Study finds pig transplants safe
Transplants using organs from pigs moved a significant step closer, with the largest study of long-term effects finding no evidence of cross-species infection. The study, by Imutran Ltd, the
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Kulsi river posing threat to villages of Tangla
The Kulsi river, which played a havoc years back, is still a cause of danger and discomfort for the villagers of a number of villageds near
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Scientists develop vaccine for plague
Scientists at a British military research laboratory said they had developed a genetically modified vaccine for bubonic plague which they planned to test on humans
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Turks fear epidemics as quake toll reaches 10,000
Rescue workers fearing the spread of disease began setting up tent cities today for the tens of thousands left homeless by Turkey's massive quake, as another handful of survivors was discovered in
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HC asks state for exact plans of nature centre in National Park
The Bombay high court recently gave the state government eight weeks to file a detailed affidavit stating the exact plans proposed for the Nasarga Vihar centre within the National Park at Mulund. The
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New bidi trend sweet revenge
US health gurus : Chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, mint.. Hold on, these are no ice-cream flavours, but bidis made in India and sold in America. The health gurus in the West call it the revenge of the
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Karnataka in the throes of an eco-crisis
Ecologically sensitive and biologically diverse southern coastal Karnataka is now branching out for a mega industrialisation drive with a tremendous potential to boost the pollution load beyond the
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Campaign against plastic waste
Operation CAP (Campaign Against Plastic Waste) , launched as an environmental and community development programme on June 5, 1998, is uniquely different from initiatives undertaken so far in the
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35,000 still feared buried after quake
Turkey was facing even grimmer reality after the government revealed that up to 35,000 people may be buried under debris in the earthquake-hit industrial city of Kocaeli. With hopes of finding more
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Court challenge to tests of gene-altered crops
Friends of the Earth, the environmental pressure group, presented papers to the High Court in London seeking a judge's ruling on a government decision on genetically modified crop trials. FoE is
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ASEAN asks Jakarta to combat haze
Setting no deadlines and ultimatums for the prevention of environmental haze across a vast region, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday took a step towards the development
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Polio surveillance system functioning
Unicef: India, which accounts for 70 per cent of confirmed polio cases in the world, has a functioning surveillance system in 1998, according to a report published by
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Hyderabad firm files Rs 100 cr suit for obstructing animal tests on cancer drug
Shantha Biotechnics Pvt Ltd, has dragged Hyderbad-based animal rights group, Blue Cross, run by former film actress Amala Akkineni, and several departments of the Central government to court for
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Ministry to provide funds for irradiation facilities
The ministry of food processing will provide finnacial support up to Rs 4 crore for setting up irradiation facilities for increasing the shelf-life of food products. The assistance will be in the
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Riversides to turn a new shade of green
Waterfronts around the world are in great demand. There is a conscious move to upgrade the city's profile by waterfront development. Yet they have the focus of controversy too. There may be a green
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New pest repellant to save stored grains
The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic (CIMAP) in Lucknow has developed menthol-based pest repellent to protect stored grains. The formula developed hs been patented, CIMAP sources said.
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Transgenic crop project by TNAU
Insect-resistant species of cotton, rice, mungbean and tomato will be genetically engineered at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), under a transgenic project supported by the Union
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Vaccine for bubonic plague developed
Scientists at a Britsh military research laboratory said they had developed a genetically modified vaccine for bubonic plague which they planned to test on humans
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Vaccine developed for plague
Scientists at a British military research laboratory said that they had developed a genetically modified vaccine for bubonic plague which they planned to test on humans
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Who says coffee is bad? It could even protect you from radiation
K.C. George, senior scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre's radiation biology department and his assistant, P.C. Kesavan under the direction of N.C. Verma, the department head, recently