Courting lung cancer
Litigation as a weapon for tobacco control
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A working government?
Political leaders come to the governance system with only one agenda which is centered on one objective to loot the treasury <br>
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In Short
toxic taint: Green Indian seedless grapes have been taken off supermarket shelves in Belgium following the detection of high levels of pesticide residues in the product in the Netherlands recently.
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Science reveals the magic in herbal cures
Recent studies have brought to light the science behind traditional herbal medicinal systems.
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Green gold
Grown only in a few developed nations till now, the nutrient rich spirulina algae comes to India
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Heavy air
Urban air pollution is an emerging threat to Bhutan s uncontaminated air
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HONG KONG
Teenagers in Hong Kong are eating their way to sickness. They are more prone to allergic diseases than their counterparts in other Asian countries. A study says that Hong Kong has the highest
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The killer unveiled
Scientists find out how anthrax kills. It may not be very long before we have an antidote to the dreaded bacterium
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The development dream
Economics sans money drives the developing world. But the the United Nations (UN) wants it to integrate into a monetised dream. Developing countries live on the fringe economics of natural resources. Will the gross nature product be reflected in the UN’s
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Rite? Wrong.
Ganga plumbs new depths in its journey through Varanasi
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Cancerous cleaning
Chemical used in cleaning materials may induce breast cancer
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MONEYMAKERS
The UK-based NEC Corporation and Ezaki Glico, a Japanese confectionary company, claim to have mastered the art of controlling and altering the catalytic properties of enzymes. For instance, the
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The revolutionary who transformed health care
ZAFRULLAH Chowdhury draws inspiration as much from Hippocrates as from Mao Zedong. To the first, he owes his medical ideals and to the second, his taking up a rifle to fight in Bangladesh's war of liberation in 1971. <br><br> Bangladesh owes a lot to Ch
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Out with diesel
California imposes the most stringent restrictions yet on the dirty fuel
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'1,000 Shades Of Grey': A Tale Of 'Capital' Pollution
<p>Like Diwali, air pollution has also become a part of north India's ritual, one that no one looks forward to but is a byproduct of everything that is wrong with urban India - mis-governance, political
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IN FOCUS
Fifty years after Hiroshima, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is now hearing arguments on whether there can be a circumstance in which any country can legitimately be allowed to use
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White asbestos finds backers at Rotterdam Convention
another attempt to bring chrysotile, the most common form of asbestos, under the prior informed consent list (pic) of the Rotterdam Convention has failed. Parties to this international treaty
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Modified situations
The Philippines introduces stringent laws for GM products; six European countries in the dock for lax GMO laws
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Flour fortification important for Indonesia, says UNICEF
unicef has cautioned that relaxing mandatory fortification of wheat flour could put the health of Indonesian women and children at risk. unicef's warning follows a recent decision by
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Disturbing findings in CSE’s second study on Pali
Pali (Rajasthan), September 18, 2014: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a leading environmental think tank based in New Delhi, released its second study on the pollution from dyeing and textile