Dry spell in Capital may affect crops
There is no respite in sight for north India, hit hard by a dry spell. The director, Delhi Meteorological Department, Dr S C Gupta, stated that there is no indication of rain in the next three to
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Landslide threat forces 700 to move
Seven hundred people are to be rehoused because their homes in Shekkipmei Estate (Hong Kong) are threatened by a landslide. The residents, mostly single elderly people, yesterday
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Production, sale of two drugs banned
The Centre has banned the manufacture and sale of fixed dose of combination of haemoglobin in any form, either natural or synthetic, in iron tonics. The ban is with immediate effect. The drug was
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HC orders continuation of tests on monkeys
A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court restrained the Ministry of Health, Union of India, local police and activists of Non-Governmental organisations from interfering with the conduct of
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Unhealthy fishing practices
The depletion of fish Bangladesh is facing is detrimental to the health of the nation and the fact that it can be traced to ecological destruction caused by humans is no consolation, for had we been
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Food adulteration in eastern Nepal
Many food industries in the Eastern Development Region are found to be indulging in food adulteration. The Regional Food Laboratory has informed that it has taken action against 23 food industries of
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Air pressure affects thinking
Changes in air pressure can have a direct effect on the way we think, according to research carried out in Ukraine. Anatoly Delyukov, a physicist at Kieve University, has been monitoring air
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States said to ignore lead tests
Federal investigators say most states of U.S. are flouting a 1989 law that requires young children on Medicaid to be tested for lead poisoning. As a result, they say, hundreds of thousands of
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'Mad cow' waste might leak
Britain's Environment Agency is investigating a dump where thousands of tons of cow carcasses are stored after reports that potentially lethal waste infected with "mad cow" disease could leak out,
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Govt renews efforts to involve FIs, corporates
The Government has renewed its efforts to encourage the flow of resources from financial institutions, corporate bodies and use industries for the development of
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WTO ruling on QRs will hit India hard
CII : The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has expressed concern over the ruling delivered by an appellate body of the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO), which upheld the final report
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Japan pharma cos to base drugs on human genome data
Eight major pharmaceutical producers as well as universities and other research organisations will in October begin joint research aimed at developing new drugs using data from the decoding of human
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Human gene in cow's milk part of MS treatment test
A New Zealand government research agency said yesterday it planned to introduce a human protein gene into cattle as part of research into a possible treatment for multiple sclerosis, also known as
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Bond act mischief
The mass confusion caused by Albany's annual last-minute budget scrambles often provides camouflage for mischievous legislation that nobody notices until well after the deed is done. This year was no
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Rain-fed rivers inundate Malda
About 60,000 people have been affected in 108 vilalgesof Malda district by flooded rivers following heavy rains during the past few
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Viagra biscuits
The makers of Viagra, the anti-impotence pill, are making a biscuit form of the drug for people who find tablets difficult to swallow, the Sunday Telegraph
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AHP agrees to settle most Norplant lawsuits
American Home Products Corp. on Thursday said it agreed to settle lawsuits with more than 36,000 women who claimed they were inadequately warned about the hazards of the Norplant birth control
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Maruti working on 3 Zen variants
Close on the heels of the vintage looking Zen Classic, Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) is now working towards introducing three new variants of the popular Zen by the end of this fiscal, including a limited
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The wrath of nature
Meteorologists saw her coming at least a year ago. At her best benign, she was supposed to mitigate the chaos left behind by her brother. But, in many countries worst affected in 1998 by the El Nino
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Gasp, choke, wheeze
Amid the deluges in Asia, two places that need rain the most - Indonesia's Sumatra and West Kallimantan - have been largely precipitation-free as the dry weather takes hold. Once again, vast tracts