Nandan Kanan director being shifted
At last heads may roll in connection with the recent Nandan Kanan tiger tragedy with the Government likley to shift zoo director B C
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IQ-hunting scientists locate the smart spot
Addressing a long-standing debate among scientists over how much of the brain is activated to perform a difficult task like taking an IQ test, researchers have found that a surprisingly small and
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Centre grants environmental clearance
The crucial environmental clearance for upgrading the Cuddalore Tuticorin highway, along the coast line, has been granted by the Union Government. The road implementation scheme is part of the Tamil
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Human habitats take toll on Sasan Gir lions
The death of six Asiatic lions in last six months within their lone global abode in Sasan Gir sanctuary of Gujarat has stirred up a hornet's nest and once again shifted focus to the problems
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Aids impacts on TB deaths
Deaths from tuberculosis are skyrocketing as Aids starts impacting on South Africa, fuelling the spread of TB among people with weakened immunity. The Gauteng Health Department expects TB to become
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Mainland agrees to stop bear farming
Mainland authorities have signed an historic agreement to end black-bear farming, seven years after a Hong Kong woman launched a campaign to stop the practice. The China Wildlife Conservation
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ICAR developing transgenic cotton
Even as the Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco) has obtained formal approval for undertaking large-scale field trials of its transgenic cotton derived from the US-based life sciences major,
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PM sets up fund for curbing population growth
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee sternly told states that it was their responsibility to prevent population from exploding to unmanageable limits. Expressing concern over country's "runaway
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Fishing ban extended, judiciary ignored
In a desperate attempt to protect the mechanised fishing lobby, the Goa Assembly on late Friday evening passed an Amendment Bill, in a most unprecedented manner, barring the judiciary from reviewing
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Coffee cultivation in NE dwindling
Way back in the 1990s, there were at least 10,000 hectare of land under coffee cultivation in the North East. Today it is just aout 3,000
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Glaxo secures EU approval for Aids treatment
Glaxo Wellcome stayed one step ahead of its competitors in the HIV market when it won preliminary European Union approval for Trizivir, the first medicine to combine three Aids treatment in one
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14 snow leopards, 14 tigers, 10 pandas
skeletons kept piling up : The death of one snow leopard rocked the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling recently. But scratch a bit below the surface and you will unearth a string
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Lion deaths
Govt looks for excuses : After the mysterious deaths of a dozen tigers at Nandankanan Zoo, it seems to be the turn of Asiatic Lions, as an abnormally high number of deaths -- five-- have occurred in
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Shahtoosh traders threaten stir
While the Shahtoosh traders at Srinagar have threatened to launch in agitation against the ban on its trade the central government is understood to be formulating a rehabilitation package for the
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Floods damage crops in 23 villages
The flood situation in the Moonak and Khanauri areas is still grim as Ghaggar water has spread in the fields of 23 villages, out of the 26 flood-prone villages of the Moonak subdivision. Besides,
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Ganga clean-up has wasted Rs 1,975 crore
In what should go down as a scam of major proportions and multiple implications, India has criminally wasted more than 1,975 crore rupees in its attempt to save the river Ganges. The World Water
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Wake up to rice milk
Thai researchers have successfully developed rice milk as a healthy option to cow milk. Researchers of the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotec) in Bangkok have found
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Orchid plants on verge of extinction
Orchid plants that bear one of the most beautiful flowers found in Nepal are getting extinct due to the lack of protection. "450 different species of orchids are found in the jungles of Nepal whereas
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Another Gir lion dies ; toll mounts to five
After the mysterious death of a dozen tigers at Nandankanan Zoo in Orissa recently, it seems to be turn of Asiatic lions. Five have died in Gir forest in the state in less than two
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US to kill sheep for fear of mad cow
Three Vermont flocks of sheep have been ordered destroyed by US agriculture officials, who say the 376 animals could be carrying mad cow