UNWFP scheme to continue
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has decided to continue to provide nutritious food to the Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS) scheme running in the country. The commitment of
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FDA tells Abbott to rectify clot-busting drug problem
The US Food and Drug Administration has told Abbott Laboratories, the US pharmaceuticals and medical products group, that it must identify the contamination problem in Abbokinase before new batches
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A disaster in waiting
Unconfirmed reports of earthquakes in the vicinity of a Tajikistan mountain lake triggered panic among international disaster-relief organizations. Officials were relieved to discover that none of
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Board on medicinal plants to be set up
the Government will set up a natinal board for medicinal plants soon to look into its export and internal
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US lifts tariffs on kiwifruit
The US has revoked anti-dumping regulations, in place since 1991, one New Zealand exports of kiwifruit. The regulations were imposed after Californian growers complained New Zealand had been dumping
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Are cigars safe?
Last month the New England Journal of Medicine stated that cigar smoking boosts your risk of heart disease. The new research is increasing the pressure to require U.S. government warning labels on
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The dirty business of keeping Egypt's capital clean
The Zabbaleen, are heirs of a group of Coptic Christians from southern Egypt who arrived in Cairo in the 1900s and they have become a key element in the city's life. The word itself means garbage.
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Pollution control fabric filters by BHEL
To substantially reduce environmental pollution from industries and power stations, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is to manufacture state-of-the-art pollution control equipment called
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UP unveils first farm policy, to set Rs 30 cr fund
After 11 Cabinet meetings and several high-level departmental symposiums, the Uttar pradesh government has finally come out with its first agriculture policy, which is aimed at popularising
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Downsizing makes tumours operable
Attempts at downsizing of tumours followed by surgery in case of patients who have attained an advanced stage of lung cancer has led to recording of positive inferences. This was found out in the
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Cheap vaccine made for Japanese Encephalitis
To control Japanese Encephalitis (JE) that kills more than 1,000 people each year in India, scientists here have identified a cheap route to produce a vaccine against the JE virus. "We have developed
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Landslide kills 9 in Guwahati
Nine people , including five of a family, were killed and seven badly injured in a landslide at Kahilipara Colony Bazar area around 1.15 a.m. today. Of the injured, being treated at Guwahati Medical
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EC asked to curb use of plastics
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has urged the Election Commission to impose curbs on use of non-biodegradable plastics as campaign material for the coming
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Trying to save the satoyama
The birth of the first Japanese crested ibis, or toki, through artificial breeding two months ago has reinforced nationwide efforts to restore and conserve "satoyama," the ecological
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Dept offers to buy turtle eggs in conservation effort
The Fisheries Department in Malaysia is offering the public between RM1 and RM2.50 for each turtle egg under its turtle conservation efforts. Its director-general Datuk Mazlan Jusoh said yesterday
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TB emergency declared, liaison council organized
Japan's Health and Welfare Ministry declared a tuberculosis emergency Monday, alarmed at the resurgence of the disease. On the same day, the ministry established a liaison council of 17 medical
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Another setback for Turtle researchers
Sea turtle scientists Leslie du Toit and Anny Chaves have suffered yet another legal setback in their long battle to resume work at their research center in the north Pacific Wildlife Refuge of
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Dengue outbreak controlled
After declaring a state of emergency following the latest outbreak of dengue in the Caribbean port of Lim
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Sintra agreement parties work towards zero emissions
Commitment to continuous reductions in hazardous waste discharges and substantial reductions in radioactive waste discharges into the north east Atlantic was reached by the European Commission and
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World Bank supports sustainable shrimp production
The World Bank has announced the approval of a US$28 million equivalent credit and a US$5 million Global Environment Facility 1grant for the Bangladesh Fourth Fisheries Project to increase