'An act of bio-terrorism'
In the days to come, the row over Bt cotton in Gujarat is likely to get murder. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, whose permission is
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Monopoly cotton buying to stay in Maharashtra
The Maharashtra Government announced on Tuesday it will continue the monopoly cotton procurement scheme despite mounting losses but hinted that severe financial difficulties might delay payments to
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Plea to ban GM seeds
A national alliance of organisations representing landless peasants, farm workers and small and marginal farmers has demanded that no commercial clearance of genetically engineered Bt cotton or any
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Probe into GB Pant deaths yet to start
The second investigation into the 74 septicemia deaths in G B Pant Hospital in Delhi between 1995 and 1998 will start eight months after chief metropolitan magistrate ordered the reconstitution of a
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Centre gets notice on anthrax threat
The high court issued notice to the Centre and other government agencies asking them to apprise the court about the measures taken to protect the people against bio-terrorism threats, including
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Curbs on growing sandalwood lifted
Chief Minister S M Krishna today said the curbs on the growing of sandalwood trees has been lifted following the amendment of the act concerning the tree. The rules governing the amended act would
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Farmer's organisations blame multinationals for Bt cotton
The national alliance of organisations representing landless peasants, farm workers and small and marginal farmers welcomed the government's decision to destroy the cotton and cotton seeds suspected
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Govt warned against big brother WTO
Former Prime Minister V P Singh demanded toady that the government must not enter into any "new agreement" at the WTO ministerial meeting in Doha without seeking approval of parliament and the state
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Rs 7,503-cr plan to boost farm sector
The Working Group on Agricultural Infrastructure and marketing for the Tenth Plan (2002-07) has devised "concrete plans" for implementation during the five-year span at a proposed outlay of Rs 7,503
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'Infants death not due to oxygen cylinder shortage'
A three-member committee, which probed the death of 12 infants at K.G. Medical College here due to alleged shortage of oxygen cylinders, today concluded that the committee found the deaths were not
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New thrust in village master plans
The master plans being formulated for all villages in Rajasthan for the coming 20 years will focus on environment conservation, preservation of natural beauty and the availability of
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Centre to monitor Ganga erosion
The Centre has decided to recognise the erosion of the Ganga in north Bengal as a national problem, Union minister for water resources Arjun Sethi said in Calcutta. Sethi who had been to Farakka held
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Panel may ask Karnataka to rethink KIOCL affidavit
The Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Union Ministry of Steel has decided to ask the Karnataka Government to reconsider its affidavit filed before the Supreme Court regarding the extension
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Congress writ nails State on cyclone
Andhra Pradesh congress leaders filed a writ petition seeking that the High Court declare the State government liable for the negligence of officials during the cyclone in Cuddapah district. It is
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Fizzle-out fears for Diwali night fireworks
In a bid to implement a Supreme Court directive restricting use of fireworks, Calcutta Police has set a 6pm to 10 pm curfew for "burning and bursting of firecrackers" o November 14, the night of Kali
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In Assam, survival is a hard tusk
More than 20 elephants have been poisoned to death in Bhalukpong area in the last two months. Forest department officials admit people have been encroaching upon the habitat of elephants. Capturing
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What if the wild decides on an agitation!
The clandestine design in grabbing of forest lands by illegal Bangladeshi nationals, in active connivance with some political leaders is more or less an off repeated story. And off late poachers too
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Malaria outbreak hits Afghanistan
Over 1,600 cases of malaria have been reported in the eastern Ningerhar and Laghman provinces of Afghanistan during the past 10 weeks. THE investigations, carried out by the Health Net International,
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Pressure grows in U.S for smallpox vaccine
Public pressure is building to vaccinate everyone in the U.S once enough smallpox vaccine is available. But such a program would fly in the face of initial plans to stockpile the vaccine until an
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Rapid anthrax test developed in the U.S.
The Mayo Clinic and Roche Diagnostics announced they have jointly developed rapid anthrax test that can detect the potentially deadly bacterium in the environment and people in 30 minutes,and they