Thousands at risk unless floods spending doubles
Government spending on flood defences in UK will have to increase significantly adequately to protect thousands of homes at threat this winter, according to a report published yesterday by the
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Meet to develop coastal resources in Karnataka
Ten years after the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification was issued, the question of how to develop the 300-odd-km Karnataka coastline cropped up once again at a one-day symposium conducted
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Pump seen extending life of heart failure patients
An implanted mechanical pump that assists a failing heart, but does not replace it, can significantly prolong the lives of people who are dying of heart disease, according to a landmark study
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Basmati-wary Govt wakes up to geographical indications
Having lost he battle for Basmati patent, the government has gone on an overdrive to protect other Indian products which have a large export market, Kashmiri carpets, Alphonso mangoes and Darjeeling
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IT for control of filariasis and malaria
Scientists at the bio-informatics division of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, have developed a range of Internet enabled software tools to help control the spread of the anopheles
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Novartis seeks to become cancer-drug powerhouse
Novartis AG, seeking to build on the remarkable early success of its cancer drug Gleevec, outlined a pipeline of drug compounds now in clinical development that it hopes will make it an oncology
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Philippines death toll could reach 350
Up to 350 people are feared dead after a devastating tropical storm ripped through the Philippines, officials said yesterday. At least 115 bodies have been recovered in four provinces, while 234
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Two-child norm in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government decided to enforce the two-child norm in the state from June 1, 2002, barring its employees from having a third child.
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Global plant gene treaty agreed
A new international agreement to use plantgenes to help guarantee future world food supplies was hailed by Jacques Diouf, director general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
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US Government performs u-turn on water standard
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Christie Whitman has announced that the arsenic standard in drinking water will actually be set at 10 parts per billion (ppb), the level set by
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As Govt stalls Bt Cotton, farmers losing bollworm battle
There is a variety of cotton that can fight off bollworm, has no apparent side-effects and has cleared trials. It goes by the name of Bt Cotton, and the Government doesn't want it. Across the cotton
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4.5 lakh newborns to be vaccinated every year
The state government plans to strengthen immunisation services in the next five years by providing free hepatitis B vaccine to all newborn babies. The project will be carried in a phased manner by
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Awareness campaigns belated
Though the Chennai Corporation has now taken up intensive dengue awareness campaign, it is clearly a belated effort considering that the civic body received the warning about a possible outbreak in
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Wockhardt seeks nod for new drug trials
The Rs 558-crore Wockhardt announced that its research team had discovered a new anti-bacterial drug. Wockhardt's chairman and managing director Habil F Khorakiwala said the company had applied to
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Another falls prey to dengue
Dengue has claimed another life in Delhi with this the total number of deaths due to the disease has risen to three. According to the municipal health officer, Municipal health officer, Municipal
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Scientists fear invasion of "superweeds"
Scientists fear genetically modified (GM) crops, already under attack for allegedly creating "mutant" food, could also create plants that are resistant to herbicides and insects. GM herbicide-and
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Tobacco giant buys rights to lung cancer drugs
One of the world's biggest tobacco companies aims to make billions of dollars from diseases caused by cigarettes through deals with biotech companies for exclusive rights to future lung cancer
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Trade deal near for broad access to cut-rate drugs
Negotiators all but clinched a deal today that would give developing countries greater access to cut- price drugs to fight epidemics, defusing the most inflammatory dispute between rich and poor
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Famine-like situation prevailing in northern region
A famine-like situation hit northern region of Bangladesh throwing over 20 lakh poor and labourer section of the people into great miseries.
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Unani medicines can cure arthritis, says research
A study conducted by the Council for Research in Unani Medicine has shown that Unani formulations can serve as an effective alternate treatment to cure rheumatoid