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Tourism authorities are moving ahead with the mega Bekal tourism project, in spite of people's protests. Bekal is located in the northernmost rural coastal district of Kasargod in Kerala. The

On any given day, 20,000 persons-- or ten trainloads of people --equivalent to 02 per cent of Mumbai's population is in the grip of schizophrenia. "Mercifully, 90 per cent of them recover and go on

Chinese doctors and medical researchers, who are working on finding a substitute for tiger bone, believe that the bone of the mole-rat could be an effective alternative. The mole-rat , a small rodent

Last week, a U.S. Federal Drug Administration advisory panel recommended that the agency approve a new drug called Enbrel. The week before, the full FDA had given the nod to another anti-rheumatoid

Chief minister of Andhara Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu categorically stated that the intake level of Srisailam left bank canal (SLBC) remained at the previous height of 151.45 meters and works were

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, the Massachussetts-based biotechnology company, announced positive clinical trials data for a new HIV protease inhibitor, Agenerase, and signalled its intention to apply for

Growing number of people are stepping daily into a potential minefield of substances loosely referred to as dietary supplements, many of which have little or nothing to do with the components of

Genentech Inc. won unusually swift U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to market its breast cancer drug, Herceptin, the first rifleshot attack on underlying causes of the disease. The drug,

In a major blow to growth prospects, Novo Nordisk As scuttled development of levermeloxifene, a ballyhooed drug in advanced testing against osteporosis. Levormeloxifene had been viewed as the crown

The first experimental vaccine designed to prevent a common and often deadly group of early childhood infections has proved highly effective and may also reduce the number of troublesome ear