Rare whale
A beached whale buried along the coast of southern Japan five months ago has turned out to be the first adult find of an ultra rare species, researchers said. After excavating and examining the
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Atomic minerals deposits found in AP coast
After hogging the national limelight recently in the wake of biggest deep water gas strike in the country in the last three decades by Reliance Industries Ltd. in the Krishna-Godavari basin, Andhra
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Delhi master plan to be changed to beat court deadline
The issue of relocation of industries from Delhi to reduce pollution seems to have been given decent burial. Now the Delhi government and the Centre are planning to change the Delhi Master Plan to
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Liver disease kill 20 thousand every year in Bangladesh
Bangladesh health and family welfare minister Dr. Khandker Hosharraf Hossain sought doctors recommendations to fix government strategies in fighting liver diseases, which kill more than 20000 people
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Succour for drought hit farmers only on paper: Vidrohi
The Haryana Pradesh Janata Dal president, Mr. Ved Prakash Vidrohi has alleged that the packages announced by the Central Government for the drought hit farmers exist only on paper. The farmers have
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Segregation of garbage compulsory
Due to the Capital's landfill filled and no other landfill, the MCD is in a fix. To get out of the situation a new yojana is being made. MCD is going to segregate garbage into biodegradable and non
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Defusing the hepatitis C time-bomb
For public health experts, hepatitis C is a 'hidden killer' or 'silent infection' that has not received the attention it deserves. The World Health Organisation estimates that 170m people worldwide
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A rainmaker in pursuit of a cure for a modern plague
Seth Berkley was one of the first people to appreciate the apocalyptic scale of the Aids epidemic in Africa. In the mid-1980s he was working Uganda, which was rebuilding its health system after the
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Don't underestimate AIDS
The AIDS pandemic, which kills nearly six people per minute, is probably the most underestimated enemy of all time. In country after country, people have ignored the warnings until the virus has
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Face-off as pioneer set to do ultimate transplant
The prospect of the world's first face transplant has sparked a fierce debate in Britain over the ethical and medical implications of such a radical procedure. Consultant plastic surgeon Peter Butler
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Persistent drop in fertility reshapes Europe's future
It was Italy as outsiders still imagine it: child worshipping and family loving. But there was something wrong with the picture. Most of the parents were gazing at one, and only one child. That was
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AIIMS to hold 2 day meet on brain diseases
All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences is organising a two day programme Brain Storm 2002 from December 28 to educate people of common brain ailments. Experts said stroke is the second biggest
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Injecting the price factor
The race for selling the HIV vaccine for India has begun. And the front runner is Pune based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India. Serum has visited Therion Biologics in Boston, US to get first
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Study finds quality of water poor in state
The overall quality of water in villages of Kerala and Tamil Nadu is unsatisfactory and the incidence of diarrhoeal diseases is high in Tamil Nadu owing to inadequate toilet facilities and poor
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Amid heated U.S. - EU clash on biotech, Africa goes hungry
Ugandans devour more bananas than anyone else on the earth - about 500 pounds per person per year. So it's national emergency when disease and pests devastate this staple crop. "It's terrible', said
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Errors sow new doubts for biotech
Biotechnology industry in the United States is in turmoil. Errors by ProdiGene Inc., a small biotech company based in College Station, Texas, have called into question the whole idea of growing drugs
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Package for Haryana farmers
The Haryana Cabinet approved a relief package of Rs 236.16 crore for drought affected farmers of the state. In response to a memorandum submitted by the State Government, the Union Government had
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Insect as pesticide
Various agriculture research centres in Maharashtra would grow an insect that destroys another insect, 'white woolly aphids', which has eaten up sugarcane crops in hundreds of acres in the western
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The poor have cause to be grumpy
The United States has unveiled a plan to abolish all tariffs on manufactured goods by 2015, urging other countries in the World Trade Organisation to do the same. Presented as the culmination of 50
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Orissa yet to receive any loan from World Bank
The Orissa government is yet to receive any loan or financial assistance from the World Bank to initiate fiscal reforms in the state. Highly placed government sources revealed that the state hopes to