Arecanut output down 50%
A severe infestation has resulted in a 50 per cent decline in arecanut production in the major growing areas of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka and Kasargod district in Kerala. These two
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Whale sharks killed for fin and liver in Gujarat coast
Whale sharks are reported to be mercilessly killed for fin and liver in the Gujarat coast, a Worldwide Fund (WWF) for Nature-India reports say. "Though there are reports of accidental catches for
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Green taxes can help safeguard the environment
Addressing the press in Nairobi on the subject of globalisation and its impact on the environment, the UNEP Executive Director, Klaus Toeper, used the occasion to repeat his support for recent
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France leads move to maintain EU moratorium on GMOs
Six European Union countries attached conditions to a new EU law on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Thursday in a move that could keep the bloc's ban on hi-tech foods in place for many
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Haryana wants shelling ration for rain-hit paddy reduced
While the Centre's decision to relax rice specifications for Punjab's 1998 paddy crop has been rejected by the state's rice millers, Haryana has taken up with the Union government the issue of
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Rare whale refuge is test for Mexico
The lagoon of Laguna San Ignacio has become the center of a noisy flash. The fight pits an international environmental movement against a large conglomerate, Mitsubishi Corp. of Japan, which hopes to
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Colombian quake claims 500 lives
Five hundred people died and more than 1,000 were injured in a massive earthquake that shook five provinces in Colombia's Andes mountains, a radio station and local authorities
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Ayurvedic doctor oversees vaccine programme
Residents of housing societies in East Delhi are being administered the Hepatitis B vaccine by an Ayurvedic doctor with the help of a nurse. Doctors in the area say the vaccine was wrongly
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Demand for black bear bile fuels poaching
Bear hunting has always been a popular sport in the United States but in recent years the black bear has become a favoured target of the poacher. Poachers are killing the animals and harvesting their
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New anti-malarial drug
A new anti-malarial drug that prevents parasites from replicating inside the host, is all set to undergo clinical trial by the end of this year. The drug has been found to be as effective as one of
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Kerala exporters oppose effluent plant at Chandiroor
The Kerala High Court was on Monday informed by the Prawn Peeling Association and the Seafood Exporters' Association that the suggestion of the Pollution Control Board that a common effluent plant be
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2 bans on giving blood
The US government will soon ban certain frequent travelers to France and Portugal from donating blood as a precaution against mad cow disease, and the American Red Cross plans a far stricter ban.The
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India, Pak urged to take up Basmati issue with WTO
The Union Forest Advisory Committee member, Dr Suman Sahai, has urged India and Pakistan to take up the patenting of 'Basmati' rice by America in the World Trade Organisation review meeting scheduled
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Poor care and social stigma isolate AIDS patients in China
China's HIV problem is still relatively small-only an estimated 300,000 people who have the virus in the entire population of 1.3 billion, according to the Ministry of Health, and most are not sick.
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Influenza toll hits 140
It could take as much as two weeks to identify the deadly virus that has brought death to villages in the mid-western districts of Jumla and Humla in Nepal killing nearly 140 people during the past
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Tough line on GM food labels
Australia and New Zealand agreed to strict new rules on the labelling of food containing genetically modified organisms (GMO). The rules are believed to be the toughest in the
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Project to cure child blindess
The first-ever project in the world to preent prebirth and childhood blindness will be launched in Karnataka on January 14 at Nelamangala in Bangalore rural
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New technique for mending bone deformities
Scientists at the CSIR's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have proved that research in high tech areas could also be applied for solving mundane social problems. Utilising their expertise in the
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outrage over Monsanto's underhand tactics : An international consumer group is calling for world trade authorities to withdraw a key endorsement of Monsanto's controversial growth hormone for
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Discovery may halt brain tumors
Melbourne doctors have successfully used gene therapy to destroy brain tumors in animals, paving the way for trials on human patients, a conference will be told today. Dr Mary