- NHRC plan to arrest starvation deaths
The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) has chalked out a programme of interim measures to arrest the continuing trend of starvation deaths in the "KBK districts." In a joint effort that would
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- Bacterial link to peptic ulcer
Millions of people with a history of peptic ulcer disease continue to receive unnecessary treatment, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Medical Center. The study, which was
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- 60 pc India prone to quakes
About 50 to 60 per cent of India is vulnerable to seismic activities of varying intensity. These areas are located in the Himalayan region and the union territory of Andamand and Nicobar Islands,
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- Epidemic feared
Aid workers on Tuesday warned of an outbreak of epidemic as they struggled to reach survivors in remote snow-bound villages which were devastated by a huge earthquake which killed around 4,000 people
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- U. P. sugar mills pose threat aquatic life in Ganga, tributaries
The sugar industry im Uttar Pradesh poses a serious threat to the aquatic life in the Ganga and its tributaries. One-hundred and two sugarmills in the area released about 50 tonnes of organic
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- WB's healthcare policy draws flak
The World Bank has been criticised for its neglect of population and reproductive health concerns with a $500-million budget for the purpose. A report--"Falling Short" -- released by Population
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- Probe ordered
The Union Health Secretary, Mr K B Saxena, today ordered an inquiry into the blood selling incident at the Indian Red Cross Society.
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- Scientists succeed in tagging whale sharks
Scientists have succeeded in putting identification tags on five whale sharks-the worlds biggest fish, in a week long expedition. Over 20 sightings of the shark were made off the coast line north of
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- Govt mulling plastic recycling institute
A proposal to set up a plastics recycling institute is being considered by the Union Government, according to Mr.S.K.Sood, Joint Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Fertilisers. He added that the
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- Govt to limit plastic packaging material output
Experts have called for more stringent penalties against indiscriminate dumping of wastes to tackle the country's growing solid waste menace. To curb the dumping of plastics, a primary component of
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- Opponents set to chew up pan masala industry
The multi-crore pan masala industry, which has grown by leaps and bounds in the last one decade in India, is in a crisis following a nation-wide campaign against the use of such products.The
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- Rs. 17.58 cr. grant for two environment projects
The India-canada Environment facility (ICEF), joint initiative of the Canadian Government and the Government of India, has approved grants of Rs. 17.58 crores for two projects on environmental
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- NZ population goes up to 3.78 million
The population of New Zealand rose by one per cent in 1997 to an estimated 3.78 million, Statistics New Zealand said on
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- Serial killer at large
While new infections with HIV, continues to fall in neighbouring Uganda, the figures in Kenya just keep mounting up. The government estimates that around 8% of the country's adult population has HIV.
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- How AIDS began
In 1959 a man living in Congo gave a blood sample to some American doctors who were studying human genetics. When they had finished with it, instead of dropping it in a rubbish bin the doctors put it
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- And they all lived happily ever after
According to Thomas Perls, the director of the New England Centenarian study at Harvard University, dying at 100 is qualitively different from dying at 80. Dr Perls's research suggests that for the
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- Plan for decentralised garbage disposal sought
The Delhi Lt. Governor, Mr. Tejendra Khanna, has said that a strategy for the decentralised disposal of garbage can be a significant and useful method of bringing about better sanitation and
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- WB, donors to spend $1bn in health sector of Bangladesh
The World Bank and other multilateral donor agencies will spend about one billion US dollar in the country's health, nutrition and population
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- 40 tonnes of oil spilled in Georgia
Forty tonnes of crude oil spilled after a railway train cistern turned over in an accident in Georgia that risks contaminating water supplies officials said on
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- Efforts to create forest gardens underway
Initiatives are underway to create "forest gardens" in 52 districts of Bangladesh, including Bandarban, under a donor aided project. These gardens are meant to stop land erosion, rehabilitate Jhumia