Power to divert forest land
The Maharashtra state government in a bid to control forest land, has demanded the power to divert forest land for non-forestry, commercial purposes be shifted from the Centre to the state under the
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UK may fund 2nd phase of project
The government of the Unitekd Kingdom may agree to fund the second phase of the Indo-UK Forestry Project in the state, despite a change in its policy to shift focus from development schemes to
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Will herb work their magic on HIV?
Ayurveda centres are famed for their rejuvenating oil and mud baths. But Ayurveda to comabt HIV/AIDS? Why not, say its proponents as they gear up for the first-ever meet in India on traditional
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Gel, not pigs, to help diabetics get insulin
Scientists at Pune's National Centre for Cell Sciences has come out with a hydrogel that helps in the imunoisation of islets that produce the
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A Malawi AIDS patient's exceedingly rare choice
The number of people who are HIV-positive in Malawi: more than 1 million. The number on triple-drug therapy, according to interviews and records of drug inventories :
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Kashmir's stately chinars face tha axe
Jahangir's vision of paradise would have been incomplete without the grand chinar trees, a rare speciment of maple that grows in the Kashmir valley. The chinar, after alll, symbolises the beauty of
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US Marines seek families in Lejeune water case
The U.S. Marine Corps said on Wednesday is was trying to notify an estimated 10,000 families who lived at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, between 1968 and 1985 that they may have been exposed to water
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WHO-sponsored meet on HIV/AIDS, traditional medicine
The Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs is organising a two-day meeting on HIV/AIDS and traditional medicines in collaboration with Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of
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Indo-EU talks to take up trade disputes
India and the European Union(EU) will hold high-level talks on trade disputes in Paris on Monday in which the government is expected to forcefully argue against imposition of anti-dumping and
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S. Asians prone to cardiac disease
South Asian are prone to premature cardiac diseases. The disease strikes this grouping of people between the age of 40 to 45 years while the average age at which the disease affects the Western
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Lupin signs MoU for TB drug research
Lupin Laboratories has signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with US-based Pathogenesis for research in anti-tuberculosis drugs, Mr Deshbandhu Gupta, Chairman, Lupin group, has
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HC upholds tobacco crop holiday decision
The curtain has finally been brought down on the tobacco crop holiday drama following Andhra Pradesh High Court's verdict, upholding the Tobacco Board's decision. For a season, there will be no
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Exercise cuts risk of 2nd heart attack
Regular exercise can significantly reduce the likelihood of a second heart attack occurring in vulnerable people, new research shows. The study also confirms that the benefits of activity reach
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Erosion along Ganga may cost India dear
India is losing 20 sq. meter to Bangladesh everyday. The reasons: Erosion along the Ganga and environmental imbalance due to the Farakka barrage. "Each year, around three sq. kilometer land is being
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Bill Gates' help to check encephalitis
The Karnataka state government is taking all necessary steps to check spread of Japanese encephalitis, a dreaded disease which has so far claimed 20 lives in the state. The government has also sought
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Time running out to challenge basmati patent
The Centre has time up to November 8 to challenge the US farm RiceTec's patent claims on all the 20 points based on which the farm was granted the basmati patent, a non governmental organsiation
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Two cotton farmers die in Warrangal
Cotton crop failure led to the sucided of two farmers while a third is battling for life after consuming pesticide in this district on
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Drought claims crops worth Rs 2,888 cr
People in the drought affected districts of Rajasthan have now started migrating in search of food, fodder and water as the millennium's worst drought has affected three-fourths area of the
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Brazil's Petrobras reports another oil spill
Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras, criticised for a string of spills this year, reported another leak when a tanker oozed 22,700 gallons (86,000 litres) of crude onto beaches in a popular resort
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Cancer cases slowly on the rise in India
ICMR report: Cancer cases in the country are on the rise, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) says. The number of cases is likely to shoot up to 8.06 lakh by the year 2001, up from the 6.45