Sutlej waters test acidic
The waters of the Sutlej in the international wetland has turned acidic due to the flow of the thermal plant fly ash into it. Five samples collected from the Sutlej by the Fisheries Department,
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Bt cotton superior in fighting pests: study
The controversy shrouding Bt cotton has further mystified with a new study coming out in favour of the genetically modified cotton. Cultivation of Bt cotton results in the reduction of pesticide,
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Centre urged to focus on 'drought-proofing'
The Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, criticised the Union Government's approach to tackling drought, and urged it to formulate a permanent policy on "drought-proofing". Addressing presspersons
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Aliens smoking out Marlboro Man
Marlboro Man has a new reason to worry. Americans are not only smoking less, they are also smoking fewer US- made cigarettes than ever before. One out of every 20 sticks sold in the USA is foreign.
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Scent of death
The rising demand for musk makes the musk deer one of the most hunted animals in the world
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Cut one tree, plant 100
For each tree cut in Jharkhand, the culprit will have to plant 100 of them. The forest department in Jharkhand has formed several groups of local people, called Forest Defence Groups (FDGs), which
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50-yr record haul of tiger, leopard skins in Tibet; India likely source
When the Prime Minister convenes the annual Indian Wildlife Board meeting on Wednesday, it will be under the shadow of the largest-ever seizure of tiger and leopard skins since 1951. The Chinese
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Gates releases $ 67.5 m to fight AIDS in India
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced the release of its first grant worth $67.5 million for AIDS prevention in India. The Foundation also announced a commitment of another $100 million to
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Market forces in the animal kingdom
In a break with long-standing practice, the Bush administration is proposing to permit limited imports of endangered wild animals as hunting trophies and commercial products, potentially ranging from
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Fifty dengue cases per day
At least 50 dengue cases have been reported daily in the testing labs here in the past week and about 150 dengue patients are being treated in private and Government hospitals in the Capital. Chief
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Indian agency, Andhra official get UN disaster-management award
For a country fighting natural calamities practically every year, here comes global recognition for preventing and managing disasters. Gujarat's disaster management agency and an Andhra Pradesh State
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India's AIDS vaccine to be tested on humans
Pune-based National AIDS Research Institute would carry out, by the end of this year or early next year, the country's first HIV,AIDS "candidate' vaccine Phase-I clinical trial on healthy human
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The chocolate story: No clear norms on storage
This may come as bitter truth to chocolate-lovers
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757 cases reported so far
The number of dengue cases reported in the city increased to 757. The MCD control room has so far received intimation of only one suspected case of dengue from Jamia Nagar. Meanwhile, MCD has
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RWAs blame MCD for dengue cases
After complaints that private nursing homes and hospitals had refused to admit dengue patients, Delhi government's health department and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to
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Malaria takes 48 lives in & around Noida
A high alert has been sounded against dengue in Ghaziabad, Bagpat, Bulandshahar, Noida, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnore and Meerut districts where 1,012 patients have been registered so far. Meanwhile,
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Lethal chemicals threaten Oliver Ridley turtles
Mechanised trawler is no longer the only threatening element for the survival of lakhs of rare Olive Ridley turtles which breed along Orissa sea coast, non-stop discharge of effluents from a private
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WHO reports rise in diabetes mellitus cases
A recent study conducted by the WHO shows that in the present year there are an estimated 135 million diabetes mellitus patients in the world, and this number is expected to increase to 300 million
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Preventive SARS strategy is found
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts say they have discovered a promising strategy for arresting future epidemics of severe acute respiratory syndrome
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WHO falls short in bid for help in SARS fight
An ambitious plan by the World Health Organisation to raise $200 million from companies and governments to strengthen public-health infrastructure in China and elsewhere has fallen massively short of