SC may muffle loudspeakers
The Supreme Court may soon consider implementation of a report which has suggested stringent conditions on the use of loudspeakers and any other sound amplification system at any public place in the
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North-eastern states may end Kerala's rubber monopoly
Under the World Bank project, 10,000 hectares would be brought under rubber in Tripura by the year 2000. The total area under rubber in the north-east is about 45,000 hectares, and the Rubber Board's
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"Influenza-like" acute respiratory infection behind deadly Afghan outbreak
On their return from Afghanistan, two World Health Organization medical experts said a mysterious disease that has claimed dozens of lives in a remote mountainous area of northern Afghanistan is an
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China sets zero growth for ocean fishing
The Ministry of Agriculture has set a zero growth rate this year for the country's fishing industry in a bid to stop exessive fishing in coastal waters and to ensure sustainable growth in the area.
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Zhejiang introduces marine resources licensing system
East China's Zhejiang Province, a major economic powerhouse on the East China Sea, has introduced a licensing system for the use of marine resources. The first group of enterprises, including a
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Huaihe river pollution control efforts yield results
Some 1.3 million people living in the lake area of Huaihe, China's fourth largest freshwater lake, have witnessed a resurgence of the local fishing industry resulting from the success of the ongoing
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Discovery of new functional liver cancer gene
Prof. Chen Zhinan of Xi'an based No. 4 Military University of Medical Sciences and Dr. Yang Zhi of Sainojin International Company, China discovered a new functional liver cancer gene for the first
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Leprosy sufferers to sue government
A group of leprosy sufferers at a state-run sanatorium in Ajicho, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan will file a lawsuit against the central government demanding compensation for long-term
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Water treatment project in trouble
The House Committee on Local Administration Affairs will ask the cabinet to suspend a multi-million baht central wastewater treatment facility in this province of Thailand. Muk Sulaiman, secretary
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US fires first salvo in banana war
The US started its long-threatened trans-Atlantic banana war with Europe on Wednesday, essentially shutting the US market to 15 types of European products. The tariffs take effect at once, but may be
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Plant patents challenged in US court
A legal challenge to a fundamental premise of the bio-technology industry - the patentability of modified plants - is setting off a wave of fear inside big agriculture companies. An lowa seed
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Fall in foodgrains output likely in Asia
Wheat output in Asia is likely to fall about 1 million tonnes, short of the targeted 19 million tonnes, mostly due to drought in China. Paddy production is estimated to fall by about 4 million tonnes
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Alarm at unregulated hepatitis vaccination
The Delhi Medical Association(DMA) is concerned over a Hepatitis-B vaccination drive among school children in Delhi without proper governmental guidelines. Pointing out that Hepatitis-B vaccination
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Ayurvedic drug-makers face Forest Dept wrath for storing listed herbs
The Kerala Forest department has unleashed a crackdown on manufacturers of ayurvedic drugs who use any herb mentioned in the scheduled list as an ingredient in their concotions. As a first step, the
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Greenpeace chases pirate fishers in Antarctic waters
Greenpeace found a pirate ship fishing illegally for Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. The international environmental group sent its icebreaker, the MC Arctic Sunrise, to
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75 prisoners in TN suffer from TB
Nearly 75 prisoners at different jails in the State are affected by tuberculosis, a health camp conducted to detect the disease among jail inmates has shown. The affected number constitutes just a
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UK pledges to save tiger
Environmental pollution and saving the Indian tiger will be the focus of the UK's deputy prime minister, John Prescott, who begins a week-long visit to India on Thursday. Mr Prescot, who has
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Black tea is good for heart
Preliminary research has shown that flavonoids in black tea may reduce the risk of heart attack and coronary artery disease, the head of a Netherlands-based research institute said in Bangalore.The
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A single strand of hair can help diagnose breast cancer
A single strand of hair can indicate if a woman has, or will develop, breast cancer, Australian researchers said on Thursday in a development which could lead to a simple non-invasive test for the
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NDFB guns down 8 woodcutters
In a fresh spurt in violence , activists of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) brutally gunned down eight timber smugglers, belonging to a particular minority community, at