Glowing patches for city pachyderms
Moved by the plight of pachyderms on Capital's killer roads, a non-governmental organisation - Wildlife Trust of India - has come out with a 'glowing solution, literally.The NGO has been trying out
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Writing on the wall!
The prospect of West Bengal, currently India's largest rice producing state, failing to meet its food requirements in another four years because of the slump in agricultural growth will cause concern
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SARS cover-up
With people in several parts of China, and elesewhere are walking around with masks to keep SARS at bay, the dector who exposed the bid to put a lid on the epidemic has been directed to hold his
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CAG hints that social welfare board needs to pack up
Fifty years after it was set up to help disadvantaged women and children, the programmes run by the Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) have failed to make a mark. Most of them become redundant. It
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Gates foundation aid will target high-risk HIV groups
The 100 million dollar Gates Foundation grant to reduce HIV transmission in India will be used primarily to address high risk groups in the 100
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Now Uttaranchal Lokayukta rules against pollution
Uttaranchal Lokayukta Justice S H A Raza who has the primary task of looking into corruption complaints against state government functionaries, has taken up cudgels to check environmental pollution
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Rotation rules at GM crops panel
Four chiefs in five months. If that sounds like a precarious job,it's also one that becomes controversial with each meeting. It's the job of the chairperson of the genetic engineering approval
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For diabetics, laugher is the best medicine
A small study shows that diabetics may be better able to process the sugar they consume during meals if they order a side of laughter with their food. The researchers led by Dr Keiko Hayashi from the
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Arsenicosis scare
As the arsenic contamination in ground water recently reached an alarming level posing serious threat to public health, the government of Bangladesh has drafted a National Policy for Arsenic
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Climate change raises health risks for Aussies
A hotter drier climate over the next century wil influence floods, droughts, and infectious diseases in Australia. Australia's first official assessment of the risks to public health from climate
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Legal victory of miners sparks hope
Buoyed by the recent success of a litigation against the owners of disused asbestos mines in South Africa on behalf of workers and their families who have contracted the deadly disease of asbestosis,
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Meghalaya bypasses road
The Centre's abandonment of the Shillong Bypass Project has stunned Meghalaya. This project had been in the pipeline for almost 25 years. And the 50-km road would have intersected several villages
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BJP to probe drought relief works
The Bharatiya Janata Party has now decided to probe the drought relief works being carried out by the government for which it was going to constitute the teams of MLAs. The MLAs who have been
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Govt sanctions construction of 2500 health centres
The Madhya Pradesh State Government has given sanction for the construction of buildings for over 2,500 health centres functioning in the state without building. A sum of Rs 5 crore has been
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Smallpox virus spurs immunity against malaria
A one-two punch of malaria DNA virus and the virus used to vaccinate against smallpox spurs the human immune system to mount a powerful defense against malaria, researchers report. This approach
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More trees soon: Delhi zoo to be as close as it gets to the wild
Ganga, Jamuna, Kaveri and Saraswati have never been in the wild but soon the four White Tiger cubs will be almost in the forest. The Delhi Zoo is trying make its enclosures look natural like the ones
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China to get $4m SARS aid
The Asian Development Bank said that it has approved $4 million in grants to fight the spread of SARS in China and the Asia-Pacific region. A $2 million grant to China, which has been the worst hit,
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Quake hits Japan city, buildings damaged
A strong earthquake hit northern Japan near Sendai city afternoon, causing house fires in the central area and rocking buildings as far away as Tokyo 302 km to the south. National broadcaster NHK
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Pneumonia vaccine for heart
Vaccine used to prevent pneumonia may also have benefits for the heart, new research indicates. Mice vaccinated using a bacteria that is a common cause of pneumonia developed high levels, of an