Controlling AIDS pandemic
"No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic." -Colin Powell World AIDS Day on 1 December brings together people from around the world to raise awareness about
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HIV claimed 60,000 less lives last year in India
India recorded around 60,000 fewer deaths due to HIV in 2011 compared to 2007 while the overall number of people living with HIV has fallen by almost 1.7 lakhs during the same period. There has been
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Nasa discovers ice on Mercury
Mercury is as cold as ice. Indeed, Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, possesses a lot of ice — 100 billion to one trillion tonnes — scientists working with Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft reported on
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Vaccine pills made from pollens to cure allergies
An Indian-origin scientist is developing new vaccine pills from tiny pollen particles, which could treat people suffering from sneezing allergy. Harvinder Gill, a chemical engineer at Texas Tech University,
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GDP growth slows to 5.3% in Q2
The economy slowed in the July-September quarter due to sluggish farm sector performance and anaemic manufacturing growth, fuelling expectations of an interest rate cut and calls for implementing economic
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No new cess on diesel cars: Govt
The government Friday said it is not considering any additional cess on diesel cars, just days after the Supreme Court asked the Centre whether a green tax needs to be imposed. Minister of state for
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SC order to ec directive will apply to cash over `50,000
randomly search and seize “in-transit” cash in Gujarat ahead of the Assembly elections, making it clear this should apply only to candidates, workers and agents of political parties carrying cash over
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Cauvery: SC asks TN, K'taka for documents
A day after talks failed between the CMs of TN and Karnataka on the Cauvery dispute, the Supreme Court Friday directed the counsels of both the governments to file compilation of the documents which can
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Bansal says schemes slow rail projects
Railways minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday said that railways is finding it “very difficult” to complete projects at the desired pace as new schemes are announced in response to demands of MPs.
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Dengue vaccine trials at an advanced stage’
The union government on Friday said that a vaccine against the deadly dengue is being developed and expressed optimism that the trials would be successful. Responding to the call attention motion on the
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In Orissa, Anna speaks against Posco project
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Friday strongly opposed South Korean steel major Posco’s proposed `52,000-crore integrated steel project at Paradip in Orissa on the ground that it was a “foreign”
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India sees 57% slide in HIV cases
There is a good news, India’s AIDS figures have further fallen down. The new HIV estimations for 2012 suggest that there has been a reduction of 57 per cent HIV cases during the last decade from 2.74 lakhs
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Bhopal tragedy: Trust says 150k still suffering
When people are about to observe the 28th anniversary of Bhopal gas disaster on December 3, the members of the Sambhavna Trust clinic in the state capital have come forward and expressed deep concern on
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Large ice deposits found on Mercury
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence that Mercury, the planet orbiting nearest the sun, hosts massive caches of ice and revealed new information on how water reached our solar system’s inner planets.
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GDP growth falters again, headed for decade-low
The economy grew 5.3 per cent in the second quarter (July-September) of this financial year compared with the year-ago period, keeping it on track for its worst year in a decade. Official data released
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Farm output growth rate at 11-quarter low
Poor rain during the initial part of this year’s southwest monsoon and its subsequent impact on kharif farm output has pulled down growth in agriculture and allied sectors in the second quarter to 1.2
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Nuclear Power Corp to be listed on bourses
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), which operates 20 plants with installed capacity of 4,870 Mw, has been short-listed by the finance ministry for listing on the stock exchanges by selling
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No power to the people
They say in the heat of the summer, when the sun beats mercilessly down on Sirohi, all that people can do is sweat under heavy high-tension wires overhead that carry power to more influential communities.
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Curbs on illegal mining squeeze iron ore production to half
The government’s bid to curb illegal mining has resulted in a steep fall in iron ore production. From 208 million tonnes in 2010-11, production is expected to slide to 100 million tonnes(mt) this year.
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Sandoz to close generic development centre
Sandoz, the generic arm of Swiss drug maker Novartis, has decided to shut its facility for development of generic drugs in India. The facility, known as Sandoz Development Centre located near Mumbai, employed