IMA releases health manifesto for parties
The Indian Medical Association has come out with a health manifesto for political parties to follow. The manifesto , the association hopes will help develop a "health vision" in the next
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AIDS patient's case raises debate over right to secrecy and right to life
The recent Supreme court verdict on an AID's patient petition seeking action against the hospital which disclosed his disease to his would be bride thus breaking his relationship with her has raised
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Agronomy congress to focus on problems of green revolution
The first International Agronomy Congress scheduled to be held from November 23 will focus on the second generation problems of green revoltion of sustaining food security in context of
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Russia puts first part of international space station in orbit
A Russian proton booster rocket carried the first part of the international space station into orbit on Friday, heralding the start of a new era in international space colonisation. Russian space
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India has over 3,500 tigers
Twenty-five years ago when India launched Project Tiger to protect and conserve the wild animal, the country had barely thousand tigers. Today India has over 3500 and accounts for roughly half of the
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HC directs panel on eco matters
The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra State Government to appoint a monitoring committee for preservation of the environment, ecology and heritage of two tourist destinations,
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Support for whistle blowers
Environmentalists have come out in support of six government scientists who have complained that they are being pressurised into approving new drugs. The scientists claim that the Canadian
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Catalyst removes contaminants from hydrogen for fuel cells
Asahi Chemical Industry Co. and Noguchi Institute said they have jointly developed a new catalyst that can completely eliminate carbon-monoxide contaminants from the hydrogen gas supplied to fuel
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Tuna Clipper raises storm
A large foreign tuna clipper, equipped with explosives and its own helicopter is allegedly harassing local sportfishing vessels and killing hundreds of dolphins off Costa Rica's north Pacific coast.
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Two poachers arrested
Two members of an elephant poaching gang from Kerala were arrested by forest personnel after a shootout in Maramalai forest area in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, police
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Diwali was as noisy as before
Study :Noise pollution levels on Diwali this year did not show restraint even as air pollution levels declined. Noise levels in 1998 was between 66 decibels and 103 decibels, as compared to 72.3
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Check-ups cut deaths
study : A ground-breaking medical survey conducted over three decades in an Australian country town has produced dramatic evidence that shows people who have regular health check-ups live longer.
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Seto Inland Sea Coast NewEra/ Local people club together to keep river source pure
A group of people, some of whom live on the lower reaches of the Yoshino River in Tokushima, is contributing money to local government bodies responsible for the Minekita area in Japan where the
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Felling of trees
3 forest personnel suspended: Mr. Manoj kumar Sarcar, District Forest Officer (DFO), Tirunelveli division, has placed under suspension three forest department staff, including a Forester, in
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400 injured as two powerful earthquakes strike rural China
At least 400 people have been injured, with around 100 sustaining serious wounds after two powerful earthquakes struck rural southwest China, officials said on Friday. "Latest reports indicate around
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Plenty of blackbucks in cock-and-bull stories
The Blackbucks were wiped out from the Delhi ridge more than 50 years back. Of late, the animals have resurfaced, albeit in suspicious circumstances. The Delhi Wildlife Department has seized 12
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SC orders status quo on pipeline laying by Reliance Petroleum
The Supreme Court has ordered status quo on the laying of a pipeline by Reliance Petroleum Ltd through the national marine sanctuary to carry crude oil from the shores in Gujarat to its refinery at
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LANDSAT-7 launch scheduled for April 15
NASA has selected a new launch date of April 15, 1999, for the Landsat-7 Earth science satellite. The launch, originally scheduled for December 1998, will take place from Vandenberg Air Force Base,
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China, a land of heavy smokers, looks into abyss of fatal illness
For the first time, scientists have calculated the devastating toll of cigarette smoking in China and declared the country to be on the verge of a calamitous epidemic of smoking-related disease that
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Cyanide spill taints Cameco's Kyrgyzstan venture
A cyanide spill in the remote Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan contaminated more than a scenic river. It also tainted one of the most successful foreign investments in the former Soviet Union, a