WB guidelines converts JFM into CFM
The Joint Forest Management programme will have a new name. Thanks to the conditions laid down by the World Bank for granting funds for the Andhra Pradesh Forestry Project-II, now the JFM will be
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A half century of nuclear blasts
Aug 29. marked the 50th anniversary of the first successful test of a nuclear device in the Soviet Union. Moscow's equivalent of the Manhattan Project-led by the legendary Igor V. Kurchatov, the
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Seven police officers face suspension in forest scam
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered suspension of seven Madhya Pradesh police officials who were alleged to have mercilessly beaten up a group of environmentalists protesting against the "theft" of
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Anorexia anmong sisters far more likely
study : At least 40 per cent of young women whose sisters suffer anorexia are likely to develop the same eating disorder, a Deakin University researcher has found. Dr Ross King, a lecturer at the
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Foggy nations
Despite the return of the haze, Malaysia's environment minister Law Hieng Ding recently announced that the government would no longer make public Air Pollutant Index (API) readings. Since publishing
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Bacteria infection kills child and sends 85 more to hospital
New York State Health Department officials said on Sunday that they had a "promising lead" about a possible source of an outbreak of E. coli bacteria contamination that is thought to have killed a
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Eucalyptus a bad experience for farmers
While the government of Thailand has rolled out the red carpet to embrace a multi-billion-baht Sino-Thai pulp and paper joint venture project, which entails massive eucalyptus cultivation on 200,000
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118 dead as tropical storm lashes Zhejiang
At least 118 people were killed and another 104 are missing after a tropical storm battered Wenzhou city in Zhejiang province of China on Saturday, Xinhua reported. Xinhua said last night as many as
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Forest cover 29 pc
Study : Despite claims to the contrary, a study conducted by the Nepal Government says country's forest area has come down to 29 per cent from 37.4 per cent in the eighties. The report however is yet
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Malaysia on mad cow alert
Malaysia has gone on the alert against the mad cow disease which was detected recently in neighbouring Thailand, and authorities are warning the public not to buy smuggled Thai beef, a news report
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Decision on challenging U.S. patent deferred
A high-level inter-Ministerial meeting discussed the issue of whether or not to challenge the recent U.S. patent on anti-diabetic formulations based on brinjal, bottle gourd and jamun on Tuesday, bue
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Maharashtra to adopt Bhachau
In the second phase of his proactive programme to help the quake victims of Gujarat, chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh announced that the Maharashtra government would adopt Bhachau taluka of Bhuj
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Implant saves heroin addicts the agony of cold turkey
Heroin addicts are being saved days of cold turkey by being weaned off the drug while sedated or anaesthetised. After six hours of being asleep they wake up at the equivalent of 10 days into a
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Smokers now get warning on blindness
Smoking might be responsible for about one in five cases of blindness in Australia, according to new research released yesterday. The research has prompted eye specialists and doctors to call for a
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Poll shows dip in support for EU environment role
A new survey of public opinion in the European Union shows a decline in public support for the EU's role in decision-making on environmental issues. The survey, published in
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Forest dept disputes ISRO's satellite picture analysis
The Forest Department today disputed the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) interpretation, based on satellite pictres, that about 25,000 acres of forest area in the Nagarhole National Park
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Summer's toll
More than 250 related deaths have been reported in 21 states in the mid-west and the east of the U.S. since July 19th. The Chicago area is hardest-hit: 100 people are known to have died to
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Smokers' paradise vows war on dying habit
One in three Japanese adults smoke cigarettes, prompting the Government to announce yesterday an anti-smoking campaign to cut in half by 2010 the number of smokers and amount of tobacco consumed. An
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American farmers baffled as Europe steers clear of beef treated by hormones
In the US 95% of cattle are given hormone growth supplements. Europe wants none of its, even to the extent of suffering the sanctions the US is allowed to apply as a result : a
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Oxygen may help save threatened eyes
Giving oxygen to patients with detached retinas while they await remedial surgery may help decrease damage to the affected eyes, according to a California researcher who has successfully tested his