Transnational cos will dominate
Transnational corporations will dominate the future of industrial scenario in the country if the Indian corporates do not empower themselves with international environmental norms through technology
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WWF caution on ivory trade in India
The World Wide Fund for Nature-India(WWF) has cautioned that the recent decision of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species(CITES) to allow limited one-time sale of ivory stocks
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Farm sector new stumbling block for WTO members
The farm sector is likely to be the biggest stubling block in the new round of multilateral trade negotiations under the World Trade Organisation(WTO). A WTO check list highlights the conflicting
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Cervical cancer
You can now test with just vinegar: Using nothing more than plain old vinegar and a trained eye, researchers say they can now safely detected cervical cancers. It might sound like grandmother's
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Ganga action plan under way
In an effort to make the Ganga pollution free, a whopping Rs 462 crore has been sanctioned for 261 schemes of pollution abatement and treatment plants for municipal sewage and industrial effluent
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Pesticide ban opposed
The Pesticide Association of India has in separate representations to the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan opposed the proposed ban on the spraying of pyrethroids on the cotton crop in
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Change in Ganga's course worries Kanpur citizens
The deserted traditional bathing ghats are the only give-away that the mighty Ganga once flowed close to the industrial city. Now the holy waters are nowhere to be seen. The situation is alarming as
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Erosion worries farmers
Farmers having their land holdings across the Ravi opposite Makaura Ferri in Barial Bulge are a worried lot in view of continuous erosion in the area due to fast currents of the Ravi. The matter has
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Home -hospice lets cancer patients die in dignity
The "home-hospice" service-extending palliative treatment to terminally-ill cancer patients in their homes-- was launched by the Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, in the city on Friday. Billed as
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ILO launches drive to fight child labour
In an attempt to get millions of Pakistani children out of the work-force and into school, the International Labour Organisation announced a $2.9 million programme to fight child
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Emergency in Texas as drought hits state
Texas governor George W. Bush declared a state of emergency in two-thirds of the state's countries on Thursday due to the threat of wildfires caused by a severe
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Approach AIDS in a holistic manner
Expert : The strategy to overcome the AIDS crisis in India should not only cover associated diseased like tuberculosis, hepatitis B & C and sexually transmitted diseases (STD) simultaneously, but
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Pappankalan project again in controversy
The Airport authority of India and the Delhi Urban Arts Commission had reportedly granted clearance to the Dwarka sub-city project, but after objecting about the proximity of the project to the air
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Central funds for calamity relief awaited
Rajasthan has been straining its nerves to meet the expenditure on relief work following delay in the transfer of funds by the Centre for the state's calamity relief fund. According to official
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Once more, with feeling
Computerised voice synthesisers often have a tendency to sound rather, well, robotic. Even the most well-spoken computers tend to sound bored, and their endless droning can irritate human listeners.
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Bird-brained
Reed warblers are notoriously bad at recognising their offspring. They are also bad at counting them. To try to work out why the warblers are so stupid, a group of ornithologists from Cambridge
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Better information needed to guide efforts in addressing environmental justice
Concerns have grown in recent years that industrial plants, waste facilities, and other potential polluters are more likely to be sited in poorer communities, and that pollutants from these
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Dhaka
The city of waste : Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh presently with about 8 million population has turned into a city of wastes, and today it is one of the most polluted megacities of the world. This
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Clinton for global trade rules to back enviornment plans
US President Bill on Monday called for global trade rules to support environmental
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Air pollution may travel thousands of miles
Organic pollutants can be transported for thousands of miles, instead of being trapped in oceans or soil as previously thought, so that pollution is not necessarily a local problem, says a team of US