Govt. to promulgate fresh ordinance on Land Bill
Even as the opposition to the Land Acquisition Bill continues in different quarters, the NDA government is determined to bring to Parliament its amended Bill through a fresh Ordinance. The amended NDA
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Experts suggest ways to minimise avian flu effects on humans
The Influenza Foundation of India (IFI), an advisory body to bring awareness on the disease as also its prevention and control, has issued several recommendations to curb the ill-effects of seasonal influenza, especially during the avian flu outbreak.
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Obesity may become leading cause for cancer, says researcher
Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer in the U.S., a leading researcher said. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 per cent of cancer deaths in men and 20 per cent in women, compared with about 30 per cent each for smoking, Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He said research is producing increasing evidence associating obesity with a variety of cancers.
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Give up Sethu project, says Togadia
Vishwa Hindu Parishad international general secretary Pravin Togadia has warned of a nation-wide popular agitation if the Centre went ahead with the Sethu Samudram Ship Canal Project.
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India must return to Eurasian energy game
Central Asia is a difficult region, but with the right mix of political and financial capital, India could still make headway. If the great game over the energy resources of the Caspian Sea and Central Asia were to be compared to a five-act Shakespearean play, we might say Act III, Scene I has just begun. On a Venice street, Shylock famously posits to Salarino the metaphorical relationship of intricate counter-balances: "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?'
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Hooda for equal distribution of canal water
Reiterating his commitment for ensuring equal distribution of canal water, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday assured the people of Ahirwal that canal water of Rivers Ravi-Beas would flow through their fields thanks to the Hansi- Butana Link Canal before the next Parliamentary elections. Addressing a rally organised by Independent MLA Naresh Yadav at Ateli, Mr.Hooda said that the Ahirwal region had remained neglected during the last 40 years but his regime was fully aware of the problems being faced by the people and was taking remedial measures.
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Staff shortage affecting rural heath services in U.P.
Permanent disciplinary board needed: CAG "Budget estimates prepared without any proposals' Encephalitis prone areas not covered by vaccination LUCKNOW: Acute shortage of medical staff, absenteeism among doctors and lack of infrastructure are adversely affecting the delivery of health services to the rural people in Uttar Pradesh, the Comptroller and Auditor General has said.
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Rapid survey to assess status of the peacock
Endangered: Poaching, poisoning has threatened the survival of the peacock. Information gathering on the status of the India's national bird, the peacock, is to be intensified in the wake of increasing concern over their numbers and the absence of any base data on them. The status assessment, initiated by the Endangered Species Management Department of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in 2004, is still underway.
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Panel to study ways to mitigate exporters' woes
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath (left) being welcomed by FICCI President Habil Khorakiwala at the 80th annual meeting of FICCI in New Delhi on Saturday. NEW DELHI: With a view to bailing out exporters reeling under the impact of a costlier rupee, the Centre has asked the Finance Commission to figure out and suggest ways in which it could refund State levies to traders and adjust the same against the States' accounts. In fact, the terms of reference have been enlarged to enable the Commission to address itself to this aspect.
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CJI: no need for changes in kidney transplant law
As the government contemplates amending the Organ Transplantation Act in the wake of the kidney racket, Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan on Saturday said the present laws were sufficient but they need to be implemented properly. "Sufficient laws are there, they just need to be implemented properly,' Mr. Balakrishnan told reporters when asked about the need for stricter laws to check illegal transplantation of organs. He was speaking on the sidelines of a conference on
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Decline in sowing area for rabi crops
Diversification to cash crops and