State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
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Agra air-base faces bird threat
The Air corridor around Agra Air Force base caters to a large number of air-crafts, both civil and military, but these aircrafts face a serious risk from high flying scavenger birds striking the
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Doctors' mobiles may spread hospital infections
Mobile phones used by healthcare personnel in the hospital can spread dangerous infectious agents, according to investigators in Israel. In 2002, Dr. Abraham Borer, of Soroka University Medical
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Temperatures threaten Indian Ocean economies
Coastal economies, fishstocks and tourism in the Indian Ocean are under threat due to a rise in sea temperature that has seen 90 percent of coral reefs near the surface being destroyed in one year.
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Winding corridor
The heartland expression 'ati' means 'excess', and it also happens to rhyme rather well with Mayawati, the Bahujan Samaj Party leader who lost the chief ministership of Uttar Pradesh on account of
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Jharkhand: BJP, JMM clash on tribal land law
Political compulsions seem to have forced Jharkhand's tribal leaders to speak on diametrically opposite things. On one hand is former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi of the ruling Bharatiya Janta
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$60 b required for human development goals: World Bank
The rich countries need to provide an additional aid to the tune of $40-60 billion in order to achieve the objectives set by Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for human development, in the
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Valley fights another battle: Cancer
Ill-equipped hospitals are struggling to cope with the alarming rise in cancer cases in Kashmir. While there is no centralised data on the total number of cancer patients in the Valley, available
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100 Dengue cases reported
Around 100 cases of Dengue have been reported from different parts of the Capital. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided take serious action against the people not adhering to
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Drought: Maha seeks Rs 1373 crore funds
The severe drought conditions prevailing in different parts of Maharashtra have prompted the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) government to seek a financial assistance of Rs 1,373 crore and
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AIDS bares fangs in Uttaranchal
Today, urban migration and ignorance is leading young men to dark dingy nether world of AIDS, contracted in the bright lights of the big cities. Once struck, they return home to the sublime calm of