- 3000 cattlehead dead in 3 districts
The foot and mouth disease has claimed the lives of 3000 cattlehead and affected more than 6000 in Moga, Ferozepore and Faridkot districts.
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Renewed Indonesia fires worry Southeast Asia
With the Indonesian government short of money and preoccupied with an economic crisis that threatens to lead to serious social unrest, concern is growing in Singapore and Malaysia that the region
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Showing the strain
Rafiq Mughal might have felt a sense of injustice last week after the publication of research which linked the symptoms of repetitive strain injury to physical damage to nerves in the arm and hand.
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El Nino lashes Lima's volumes
Some had thought that Peru might escape lightly this year from the unpredictable El Nino warm current, which periodically affects the west coast of South America. But in the past month severe
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- New US child labour Bill seeks to penalise India , others
The USA proposes to penalise nations that do not prohibit child labour or fail to effectively enforce child labour laws. Countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, where child labour is
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- Jaundice outbreak worries citizens
Residents of the local Inderpura, Gurunankpura, Shakti Nagar and Baghichi colonies are in a state of panic following a steep rise in the cases of infective hepatitis(jaundice ) in these areas.
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- Factory owners find anomalies in report
The Delhi Factory Owners' Federation has found anomalies in the cost apportionment report prepared by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), recommending 20 per cent
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- Apex environment body for Delhi becomes functional
The Environment Pollution Authority, set up by the government to enforce pollution control norms in Delhi, has become functional. The apex environment regulatory authority has suo moto powers to take
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- US Congressmen pull up India on human rights
Twenty-two Congressmen on Friday asked the Clinton adminstration to impose "tough economic sanction" against India if it did not allow the Amnesty International and other human rights watch groups to
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- AIIMS doctor performs rare kidney operation
A surgeon at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences removed a 11.5 kg kidney through keyhole surgery in a two-and-a half -hour- long operation here on Friday evening.
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- US patent may hurt basmati's exclusivity
India has a strong case against the patent on basmati rice, granted recently to an American company Rice Tec by the US Patant Office, said some top officials and agriculture
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- Hoechst lauches anti-epilepsy drugs
Hoechst Marion Ropussel Ltd, has introduced a new anti-epilepsy drug "Frisium" in India. The drug is effective in treating chronic therapy resistant epilepsy and is suitable for use as an adjuvant
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- Voyager 1 now most distant human made object in space
In a dark, cold vacant neighborhood near the very edge of our solar system, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is set to break another record and become the explorer that has travelled farthest from home. At
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- Finland announces new funding to combat desertification and drought
The Government of Finland has announced new contribution of about $750,000 to UNSO for UNDP's Trust Fund to Combat Desertification and Drought. The new funding will support UNSO's newly developed
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- Secretaries panel will decide on alcohol decontrol
The committee of secretaries will step in to take a final view on de-reservation of the alcohol industry due to sharply conflicting opinions on whether it should be implemented.
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- Justice favours immunity for tobacco deal
The US Justice Department said it would favour granting some form of immunity from future civil lawsuits to the tobacco industry as part of the proposed $368.5bn settlement being considered by
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- Economic trauma plagues Indonesia hospitals
Indonesia is struggling to reverse a debilitating economic crisis that has seen its currency lose at least 70 per cent of its foreign exchange value since summer and the price of imported
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- 2,50,000 suffering from leprosy in Bangladesh
The number of leprosy patients is alarmingly increasing as the Leprosy Eradication Programmes in the Sunamganj district is being hampered owing to lack of fund, absence of specialists and inadequate
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- Praying for rain
The Thai government estimates that six million plus people have been affected by the shortage of rain. And the drought will continue for another four months at least. But if Thailand has problems,
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- Antibiotics 'aid food poisoning'
Intensive livestock production and excessive use of antibiotics have contributed to a rise in food poisoning, the Meat and Livestock Commission of UK