An antibiotic to fight immune bugs
Australian hospitals have a new weapon to combat the rise of deadly, drug-resistant 'superbugs' in the form of a revolutionary synthetic antibiotic. The treatment - hailed as the most powerful
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Hyogo eyes center to study, treat PTSD sufferers
The Hyogo Prefectural Government plans to set up the first research and training center for post traumatic stress disorder in Japan, local government officials said. The prefecture decided to set up
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Gutkha ban has no impact, sales continue
It was business as usual in the pan shops across the twin cities on Thursday, despite the ban on the sale of gutkha imposed by the Andhra Pradesh state government on
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Plans to increase age for marriage
Health Minister N Janardhan Reddy on Thursday announced that the Andhra Pradesh Government was planning to increase the legal age for marriage and encourage spacing and vasectomies to check
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Himachal Pradesh Government defends steps to contain plague
The Health Minister of Himachal Pradesh Jagat, Prakash Nadda, today defended the state government's action saying it had reacted to the plague outbreak in the "most commendable and almost text book
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South Africa cries out for food
Emergency food assistance is urgently required in South Africa till the next main harvest. Shortages have emerged in rural and urban areas of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe where maize stocks, the
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Farmers battle debt & drought
The efforts of the Karnataka government in developing the IT sectors may be commendable, but it seems to ignore the challenges to improve the standard of living. The farmers of the state have gained
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India to help Kabul rebuild agriculture
India has offered to help Afghanistan in the rehabilitation of agricuture, its mainstay. Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh gave the assurance to this effect to the visiting Afghan Agriculture
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Partial diagnosis
Last week, the Union agriculture secretary, Mr J N L Srivastava, announced triumphantly that foodgrain production in the current year is likely to be 209 million tonnes and that agriculture would
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Tether for water channels found
A team of scientists from the Johns Hopkins University and elsewhere has discovered that a protein involved in muscle wasting diseases plays a role in removing water in and out of brain cells. The
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Combine public, pvt strength to tackle AIDS
Public-private partnerships promise to be the best strategy to combat AIDS. The course is too big for governments to go it alone. With an infected population of 3.9 million, India is next only to
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Experts help US woman get baby free of Alzheimer's
An American woman has conceived a baby girl that was scientifically selected to ensure she was free of a genetic flaw that would have almost certainly left her with Alzheimer's in what is thought to
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95 people under observation; WHO offers help: Congo virus
As many as 95 people have been kept in isolation under tight observations in local hospitals in Rawalpindi (Pakistan)to prevent spread of Congo virus in the twin cities of Rawalpindi-Islamabad. The
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NICH patients need public support
Some 400 patients have been registered with the Oncology Unit, National Institute of Child Health (NICH), since 1999, getting medical assistance for a disease generally considered terminal. 70 % of
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Coping with development
We are all victims of contaminated water, pesticide-ridden or adulterated food and choking exhaust fumes. However, enormous price for environmental degradation, not just in terms of health, but also
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The trouble with waste
The Supreme Court recently imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the Ministry of Environment and Forests for the disappearance of tonnes of hazardous waste oil from major ports imported into India as
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Talk tough, act even tougher
The harm that politicians and others cause when they gang up to thwart court orders on switching to better fuels, on unauthorised constructions and colonies is not limited to the fact that the remedy
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Call for action against Palar pollution
Speakers at a meeting in Tamil Nadu today did not mince their words finding fault with the municipalities of Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu for letting untreated sewer water into the Palar and called
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Sanitation offenses rarely punished
While the new notification came into effect last month, littering has been an offence for long. With the new regulation , littering has been converted into an offence punishable with one month's
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The Victoria is safe
The Victoria Memorial will remain as majestic and as beautiful as ever, if the government is to be believed. It won't be affected by pollution like the Taj Mahal. Environment minister Mr. Manab