Waste disposal project may prove inadequate
The Rs150m proposed solid waste management project, with the capacity of disposing of 300 tons waste daily, appears to be inadequate to cater the waste management requirements of the provincial
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PCCF Verma seeks details of lion census method
The uproar last year over the proposed use of buffalo calves as bait for conduction lion census in Gir, which was anyway washed out due to heavy rains, seems to have cast its shadow on the exercise
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PMFAI alleges ill-effect of GM crops
The genetic modification (GM) technology being introduced for commercial development of seeds and crops would generate unanticipated harmful side effects as these are not sufficiently tested and long
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Disease control without chemical pesticide
In what the New York Times described as a 'stunning new result' from one of the largest agricultural experiments ever, thousands of rice farmers in China are using a new way to control a major
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New battle looms over modified food
The European Union is preparing to enact strict controls on the sale of genetically engineered foods, which could trigger a major trade dispute with the United States and deal a serious setback to
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India, EU to set up panel on farm negotiations
India and the European Union today agreed to set up an Expert Group as a follow-up to discussions held here on agriculture and related subjects, to reach a better understanding on various issues
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Company helps customers stay green and lean
To Colorado based CH2M Hill, incorporating sustainable development into its projects is a core business principle. As a global project-delivery company with a staff of 10,000 around the world, CH2M
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A pilot company for clean production
The state-owned China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) provides one example of the new attention being paid to reducing pollution in China's petroleum and petrochemical industry. In 1995, Sinopec
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Gene therapy targets Alzheimer's
Doctors in California have implanted genetically modified cells into the brain of a 60-year old woman with early Alzheimer's disease in an effort to slow her mental decline, members of the research
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Keio team grows nerve cells from mouse osteoblasts
A group of Keio University researchers has succeeded in culturing nerve cells from osteoblast cells extracted from the bone marrow of a mouse. The experiment if replicated on humans, could provide a
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Environmentalists sue US to save sharks
Environmentalists have filed suit against the U.S. government to halt overfishing of sharks as demand grows worldwide for such delicacies as shark filet and shark-fin soup, environmental groups said.
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KMC frowns on 'want' of clinical waste
The KMC(Kolkata Municipal Corporation) vans which collect clinical waste from government run hospitals generally return empty. The reason, hospitals are not supplying the waste to civic authorities.
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Flash floods in Jakarta
Rivers running through several crowded Jakarta neighbourhoods broke their banks on Wednesday, adding to the misery of thousands still suffering from the worst floods to hit the city in
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WHO executive body backs retaining smallpox stocks
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said its executive board backed delaying a 2002 deadline for destroying the world's remaining stocks of the smallpox virus to allow more research into vaccines.
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Arsenic detected over tube wells water in Bheramara
Arsenic beyond permissible limit was detected in water of over one thousand tube wells in six unions under Bheramara Upazila in
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French report sees little risk from GM sugar beet
Genetically modified sugar beet poses very little risk of contaminating other crops and so can be considered safe to grow on a wider basis, a French government advisory panel said in a report.
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Let's save our wildlife, PM tells CMs
With poachers upping the ante, smartening up their act and moving into national wildlife parks and reserves for the kill, the Union Government has unsheathed a long-range weapon it hasn't used for a
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100,000 forest acres could escape development
A new forest conservation company plans to buy 100,000 acres in Washington state to protect the tract from development. Evergreen Forest Trust and the Weyerhaeuser Company have agreed on terms for
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'Heart durbars' to spread disease awareness
Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) will soon be organising Heart Durbars to spread awareness about heart diseases. These durbars will be based on the lines of Bijli and Lok Adalats HCFI executive
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Vivid insight provided into workings of the brain
One of the last frontiers of the unexplored left on earth, the living human brain, is yielding up its secrets to a new tool developed in Britain. The revolutionary development allows researchers to