Hudco initiative on waste management
Waste management and power generation from garbage projects are expected to get a boost with inter-Ministerial co-operation and a synergy being forged between technology, finance and subsidy to
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Consumers will feel the pain as U.S. health costs go up
The respite from rising medical bills that consumers have enjoyed for several years is coming to an end, according to a new federal study that concludes that the country's spending on health care is
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Pfizer to begin EU Viagra sales in two weeks
Pfizer Inc.'s impotence drug, Viagra, will be available in some European Union countries within seven to ten days, despite absence of government reimbursement agreements, the company said after the
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Old diseases on comeback trail
Malaria, Japanese encephalitis and Kala Azar, which were under control for some time, are re-emerging with increased ferocity, claim health officials. Seventy percent of Nepal's population is at risk
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'15 percent children in hazardous work'
According to research carried by CWIN, an NGO working for child welfare, 15 per cent of the total children in Nepal are engaged in hazardous work. 4,50,000 children are among the nine million
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FDA approves new AIDS treatment
AIDs patients got an easier-to-swallow drug on Friday as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new once-a-day medicine that offers the first good alternative for patients who cannot take
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Grizzlies face grisly future - report
- The British Columbia government is being "irresponsible and reckless" in continuing to allow trophy hunting of grizzly bears, suggests a report that warns the province's grizzly
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Fears raised over waterweed plan
The Selwyn District Council in New Zealand is due to present a risk assessment report, on the use of the phragmites weed to filter effluent in its Southbridge treatment
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Money from nothing
The narrow lane which suddenly branches out from the main corridor of Kona-Bagpara area in West Bengal's Howrah district, heads out towards what appears to be a nondescript slum. But 15 minutes and
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Credit ratins are old hat, corporate houses will now be 'green' rated
A 'green' equivalent of the credit rating system is here | A voluntary eco-rating for corporates is on the anvil which is expected to serve as the 'risk indicator' -usually demanded by leading banks
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Orissa govt wants Rs 426 cr for drought
The Orissa Government has sought assistance from the Centre of Rs 426 crore to combat the drought. It has urged the Centre to immediately release Rs 50 crore from the Calamity Relief Fund. The
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Gujarat flood toll mounts to 78
With five more deaths in Broach district and one more in Rajkot district, the toll in the current spell of rain and floods in the state has risen to 78 even as the intensity of rainfall reduced
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Rubber roads reduce noise
In England, trials will begin soon on rubber roads in an attempt to cut traffic noise. Four busy roads in Surrey are to be resurfaced with a new mixture that is claimed to reduce noise by 70 per
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Stroke clinic at Apollo soon
The city's first "stroke clinic" providing state-of-the are facilities will start functioning soon at the Indraprastha Apollo
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Next four months very difficult
UN : The visiting UN team monitoring Bangladesh floods has termed the current deluge as the "most severe calamity ever to hit Bangladesh". The UN officials warned that the "worst effects" of the
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Man-Machine II
The double barrelled word has three quite distinct connotations. the first is a human being fitted with artificial replacements of vital parts and/or limbs, as medical repair at present envisage how
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BNHS joins hands with Birdlife Internaitonal
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has just signed a letter of intent to become a partner -designate of Birdlife International. The latter is a global networkd of NGOs working to conserve
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North India most prone to malaria
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir are among the most malaria and other vector disease prone states of the country . Any outbreak of epidemic might claim large
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Donors decline land funding
The Zimbabwe government may be forced to rethink its policy on land redistribution after donors attending a three day conference made clear they were not prepared to fund the programme. When the
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Threat seen to survival of domesticated livestock breeds
Should we care that there are now fewer than 1,000 Arvana-Kazakh dromedary camels in Kazakhstan, or only 900 Yakut cattle left in Siberia? The Food and Agriculture Organisation, based in Rome, thinks