Bush's moves on environment disappoint industry
While environmentalists have sounded an anxious alarm over President Bush's agenda, it is his allies in industry who are expressing concern that his administration is falling short of their
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Monarch butterfly said in danger in Canada, Mexico
The International Fund for Animal Welfare warned on Friday that the monarch butterfly, renowned for its migration each year from Canada to Mexico, may be in grave danger in both countries. Responding
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AIDS permeates Uganda politics too
He has not admitted it, nor has he denied it. But it is certainly possible that Kizza Besigye, a doctor who has risen from obscurity to mount a serious challenge in Uganda's presidential race, is
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Panipat village craves for hospital
The 10,000 residents of the Bhalore village in the Panipat district of Haryana have been living all these years without any health centre or medical facility. There is no government dispensary or
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Wildfires burn through Fla., spread to Ga.
Firefighters battled wildfires across Florida and into Georgia under sweltering weather Thursday and officials said they expected a hectic 24 hours as flames spread over the parched land. So far
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First government-sanctioned cannabis farm started in UK
Britain's first government-sanctioned cannabis farm has been established to grow marijuana for medical research purpose, the company running it said on
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Govt puts Coal Mines Bill on hold as Plan panel projections go astray
The liberation of the coal industry, which came in spurts over the last three years and was expected to culminate in the amendmane of the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, has come to a hurtling
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Land mines spell death for animals
A dozen elephants from Lampang (Thailand) village had already been killed by land mines as encroaching farmland edged loggers and their beasts of burden deeper and deeper into the jungle battlefields
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Elders express concern over safety of Asiatic lions
The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has directed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment & Forests to visit the last remaining habitat of the Asiatic lions in the Gir forests, and then
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Fourth case of bacterial illness
A 49-year-old woman was diagnosed with legionnaire's disease yesterday in what appears to be a fourth case arising from contaminated air conditioning systems near the Moonee Ponds shopping strip.
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DG for amending Mines Act
Mr S N Padhi, Director-General , MInes Safety, today suggested amendments to the Mines Act, 1901. Inaugurating a two-day workshop on mines safety at Surajkund, Mr Padhi said the amendments should
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Bengal Tiger on Japan menu
A Japanese television network provoked angry protests from animal lovers after it aired a gourmet-food programme featuring a controversial dish:Stir-Fried Bengal Tiger, Cantonese-Style. The
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Tiger, leopard poaching cases shoot up
In a shocking scenario of the rising number of tiger and leopard poaching incidents, successive governments have had no information on the prosecution of poachers in the last four years. Official
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Early end to TB programme impasse unlikely
The national TB control programme is faced with a serious problem with the Health Ministry dragging its feet on the issue of entrusting the task of procurement of drugs and other supplies for the
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LNJP surgeons perform organ regeneration feat
Indian surgeons who two years ago helped monkeys and dogs regrow their diseased ureter, fallopian tubes and uterus, now claim to have successfully used their organ regeneration technique in humans
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Population explosion worries MPs
Several MPs from various parties today appealed to fellow Parliamentarians and all elected representatives to join hand with the government to tackle menace of growing population in the country.At a
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Damage estimated at $4.4bn
The Indonesian forest fires, which cloaked neighbouring countries in hazardous pollutants, caused $4.4bn in economic damage last year, according to a study on the environmental
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Workshop on health hazards
PRIA (Society for Participatory Research in Asia) has organised a three-day workshop from July 14 on the occupational health hazards of women
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Commercial use of flyash worked out
Even as dumping of flyash from power plants becomes a burning issue among environmental activists, the National Capital Power Station of NTPC, has come up with an innovative technology for commercial
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Butterflies are said to be at risk
To regain protected forest land, loggers may have deliberately wiped out 22 million Monarch Butterflies that migrate annually from Canada to Mexico for the winter, according to a prominent