Institutes for wetland ecosystems, turtles soon
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa will soon have two national institutes for studies on wetland eco-systems and turtles.
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Fresh MoU with Posco soon: Naveen Patnaik
BHUBANESWAR: Caught on a wrong foot for not renewing the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korean steel major Posco even after its expiry in June last year, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that his Government would sign a fresh MoU with the company shortly. The Chief Minister
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Sri Lanka doubles allocations for people affected by natural disasters
Sri Lanka Minister of Disaster Management Mahinda Amaraweera says the government has increased the allocations for the people displaced by natural disasters. The Minister said that with effect from today, the allowance paid for a displaced person has been doubled. Earlier they were paid Rs. 100 per day and it was increased to Rs.
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Non-communicable diseases leading killer: WHO
A new report by the UN World Health Organisation says non-communicable diseases are the
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The Wests unpaid debt to poor countries
The high living standards of the population in the west have been maintained by drawing from the ecological resources of the developing countries and this fact of environmental debt has been largely unrecognized or has not been researched up to now. The externalities or costs to the environment are not fully paid for goods consumed in the west, which cause environmental or ecological damage in
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Fate of 3 mega-thermal power plants uncertain
BHUBANESWAR: After Posco and Vedanta, fate of three mega thermal power projects of the State hangs in balance as the Ministry of Environment and Forest continues to take a tough stand on the issue of granting statutory clearance for mining coal from the allotted blocks. Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh today categorically said that grant of mining clearance to a
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Spread of dengue, rat fever feared: Health Ministry warns public
Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry urges people to take precautions against the spread of diseases such as dengue and leptospirosis (rat fever) due to heavy rains. Ministry spokesman W. M. D.
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Shell Tries to Calm Fears on Drilling in Alaska
Shell Oil will present an ambitious proposal to the federal government this week, seeking permission to drill up to 10 exploratory oil wells beneath Alaska
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Another Side of Tilapia, the Perfect Factory Fish
A common Bible story says Jesus fed 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish, which scholars surmise were tilapia. But at the Aquafinca fish farm here, a modern miracle takes place daily: Tens of thousands of beefy, flapping tilapia are hauled out of teeming cages on Lake Yojoa, converted to fillets in a cold slaughterhouse and rushed onto planes bound for the United States, where some will a
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ICVL mulls 7 overseas coal mine acquisitions
Burying its past failures, International Coal Ventures Limited (ICVL), a special purpose vehicle of state-owned steel and mining companies, has prepared a blueprint to utilise its Rs 10,000-crore war-chest to acquire at least seven coal mines in Australia, Indonesia, USA and Mozambique in the coming months. The steel ministry has told ICVL to intensify efforts to enhance its raw material securi
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Life in Limbo for Japanese Near Nuclear Plant
For seven generations, Yoshitoshi Sewa and his ancestors have tilled this farm in a gently curving valley filled with green rice paddies. But now he will not let his young grandchildren play outside their tile-roofed home for fear of an invisible and potentially long-lasting threat, radiation. Yoshitoshi Sewa, a farmer, in his home in Tenei, 40 miles from Japan's stricken nuclear plant.
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The issue of municipal solid waste
Waste generation is a growing issue, which had been highlighted in the past by Thimphu City corporation (TCC). It is a consequence of urbanisation and economic development, which we cannot avoid. But we should have tools in our hands to handle it. The landfill in Memelakha, which was built in 1994, has long been overused.
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PMs panel suggests per person PDS allocation
The Prime Minister-appointed panel on Food and Public Distribution System (F&PDS) headed by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia has suggested that the current system of distributing PDS foodgrain per household should be replaced with per capita allocation. According to National Sample Survey (NSS) data, lower income households have more members per family than higher inco
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New environment set-up: Commission hesitant to accept proposal
The 18th Amendment Implementation Commission seems hesitant to oblige environmentalists` proposal to transform the Ministry of Environment into Sustainable Development and Renewable Resource Management Division, Dawn has learnt.
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Mall, Ridge are no-smoking zones in Shimla: Chief Justice
Himachal High Court Chief Justice Kurian Joseph has made it amply clear that the public places where smoking has been banned also include Shimla
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Awareness programme on vector borne diseases
To sensitise principals of all municipal, government, private schools and nodal officers of colleges in the New Delhi Municipal Council area about prevention and containment of vector borne disease, the civic body's health department organised an awareness programme this past week. About 250 representatives from various school and colleges participated in the programme. An NDMC official said
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NDMA seeks medium to long-term weather forecasting system
A medium to long term weather forecasting system is direly need in the country for monitoring any climate change well for time and taking precautionary measures. "With the passage of time Meteorological department needs to upgrade its equipment so that prediction of weather changes can be monitored to avoid any untoward situation", said Ahmed Kamal, spokesman National Disaster Management Author
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20 per cent increase in consumption of iodised salt
Use of adequately iodised salt has increased by 20 per cent in the rural households as against the last country-wide survey conducted under the National Family Health Survey (2005-06). The Iodised Salt Coverage Study 2010, released here earlier this week, suggests that use of iodised salt in rural India has jumped to 47.3 per cent from 27 per cent.
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AJK can provide 20,000mw power on cheap rates
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government can provide 20,000 mw cheaper electricity to Pakistan to get rid of the chronic problem of load shedding of power permanently, said AJK Prime Minister Attique Ahmad Khan here on Sunday.