Indian Government Asks the Supreme Court to Keep Off Environmental Issues
...ackground of scientific issues that may have given rise to that issue, have tried to influence hearings in the cases through submissions on aspects which are in the domain of forestry science." Such a situation may not only lead to errors of judgment but also result in accentuating poverty and social un...Clinical Trials Registry Launched in India
...tor-General said. There has been a slow but steady rise in clinical trials being conducted in India, making our country a preferred clinical trial hub, said Prof. Ganguly, adding, However, as a series of incidences of unfortunate events associate with clinical trials came to light, there has been a growin...Vietnam Bird Flu Death a Call for Action, Say Experts
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...asthan but the number of panthers is slowly on the rise . R.N. Mehrotra, chief wildlife warden of Rajasthan, said early estimates of the census figures indicated an increase in the panther population in the sprawling desert state. According to the 2004 wildlife census, there were over 550 panthers in ...UK Hospitals Failing Hygiene Standards
... and through a system of targeted spot-checks. The rise in trusts reporting full compliance was also accom...ce, whistle-blowing and openness. There was also a rise in the number of trusts reporting they met the two standards relating to compliance with the Nationa...Hot Tips for Keeping Your PC Cool in Summer
...a CPU - the main processor in your computer - will rise higher than 60 degrees Celsius, but usually such temperatures should not be the norm. If they are, your computer will likely slow down, as performance-throttling safeguards kick in, or become unstable. Keeping it cool There are plenty of steps y...IIT-Kharagpur the Leading Technology College in India: Survey
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... camps across the country. Poudel attributed the rise in HIV cases among housewives to growing migration both within the country and abroad, mainly India and the Middle East. "You have all these migrant men leaving home in search of work and remaining away for periods of one to three years. "They have s...Eating Disorder Figures Among Children Soars
...being treated for problems with food in 2005-06, a rise of a third on the 486 admitted in 1996-97. The statistics also reveal there were 58 cases of children under the age of 10 being treated in NHS hospitals for eating disorders in 2005-06 - 23 of them were girls, and 35 were boys. In 1996/97 this figur...Minister from MP Urges to Ban the Sale of Sex Toys
...hiksha (sex education). There is an urgent need to rise above party lines in this matter," Vijayvargiya said. About six months ago, HLL started to sell Crezendo - a three-condom pack with a vibrating ring - at a price of Rs.125. The Madhya Pradesh government is contemplating a ban on its sale in the sta...Fishing for a Speedy Recovery After Chemotherapy or Marrow Transplant
...creasing formation of blood stem cells, which give rise to each of the bodys various blood cell types. However, the methods are technically complex and havent lent themselves to broad medical use. The hospital now hopes to conduct a clinical trial of the drug, a long-active derivative of prostaglandin E...Wine Packaging: Bag-in-box, Plastic Bottles, Cork Comeback?
...g the wine or altering its taste. Mouchet said the rise of BIBs, which now represent 15 per cent of French supermarket wine sales, has doubled Auchan?s sales in the last five years. On the international wine scene, the future holds higher quality wine in BIBs, lighter glass bottles, and light plastic bo...The Bottleneck in Neuroblastoma
...anding of the abnormal biological events that give rise to neuroblastoma. One crucial technique for identifying biological pathways is through studies of the gene mutations and variations involved in different types of neuroblastoma, and Mariss team is calling on the sophisticated gene-hunting facilitie...Dengue Fever Deaths Up in Vietnam
...infalls have been blamed for the nearly 15 percent rise to 19,144 new infections from the mosquito-borne disease, which have been concentrated in the poverty-stricken southern Mekong delta. Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries have also seen surging cases of the virus that causes flu-like sympto...Consume Less, Experts Advise as Malthusian Nightmare Returns to Haunt West
...there have been riots in response to a 60 per cent rise in the cost of tortillas. So far Britain has been insulated from the early effects of these price rises by the competitive nature of the countrys retail system. But the supermarkets cannot shield the people for long. The European Commission no l...Biggest Gay Pride Celebration in Toronto
...e part in the celebration. Today there is a marked rise in the approval of homosexuality. JC Lavigne, who has been married to his partner Jorge Velasquez for a year-and-a-half, said he thought the parade had attracted many people from the gay and mainstream communities. Its very important to encourage ...Fast Food Chains Face Ban from Malaysian Children's Television
...f Malaysia's almost 27 million people are obese, a rise from only 20 percent a decade ago. He did not say when the ban would take effect but said reasonable time would be given for companies to honour existing advertising contracts. Malaysia has a wide range of fast-food chains including McDonald's, Ken...World Wine Sales Brisk, but French Producers Hungover
...w, a two-yearly event in Bordeaux, a three percent rise on 2005. And a recent study conducted for Vinexpo by the London-based International Wine and Spirit Record (IWSR) showed global consumption up by 4.15 percent between 2001 and 2005, with a forecast further increase of 4.8 percent between 2005 and 20...Rising Sea Levels Could Disintegrate Antarctic Ice Sheet
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