Opium dreams lull most youth in UP district
Opium and its derivatives hold almost complete sway over the lives of most of the youth of Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, where the Union government's opium factory is also located.
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Double whammy
Adulteration of milk is not a new problem in the town of Bulandshahar in western Uttar Pradesh (UP). However, it is leading to another type of slow poisoning. Local people complain that dairies
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Pakistan State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, March, 2014
<p>The Pakistan government has imposed a ban on manufacturing of import, sale and use of non-degradable plastic bags and other products in federal capital. Read more in this March 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan.</p>
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Unveiling the past
People are now realising that the solutions to many modern problems lie buried somewhere in our traditional sciences
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Roach trouble
Researchers establish that exposure to cockroach allergen is a major cause of asthma in children
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Molecular solutions
Nurr 1, a key harmonal protein, might lead to a therapy for Parkison's disease
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Understanding stress
Stress related diseases like heart attacks are becoming common. Science is trying to understand how the human body copes with stress
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Arsenic Contamination
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Arsenic Contamination</strong></span></p> <p><img alt="Arsenic Contamination" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/bangladesh/arsenic_hl.jpg" style="width: 530px; height: 300px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid;" /></p> <p>In the early 1970s, most people living in the countryside relied on surface water -- ponds, or rivers -- to meet their drinking water needs. As a result diseases due to bacteria-contaminated water, such as diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera were extremely widespread. To tackle this problem, and the related problem of drinking water, the government switched to a policy of tapping groundwater. The government began providing villages with tubewells and handpumps, with aid from such organisations as the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank:UNICEF initiated the programme and paid for the first 900,000 tubewells along with its co-sponsor.</p>
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Green diktats
To ensure profitable agro exports, the South will have to cater to acute Northern green anxieties
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Plasticky!
Europe is debating a ban on PVC due to environmental and health concerns. Industry is fighting back with a high profile campaign
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Malnourished Children
<font class='UCASE'><font color=red>S K Kabra</font></font> , associate professor in the paediatric pulmonology division of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi talks to <font class='UCASE'><font color=red>Nidhi Jamwal</font></font> about
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Bad medicine
A REPORT written by leading pharmacologists claims that about 20 per cent of the drugs prescribed in Germany offer no real clinical benefits. The report says that distinguishing between effec-tive
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Tense? Cut down on fat
A lowfat diet can be as effective as any single drug therapy in checking high blood pressure
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New responsibilities, few funds
The powers of local government in the UK derive from acts of Parliament -- not from the Constitution -- and can be amended to suit the wishes of the central government. The future of local
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MONEYMAKERS
PANDA Electronics Co, China's leading television manufacturer, has had enough of selling no-frills sets. It is gearing up for a into the satellite dish and telephone businesses. Panda believes that
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A change in scene
Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have filed a lawsuit in the US against Union Carbide Corporation and its former head Warren Anderson
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In the red
Left at the mercy of brokers who dictate the market terms, many cultivators of Gloriosa superba have consumed the plant s poisonous tubers to end their lives
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Going nowhere
The biosafety protocol is still a chimera
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BONE BAZAAR
Two small border towns, Tachilek in Myanmar and Mae Sai in Thailand, thrive on illegal trade in animal products. <font class=UCASE>ANIL AGARWAL</font> and <font class=UCASE>SUNITA NARAIN</font> take a stroll through the wildlife black market to give a gra
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INDIA
•The West Bengal government has introduced a water pricing policy for affluent users and industries. Accordingly, they will not only have to pay the operation and maintenance costs of