'Mining is polluting rivers in north Goa'
Mining is seriously polluting the rivers and other water bodies of north Goa, according to a recent study conducted by a Goa-based eco-researcher, NinaB, da Costa, under the supervision of Nandkumar
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Maritime Board appeals against ruling on Vadhavan
The Maharashtra Maritime Board has gone in appeal against the ruling on the P&O-promoted Vadhavan port which had termed it illegal. The order was passed by the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection
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Communicable diseases are main health threat to Kosovo refugees
Communicable diseases will be the main threat to the refugees currently fleeing Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned. The largest communicable disease
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Australia on rescue mission to save millions in Bangladesh
Australian scientists are on a rescue mission to save millions of families in Bangladesh and India from death or serious illness caused by arsenic in their drinking water. Led by federal science
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DuPont has concocted a silkier polyster
Chemical giant DuPont Co. has found a new way to make a silky, stretchy polyster that it hopes one day will be far less expensive to produce than hot-selling microfibers. The fabric is made from
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Kerala activist takes up cause of dying river
Environmentalist-cum-poet Sugathakumari is in Delhi with a prayer for a river. Chaliyar river in north Kerala has become a dumping ground for effluents from Grasim Industries and over 200 villagers
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Blood test for heart patients
A simple blood test can tell doctors if someone complaining of chest pain and other symptoms is having a heart attack, researchers said on Tuesday. The test looks for an enzyme called creatine-kinase
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Forest fires in China
Forest fires in drought-stricken north-central China were still out of control on Wednesday, with thousands of soldiers and civilians forced by water shortages to use shovels to beat back the flames.
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Call to reduce malnutrition among kids
The UNICEF has stressed the need for coordination among policy-makers, academics and programme managers for reducing malnutrition among children. The Acting Chief, Child Development and Nutrition
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Family welfare programee lacks abortion services
report: A report on Reproductive Health in Policy and Practice has noted signs of shift in orientation of public sector programme in promoting family planning and lowering of fertility. The
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Codes delaying environmental projects
Minister of Population and Environment Ramesh Nath Pandey billed the Election Commission (EC)'s election code of conduct as the 'obstacle' which he said had largely obstructed the ministry to take
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Study sees acid rain threat in Adirondacks and beyond
For years, scientists have viewed the Adirondack Mountains in New York, where hundreds of lakes and streams can no longer sustain life because of chronically high acidity, as the region that suffers
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Banana row
WTO rules in US favour: The World Trade Organisation arbitration panel has ruled that the new EU banana import rules violate international trade laws, thus, clearing the way for the US to impose 100
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Ban cloud on chewing tobacco
All kinds of pan masala are likely to be banned throughout the country soon as it is proved that its consumption, along with products like khaini, zarda and other chewong tobacco products, cause 75
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30 taken ill in oil mill gas leak
At least 30 people were taken seriously ill following a gas leak at a private oil mill at Kakkaanchery in neighbouring Malappuram district on Thursday, the police said on
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Malaysian turns to chicken as virus deaths linked to pigs keep mounting
Malaysia is importing chicken to dispel worries of a supply shortage as consumers, frightened by a viral epidemic linked to pigs that has killed 91 people, continue to shun pork.Health officials on
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Conservator's visit stirs a hornets' nest
The visit of the Conservator of Forests from the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests Arjun Singh Negi to the controversial industrial plantations and mining sites of Shimoga district last week
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Stem cells grow tissues to order
The concept of regenerative medicine-using the body's own stem cells and growth factors to repair tissues - has come closer to reality with a discovery about the special human cells from which all
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E-mail virus yields suspect
A 30-year old man has been arrested and charged with originating the e-mail virus known as Melissa, the New Jersey attorney general's office announced. David L. Smith of Aberdeen, New Jersey, was
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Rwanda joins ban on Ugandan fish
Fearing that fishermen are poisoning fish to catch them more easily, Rwanda has banned the importation of any freshwater fish from Lake Victoria in Uganda. The cabinet's decision followed Uganda's