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The All-Kerala River Protection Council has urged the State Government to enact suitable laws to protect rivers in the State on similar lines of the existing laws for protecting the

Abbattoirs in UK would have paid more heed to regulations aimed at protecting the public from BSE if they had been forced more properly by the Ministry of Agriculture, the public inquiry into the

The Government is all set to accord tourism the status it deserves as an instrument of economic development with a cabinet committee and a panel of secretaries working on an incentive package for the

Escorts Yamaha Motor Ltd has tied up with Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) and a consortium of other banks to raise funds for its Rs 525 crore two-wheeler project. The vehicle YBX 125 is

The outbreak of diarrhoea and gastroenteritis in Orissa's Kalahandi district has claimed 37 lives during the last 10 days, according to health department

A team of US researchers said that a protein found in snake venom might fight breast cancer. Reports from Boston quoted the researchers as saying that the protein halted tumour growth by preventing

A wonder drug containing all the nutrients, proteins and vitamins needed for a child's development could soon form part of the mid day meals given in schools. Obtained from the fresh water algae,

A rather novel approach to reproductive health education emerged from the programme undertaken by the Bangladesh Centre for Communication Programmes (BCCP) in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins

A team from the United Nations is coming to Bangladesh to assess the needs in the light of the devastating flood. The United Nations official reported that this year's flood is worse than that of

Leader of the opposition in the state (Gujarat) assembly Amarsingh Chaudhary has opposed a World Bank-sponsored water commission which is to visit Delhi and Bhopal in the third week of September