Master plan to develop Delhi as modern city soon
In an effort to develop the national capital as a modern city, the Delhi Government will soon unfold the draft of a master plan, even as other programmes towards improving the quality of life are
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New guidelines for quake-resistant buildings
The US Emergency Management Agency issued new design and construction guidelines today for steel-frame buildings in earthquake- prone areas. The guidelines are the result of a six-year, $12 million
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Rs 2000 crore plan formulated for degraded forests
Taking serious note of the depletion of green cover in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government has formulated a Rs 2000 crore afforestation project for the degraded
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Dholera port promoters slap legal notice on GPCB
In what is being perceived as another setback to the long delayed Dholera Port project in Gujarat the promoters of the project JK Industries, in an unprecedented move, have filed legal notices
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Trials start for diabetes treatment
A substance that has cured diabetes in some laboratory animals is now being tested on people. The INGAP- Islets Neogenesis Associated Protein - Peptide encourages the growth of insulin producing
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Over 2 lakh kids to get polio drops in Sonepat
Around 2.14 lakh children, below five, will be administered pulse polio drops in Sonepat district on January 20 during the second phase of countrywide immunisation campaign, according to Mr. S N Roy,
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Stream ecosystems clean nitrogen from water
Small streams are able to protect large bodies of water from excessive eutrophication, according to a research project in which scientists from across the United States
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Sea water affects life in Mahi
The inflow of water from the Gulf of Khambhat has disturbed the life in the Mahi river. At Fazalpur, a rare species of turtle was found outside the water, a sight that is not common here, say locals.
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UK eradicates disease
Britain moved within a step of reaching food and mouth free status on Monday as three of the last four regions at risk were declared clear of the deadly livestock virus, a farm ministry official
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Dust storm cokes Beijing
Wind whipped sandstorms slapped a ghostly haze onto the capital and across swaths of Northern China on Wednesday, turning day into yellow dusk and inflaming the lungs and eyes of millions in an
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Wake-up call for India
By not ratifying the Kyoto Protocol and by refusing to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions, the Republican government in the US has cast a shadow over further climate change negotiations. Its stand that
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China kick-starts nationwide pollution cleanup
China will spend 65 billion yuan ($7.85 billion) and set strict environmental control targets to kick-start a five-year clean-up of smoggy skies, polluted lakes and sludge-filled rivers, state media
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Glaxo chief slams AIDS offer
Glaxo SmithKline Plc's chairman said his company was willing to provide cheap drugs to African countries genuinely keen to solve the AIDS problem and dismissed as rhetoric Indian firms' cut price
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Acute scarcity of vegetables in N districts
The dearth of winter vegetables affects public health specially the vegetarians. The scanty supply of potato, brinjal, radish, tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, beans, onion, garlic is being experienced
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State plans to lure investors to reap farm sector harvests
Aiming greater participation from private players the Maharashtra state government is working at a model plan which blends social cause with economics. From providing credit facilities to farmers to
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Geron move to settle stem cell suit marks shift
Geron's decision to give up commercialisation rights to all but three embryonic stem cell types marks a sharpened focus on drug development in what has become an industry-wide trend. Patents have no
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Scientists investigating severity of seafood risk in the State
Scientists have issued warnings against Goans eating seafood in part of the State, but oblivious to the same, and lacking suitable alternatives, the villages of Canacona could have just kept on
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Klotho gene linked to reduced lifespan
A gene named after one of Greek Fates seems to indeed hold a person's life in the balance, cutting short one's allotted time on this planet, researchers said. One version of the the gene called
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Morocco bans conference over toxic gas effects
A Moroccan human rights group said the Interior Ministry had banned an international conference the group had called on the continuing effects of toxic gas in the northern Rif region from the 1920s.
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Kabul's lion king
An international effort has been launched to help the Kabul zoo. With the Afghanistan now very much in the news, American and European zoo association are flying to the rescue of Kabul 's zoo.