Satellites help track disease epidemics
Satellite images of droughts, floods and heat waves are now helping scientists track and predict the spread of disease in the U.S. and around the globe. Using climate and vegetation data, biologists
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World Bank gives Africa $5M for AIDS
African countries will get an additional $500 million to combat AIDS under a World Bank loan approved. The decision by the 183-nation lending institution's board of directors brings lending to Africa
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DHS faces uphill task of curbing sex determination tests
Following the compliant of rampant female foeticide, the Supreme Court had directed the Centre and State governments to crack down on ultrasounds clinics, which carry out sex determination tests. The
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Now use gel for migraines
A New York dentist is challenging the conventional thinking about what causes migraines and has developed a controversial new way to treat the debilitating headaches that affect more than 28 million
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Microbicides can prevent AIDS
Women at risk of HIV infection can be protected in five years with sufficient funding for microbicides from US Congress, non-profit institutions and foreign governments, say experts.
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Chilean forest firefighters demand more funding
Chilean forest rangers accused the government of failing to provide enough money to combat forest fires that have already destroyed 42,000 acres (17,000 hectares) of native forest in southern Chile's
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AIIMS plans robotic surgery wing
Department of Urology, AIIMS plans to establish a multidisciplinary robotic centre, Institute director Dr. P K. Dave said today. This centre would be the first of its kind in Asia. Professor Menon,
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Portuguese flood scheme angers villagers and alarms ecologists
The largest man-made lake in Europe starts filling up near the southern Portuguese village of Alqueva as controversy rages over whether this is an inspired quest to save a forgotten region from
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The litany and the heretic
In the week since the book 'The Skeptical Environmentalist' release, virtually every large environmental group has weighed in with a denunciation. Numerous heavyweights of science have penned damning
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Seminar on waste management at MLB college
Department of Chemistry, Government MLB Girls PG College, Bhopal, organised a three day ' National Seminar on Environmental Waste Management Pollution Preventions in Perspective of Prospective
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Biotech firms mull action against China over GMOs
Two big biotechnology-related companies are ready to take action against China if it goes ahead and implements controversial rules on genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, a U.S. lawyer said.
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'Corporate sector must have role in eco development'
India is willing to play its role in accordance with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, Mr. T R Baalu, Union Minister for Environment and Forests, said.
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Konkan Rail eyes overseas Skybus project
The Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC) is looking forward to bagging the Skybus metro project contracts from Dubai, Sharjah, Mecca and Madina in Saudi Arabia and Damascus, besides some of the cities in
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Govt's environment data five years old
The Union environment ministry is going to battle with out-dated ammunition. As it prepares for the tenth plan, due later this year, it is drawing on pollution-impact data dating back to 1996,1995
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Environmental video film fest begins today
The plight of farmers on the banks of the Narmada in India, the Biodiversity of the wettest desert on earth and solar architecture for Europe are among the issues that will be addressed at a four day
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Police to get tough with noise polluters
The Tamil Nadu police will come down heavily on violators of noise pollution rules and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board will take a strict look at industrial noise
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' Gastrovision ' from tomorrow
A two day conference to discuss gastro intestinal problems titled "Gastrovision" will be held at Hotel Taj Residency in Andhra Pradesh from February 9, according to chief of gastroenterology
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Oki promises to focus on Kyoto pact
Newly appointed Environment Minister of Japan Hiroshi Oki said he will focus on having the Kyoto Protocol put into force and helping Japan build "political momentum" in the runup to the August
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Tanning device use increases cancer risk
People who seek a glamorous tan using sun lamps may double their risk of developing some common types of skin cancer, according to a new study that found the risk was highest for those who start at a
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Indian korma-therapy
The healing powers of India curry will now prove therapeutic, what with Patak's Indian Foods launching a korma-therapy guide. According to Patak's, many of the spices in curries are known to combat