiotic resistance finally released
A study looking at the risks to public health from antibiotic resistance in farm animals has been finally been released. The Soil Association, the UK's organic food certification body, welcomed the
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Government renews scheme that pays farmers to protect biodiversity
England's Countryside Stewardship Scheme, under which farmers apply to receive payments in return for protecting sections of land from over intensive farming, will be renewed. Funding levels for the
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Menorca debates eco-tax on tourists : The Balearic Islands' regional government is considering a pilot eco-tax to be levied on tourists visiting Menorca. The tax would be used to establish national
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Canadian company wins award for 100% recycled MDF
A Canadian company has proven that urban wood waste in the form of old pallets, construction and demolition wood and even Hollywood sets can be transformed into high quality medium density fibreboard