Calcutta gets rid of clinical waste
B.R.Singh Hospital of Eastern Railway has introduced scientific disposal of clinical waste, the first of its kind in Calcutta at Dhapa.The clinical wastes include needles, blades, glass items, gauge,
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Saliva test can reveal cancer
A saliva test for breast cancer that would allow women to take home a "spit test" rather than attend a routine mammorgram is two to three years away from
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'Key to forest creation lies in its protection'
While afforestation schemes drain out crores of public money every year without much success, a tribal village has shown that the key to creating a forest lies in mere protection of the area.
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Clinton eyes tobacco goldmine
The enactment of President Bill Clinton's ambitious new social policy agenda depends in large part on a projected $65.5bn extra revenue from the tobacco industry over the next five
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110 AP cotton farmers 'commit suicide'
Nearly 110 cotton farmers have reportedly committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh so far on account of crop failure leading to indebtedness.Ironically, many of the farmers consumed the same pesticide
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Unicef to assist Bengal in malaria eradication
This year, the West Bengal Government, the Calcutta Municipal Corporation and Unicef plan to make a concerted bid to battle malaria from the lowest level - starting with the people - by launching an
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7 British cos offer Indian green technologies
Seven British companies have offered many environment-related technologies under the Indo-British Partnership Programme.The offer includes the reed bed technology for remediation of former gas works
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Rabri refuses to give land for ICAR unit
The Union agriculture minstry has suffered a major setback in its effort to set up its regional agriculture-cum-animal husbandry research centre of India Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) in the
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Row over cancer report
Scientists believe the UK government may be delaying a report on diet and cancer because its findings on red meat do not back up controversial official advice to cut
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UP paper mills hit by lack of raw materials
Paper manufacturing units in western Uttar Pradesh have urged the Central government for a prompt decision on pulp wood plantations as it takes about eight to ten years before a tree cam be
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Vitamins sharply reduce risk of heart attack, study finds
Consuming large amounts of folic acid and vitamin B6 may sharply reduce the risk of heart attack, according to a major study released. The 14-year study found that women whose diets contain high
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Study of H.I.V family tree pushes back origins
An analysis of a blood sample preserved since 1959 from the oldest documented case of infection with the AIDS virus called H.I.V shows that the first such infections probably occured in people in the
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CJD claims 10, say official data
The new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, linked to BSE or mad cow disease, killed 10 people in the UK last year-the same number as in 1996-the Department of Health
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Seoul, Tokyo to resume fisheries talks in April
Seoul and Tokyo are expected to resume talks on a fisheries accord after a meeting between the two countries scheduled for London in early
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AP Zoo faces surplus crocodile problem
A zoological park in Andhra Pradesh is facing a crocodile population problem and is keeping male and female of the species in separate enclosures to prevent them from mating and producing
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Multiple sclerosis
new treatments? : In a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers compared brains taken at autopsy from 11 patients with multiple sclerosis and four people who did not
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500 leprosy cases in Ahmedabad
Over 500 suspected leprosy cases were detected in Ahmedabad city and district in a survey, which began on Friday as part of a leprosy elimination campaign. The district tuberculosis officer and head
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Govt unable to impound mobile zoos
Wildlife officials of the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar governments have expressed their inability to comply with the Central government's order to confiscate 16 mobile zoos which house 102 animals in
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Norms for NGOs relaxed
NGOs interested in the development of non-forest wasteland and watershed development no longer need to approach the Department of Wasteland Development in the Ministry of Rural Areas & Employment.
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TNAU project on tannery pollution
Tanneries which face serious pollution problem with their chromium-rich industrial wastes can now breathe a sigh of relief. Thanks to the Indo-Australian project on chromium pollution control evolved