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  • Ugandan priest takes initiative in AIDS campaign

    Reverend Gideon B Byamugisha, a Ugandan priest, revealed his HIV-positive status with the belief that it was such honesty which would give the much-needed respectability to AIDS--hitherto a social

  • Judicial probe into smuggling of teak

    The Andhra Pradesh state government on Wednesday agreed to order a judicial enquiry into the alleged involvement of senior police officers in smuggling of teak wood from the forests of Adilabad and

  • U.S. doctors tilt against circumcision

    The benefits of circumcision are "not sufficient" to recommend that baby boys undergo the procedure routinely, according to the largest U.S. group of pediatricians. The group also advised strongly

  • Does mom's work hurt? Not likely

    A comprehensive, multiyear study concludes that mothers who work outside the home are not harming their children. The research, published in the March issue of Developmental Psychology magazine,

  • Survey on polio

    There were 28 cases of polio reported in Nepal during the year 1998/99, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Health. Cases like that need to be brought down to zero by the year 2000, if

  • Ways to fight TB stressed

    A three-day regional conference on, 'TB and Human Rights' concluded in Kathmandu, Nepal with the participants stressing effective actions to fight the global menance. The TB net'99 conference with

  • Fiber material promotes regrowth of damaged bone

    Faster regeneration of damaged bone is the promise of a new sheetlike support material for cell culturing developed by a reaseach group from Sophia University in Tokyo. The material is biologically

  • A human form of 'Mad Deer' disease ?

    As a 30-year old deer hunters lies dying at his near Salt Lake City, Utah, consumer advocates and government regulators are squabbling over a terrifying question that cannot be answered to anyone's

  • Schizophrenia is linked to environmental factors

    Danish researchers have found evidence linking schizophrenia to the mental health of a patient's parent, the time of year of birth and the birthplace, the New England Journal of Medicine reported.

  • The Kui Buri National Park of Thailand

    Thailand's Kui Buri National Park is the site of a unique experiment by Thai environmentalists to help elephants and farmers live in peace in a region that has seen generations of conflict between

  • A sex thrill that can kill

    A survey in Britain shows that club-goers are continuing to use Viagra in a cocktail of drugs even though experts say the mix could be fatal. What's more, most of them seem to enjoy the results, so

  • British Dy PM arrives for ecology talks

    British Deputy Prime Minster John Prescott, who is also the Environment and Transport Minister, arrived in the capital for bilateral discussions on environmental

  • Pig-heart surgeon chargesheeted

    The police have filed a chargesheet against Dhaniram Baruah and his associates Jonathan Ho and P J James in connection with the Purna Saikia xenotransplant case in Calcutta.

  • Delhi turning into a city of garbage

    Garbage piling up in Delhi may soon reach Qutub Minar's height. Of the 6,000 tonnes of garbage generated daily in Delhi, only 4,000 tonnes gets cleared. The rest goes on accumulating, the Central

  • Doctors warn against harmful Holi colours

    Doctors have urged the citizens of the Delhi not to turn Holi, a festival of amity, into a festival of morbidity by using harmful colours and consuming alcohol or bhang in excess. Addressing a news

  • HC order relief for pollution -hit

    In a landmark judgment, a Gujarat High Court division bench comprising Justice S D Dave and Justice J R Vora has directed Gujarat's Chief Secretary to form a committee within six weeks to monitor

  • Big business lobbies for relaxed coastal laws

    Fresh attempts are being made by business and other "powerful interests" including the aquaculture lobby to get environment minister Suresh Prabhu to relax the law that protects the Indian coastline,

  • Trans-border cooperation to save tigers

    India has joined hands with China and Nepal to ensure the security of the tiger, whose life and habitat they have plundered with impunity over the years. "Under a protocol signed recently with China

  • Turtle-sensitive areas to be identified

    An expert committee on marine turtle conservation has decided to conduct a survey and identify the turtle-sensitive areas in every coastal State of the country.The decision to conduct a survey on the

  • Novartis offers cut-price drugs

    The move by Swiss-based Novartis to make its revolutionary new cancer treatment available to Americans regardless of income will intensify demands on the pharmaceutical industry to provide more

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