28 injured in Iran quake
An Earthquake jolted the southern Iranian province of Fars, injuring 28 people, the official IRNA news agency reported today. The quake, measuring 4.9 degrees on the Richter scale, shook the city of
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Acting on Kandla report could have saved Paradip
The ravaged Paradip port stands testimony to the fact that lessons are never learnt from previous disaster. After a cyclone of similar magnitude struck Kandla in June last year, a high level
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Paradip turns into a ghost town
With several bodies still floating, unattended, in and around the port-town of Paradip, lakhs of people affected by the super-cyclonic storm across Orissa have been clamouring for relief in Paradip,
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Forest area decreasing
The forest area in Madhya Pradesh was decreasing at an average rate of about 5,000 sq km per year since 1994, the State Assembly was told on Monday.The Forest Minister, Mr. Ratnesh Soloman, told the
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Save forests
The National Forest Inventory(NFI) shows that the country's forest cover has dwindled from 38 percent of the total area in the late '70s to 29 percent in 19996. Alarming is this decline over the
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India re-elected to UNEP council
India has been re-elected to the governing council of the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) for a four-year term beginning January one
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UK not to do a tit for tat by banning French meat
Britain today dismissed as unrue a report that it had failed to act on warnings from public health advisers that French meat should be
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Charles comes under fire
Britain's Prince Charles came under renewed attack from anti-hunting groups as he and his son Prince William took part in the tradiational fox
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Anti tobacco meet reaches consensus on smoking
Health experts from more than 100 countries wrapped up preliminary discussions on an anti-tobacco treaty, saying that they were on course towards a sweeping global accord to cut cigarette consumption
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NRI cancer researcher bows out at 85
Dr Genorova Ghosh Mc Donald has fought 55 years to stem the march of cancer. AT 85, she is not bowing out but would like Kolkata to take forward her research. Recipient of the prestigious Danforth
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Contaminated water claims 4 lives
At least four people including three children have died after drinking poisonous water in Deoband town on Sunday. It was supplied by one of the pumps installed by Municipal Committee of Deoband.
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World Bank to fund coastal development
The World Bank will provide assistance for a coastal development management programme to be undertaken by the environment ministry. The programme will focus on preserving the ecology along the
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AIDS cases rise, malaria is declining
India has witnessed a rise in the incidence of HIV positive cases this year compared to last year, while casesof malaria have shown in decreasing trend. The total number of HIV positive cases till
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Lower Asia imports to slow 1999 world rice trade
The global rice trade may drop 13.5 per cent to 24.53 million tons this year from last year's record 28.05 million on better weather in Asia and bumper crops in South America, a US-based research
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Garbage disposal by pvt cos in Chennai
The Chennai Corporation has formally approved a proposal to privatise garbage disposal operations in parts of the city. Under the proposal, in xones 6,8 and 10 which include Ice House, Mylapore and
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T.R. Baalu to attend U.N. environment meet in Germany
The Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr. T.R. Baalu, is leading the Indian delegation to a five-day meet of the High Level Committee of Ministers and Officials (HLCOMO) of the United
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Cruise line fined millions for Alaskan pollution
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. , the world's second-largest passenger cruise line, was fined $6.5 million for dumping oily bilge water and other pollutants into Alaskan
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New pump for heart patients
Aiming to improve the survival odds and quality of life of patients with advanced heart failure, Pennsylvania surgeons have developed a new type of internal heart pump they say is safer than current
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US called to act over tobacco
As the first round of talks on an international World Health Organisation treaty to rein back tobacco use ended yesterday, consumer and health groups accused the US and others of bowing to pressure
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Imports of British beef still banned by 47 countries
Forty-seven countries are still enforcing a ban on British beef imports, according to the UK agriculture ministry. The US, Australia and South Africa are among those refusing to accept the meat