Malaria and delamethrin
Malaria has become a scourge in Goa and has affected a large number of families. Because of the high incidence of falciparum, Goans are deeply apprehensive about the large number of mosquitoes, which
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U.S. approves a new drug to help narcoleptics stay awake
Thousands of Americans with narcolepsy, the incurable sleep disorder in which patients are awake one minute but napping the next, are getting their first novel drug treatment in 40 years. The Food
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Parts of Dal, 35 other lakes frozen
Parts of the Dal Lake in Srinagar and about 35 small and big high altitude lakes across the valley have frozen. However, temperature in the Ladakh region was above normal, according to official
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Haryana loses 8-cr project
Haryana has lost a Centre-aided scheme worth nearly Rs 8 crore for treatment of wasteland in Panipat district. This loss may kick of a major controversy as the cash strapped government in Haryana is
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Elephants face starvation in Tripura
Tripura's professional elephant owners are now struggling to save their animals from starvation with restrictions placed on the movement of timber. With a Supreme Court order banning movement of
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Govt may levy tax on vehicles
The Union government is examining the possibility of levying a small tax on vehicles manufactured by the auto sector to raise funds for road development. Similarly, it is considering a proposal to
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Forest dwindling fast in Dolakha
The extensive harvesting, sometimes smuggling, of Argeli and the Lokta shrubs which are famous for their fibres for commercial use has pushed these important forest resources on the verge of near
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GTB to be made super-speciality hospital
The Delhi Government has decided to make Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital a super-speciality hospital. The new Health Minister of Delhi, Dr Ashok Walia, speaking to The Statesman, said this decision was
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Govt misses woods for trees in IRDP implementation
The State government has clearly missed the woods for the trees in implementing the Integrate Rural Development Programme (IRDP) in Madhya Pradesh. A Centre-sponsored study has revealed that the
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Tapioca turns eco-hostile plastic friendly
Plastic can be made bio-degradable, it seems. The Central Tuber Crops Research Insitute at Thiruvananthapuram has developed a cheap method to do so and commerical production is likely soon. S K
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Swadeshi tigers under attack
Scientists from the Centre for Cellular And Molecular Biology (CCMB) started the genetic mapping of tigers a month ago at Kalakad-Mundanthurai in the south and Namdhapa in the far east. A detailed
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Flushed with environmental success, crew prepares for final voyage
As last voyages go, the final sea dumping trip of the sewage sludge barge MV Northumbrian Water is short on romance. Before the new year Captain Steve Bains and his crew will earn a footnote in
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Surgical glue lessons pain, time of closing wounds
Sewing with sutures is one of the oldest known medical procedures. Most doctors still sew stiches. But things are beginning to change. Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Misappropriation of forest resources worth Tk 20 lakh alleged
Allegation of misappropriation of forest resources worth Tk 20 lakh was made against an official of Forest Department in Khulna (Bangladesh). The official allegedly supplied more than one pass for
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Discussion on soil fertility management
Agriculture experts and researchers from SAARC countries converged in Kathmandu to discuss the "Soil fertility management on watershed approach". Upendra Mishra, Executive Director of Nepal
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Meet on forest degradation
There are 7,000 species of plants in the forests in Lalitpur district of Nepal which covers 40 percent of the total area, according to forestry experts. Twenty seven percent of the total forest area
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'Arsenator' can detect arsenic in water
UNICEF Bangladesh is examining a new and innovative measuring device called the "Arsenator" that has the potential to significantly strengthen national capacity to accurately detect arsenic in
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FDA approves anti-sleep drug
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the US has approved a drug that keeps people with debilitating sleepiness awake and attentive. The drug, Modafinil, was approved by the FDA for people with a
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Monsanto working on Terminator-II
The Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), the Canada-based NGO fighting unethical aspects of bio-technology and patenting of life forms, has expressed the suspicion that Monsanto might
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Toxic algae poisoning vlei near Kommetjie
The recent spate of municipal workers opting for retrenchment packages is hampering scientific efforts to monitor the crisis at Wildevolvlei, near Kommetjie (South Africa), where highly toxic