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China's Non-Energy Focus
(March 19, 2007)
Beijing promised to
transform itself from a
high energy consumer to
sustainable development
practices to reduce the 15
per cent of the world
consumption rate to
contribute 5.5 per cent of
the global gross domestic
product (GDP).<More>
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Medicine Abuse Rising in
India
(March 12, 2007)
A recent United Nations
International Narcotics
Control Board report
expressed concern over the
rise in the use of cocaine
and excessive abuse of
painkiller and cough
syrups medicines.<More>
Canadian Animation Tie-up
with Indian Schools
(March 05, 2007)
Canadian technical
institutes seemed to have
noticed a sharp shortage
of skilled manpower to
work on computer animation
in India and are tying up
with Indian animation
schools to offer their
courses.<More>
India is Pneumonia Capital
(March 05, 2007)
A World Health
Organization (WHO) and
United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) reported
that India has 44 million
pneumonia cases making it
the pneumonia capital of
the world.<More>
Indo-EU Talks Focus on
Labor, Ecology
(February 27, 2007)
Reports indicate that the
European Union is keen to
introduce "sustainable
development" in its
investment agreement with
India and would like to
introduce labor and
environment targets
despite the fact that both
sides had agreed to
exclude these topics.<More>
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Apollo Hospitals in Yemen
(February 19, 2007)
The Apollo group of
hospitals has signed an
agreement with Hayel Saeed
Anam group (HSA) to
jointly run a USD 25
million super-specialty
hospital at Taiz in Yemen
by September this year.<More>
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Renovated Nalanda
Memorial, Students at VIT
(February 19, 2007)
Estranged nations India
and China trying to
rebuild past friendship
and trust coalesced to
renovate Xuanzang (Hieun
Tsang) Memorial Hall in
Nalanda in hopes that the
friendship they shared for
centuries may also be
rebuilt.<More>
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New Environmental Body
(February 06 , 2007)
France has proposed a
new environmental body
that could police,
monitor, and hold
responsible nations that
over-use resources in
the name of development
and received support of
several nations but not
the US, China, India,
and Russia.<More>
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Iran’s Herbal Remedy
against AIDS
(February 06 , 2007)
Iran announced that its
scientists have produced
a herbal medicine that
boosts the immune system
but “not medication to
kill the virus†and is
intended to be used as
an alternative to
“anti-retroviral
drugs.â€<More>
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HIV Drug Trial Stopped
(February 05 , 2007)
Joint trials of a
microbicide to prevent
HIV infections during
sex conducted in India
and Africa were aborted
after safety reasons
cited by an independent
scientific committee
concluded that there was
increased risk of HIV
infection for women.<More>
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Heart Disease Incidence
Rising
(January 30 , 2007)
An international study
on heart disease
covering 52 countries
and 30,000 patients
found that changing
lifestyles and diet
along with “harmful
factors such as
cholesterol and history
of diabetes†cause heart
attack 5-10 years
earlier in India than
elsewhere.<More>
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Large Budget Allocation
for AIDS Control
(January 30 , 2007)
The National AIDS
Control Organisation (NACO)
proposes to spend 67.2
per cent of the total
budget on prevention of
HIV/AIDS under phase III
of the National AIDS
Control Programme on
targeted interventions
and anti-retroviral
treatment.<More>
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EU Help to Clean Ganga
(January 29, 2007)
To provide safe drinking
water, the European Union is
collaborating with many
renowned Indian institutes to
introduce natural and proven
techniques of water filtration
techniques and begun a
EU-India River Bank Filtration
Network.<More>
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Bird Flu in South Korea,
Egypt, Indonesia
(January 22, 2007)
South Korean official revealed
plans to cull “273,000 poultry
within a 500 meter radiusâ€
while Egypt reported the 11th
death and Indonesia culled
thousands of chicken after the
deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu
was found.<More>
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New Initiatives for Tigers at
Sariska
(January 22, 2007)
After being severely
criticized for the
disappearances of tigers from
the Sariska Reserve, the
Rajasthan government has
started relocating villages
that fall inside the Sariska
reserve to pave way for the
re-entry of the big cats.<More>
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Tiger Conservation Gaps
(January 03, 2007)
An international panel said that lack of proper
amenities, delays in payment of compensation for human
and cattle losses, illegal fishing, and illegal minor
forest activity are seriously affecting tiger
conservation efforts.<More>
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Is US Global AIDS Program Effective?
(December 28, 2006)
Investigators say that US President George Bush's
ambitious USD 15 billion AIDS-fighting program in poor
countries was pushed too hard that has ended up in
unintentional misrepresentation of patient data to a
point where it is unusable.<More>
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Educational Priorities Need Reevaluation
(December 28, 2006)
According to a senior University Grants Commission (UGC)
official, research work in basic sciences is declining
which may cause a decline in required talent pool that
could indirectly affect India’s dominance in Information
Technology (IT).<More>
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Diabetes a Major Worry (December 26, 2006)
According to the International Diabetes Federation's (IDF)
India continues to don the dubious distinction of being
the Diabetic capital of the world with the largest
number of diabetics—China comes second but leads on
pre-diabetic phase population.<More>
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Retrograde Forest Bill Passed
(December 21, 2006)
Dismissing concerns by environmentalists and
conservation experts, the government passed the
politically convenient Scheduled Tribes and Other
Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest
Rights) Bill, 2006 that essentially hands over forests
to forest dwellers.<More>
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Sethusamudram Destruction
Begins
(December 19, 2006)
Dismissing environmental
concerns and acting under
secrecy, India started the
destruction of an ancient
crossway between India and Sri
Lanka called the Adam’s Bridge
but believed to have been
constructed by God-King Rama
to facilitate the
Sethusamudram Project.<More>
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Reasons for HIV Propagation
(December 13, 2006)
A UNAIDS and World Health Organization (WHO)
study has found that “poor knowledge of HIVâ€
especially “among homosexual groups,†male
prostitution, and unsafe drug abuse
practices are main drivers of HIV
propagation.<More>
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Forest Guard Recruitment
Accelerated
(December 06, 2006)
The National Tiger
Conservation Authority (NTCA)
has asked all states to
urgently fill existing
vacancies of forest guard
position especially in Tiger
Sanctuaries even if they have
to relax recruitment norms.<More>
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AIDS Deaths Can be Lower
(November 29, 2006)
A recent paper by World Health Organization scientists
say that 28 million lives can be saved by 2030 if newer
HIV infections are curbed and access to life-prolonging
anti-retroviral cocktails increased but warn that 117
million will die if these are not done.<More>
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AIDS Patients to Get
Protection
(November 28, 2006)
The Federal Government is
planning to introduce
legislation that will make
“stigmatization and
discrimination†of/against
HIV/AIDS infected patients at
work place, education
institutions, and hospitals a
crime.<More>
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Community-Based AIDS Initiative
(November 27, 2006)
A Canadian experimental project is partnering with an
Indian non-governmental organization to motivate sex
workers and devadasis in Bagalkot district in a
community-based initiative to prevent the spread of
HIV/AIDS and provide care for those infected.<More>
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Tobacco Companies Targeting Children
(November 24, 2006)
Surrogate advertising is a euphemism for alcohol and
tobacco companies advertising using innocuous products
sharing the brand name of alcohol and tobacco products,
but it looks like they are now using unconventional
advertising methods to target children.<More>
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Fund to Acquire Clean Tech
(November 24, 2006)
An Indian MP proposed that the United Nations create a
“Clean Technology Acquisition Fund†so poorer countries
will be able to access crucial technologies that will be
clean and “significantly impact the realization of
sustainable development goals.†<More>
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Tax Breaks for Bio-Diesel
(November 24, 2006)
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has floated a
draft National Policy on Biofuels suggesting that India
offer several fiscal incentives and a National Biofuel
Development Board to promote adoption of blended petrol
and diesel. <More>
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PM Panel Faults RTE Bill
(November 23, 2006)
The Knowledge Commission
appointed by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh has said that
model Right to Educational
Bill (RTE) “is flawed for a
number of reasons†and ruled
that the measures “must be
enforced by the central
government.â€<More>
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Ground Water Management
(November 22, 2006)
The 12th National Symposium on
Hydrology focusing on
“Groundwater Governance:
Ownership of Groundwater and
its Pricing†organized by the
Central Ground Water Board and
National Institute of
Hydrology at Roorkee presented
many recommendations.<More>
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UNDP Natural Resource
Projects
(November 22, 2006)
A 5-year United Nations
Development Program (UNDP)
initiative called “Social
Mobilization around Natural
Resource Management for
Poverty Alleviation†is being
implemented in 11 districts of
Orissa, Rajasthan, and
Jharkhand.<More>
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Italy Woos Indian Students
(November 21, 2006)
Moving in to cash in shortage of education institutions
in the US and UK, Italy is trying to promote itself “as
an ideal education institution†and “put together
Italian companies with the best human resources in India
through the university system.â€<More>
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New Polio Program Needed
(November 20, 2006)
A new study found underlying
assumptions of India’s Polio
program faulty and has
recommended that the nation
revamp its immunization
program especially in Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar where
suspicion, illiteracy, and
weak-implementation persist.<More>
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GHG Consequences Dangerous
(November 16, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan told a conference on
climate control in Nairobi
that it is far less expensive
to cut greenhouse gasses (GHG)
than “deal with the
consequences later†and
implored nations “Let no one
say we cannot afford to act.â€<More>
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Clean Projects Disagreement
(November 14, 2006)
Nations attending the 12th Conference of Parties on
Climate Change (COP12) seemed to be angry at the
lop-sided award of Clean Development Projects (CDP) part
of the Kyoto Protocol to India, China, and Brazil.<More>
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High AIDS in Adolescent in Rich States
(November 13, 2006)
A grass-root Non-Government Organization working on
HIV/AIDS eradication said that lack of awareness among
both rural and urban adolescents has increased the
incidence of this infection among 10 to 19 year olds in
prosperous states.<More>
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New Bird Flu Strain
(November 10, 2006)
A new strain of bird flu virus, like the one originally
found in China’s Fujian Province by researchers from the
University of Hong Kong and American St. Jude's
Children's Research Hospital at Tennessee, has spread to
6 other provinces and 3 other countries.<More>
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Modest AIDS Allocation
(November 06, 2006)
At the valedictory function of a three-day national
workshop on HIV/AIDS for teachers Minister of State for
Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi says that the
Federal Government had allocated Rs. 906 crore (USD 196
million) to combat AIDS.<More>
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Ayurveda ‘Standardization’ Plans
(November 06, 2006)
Instead of dealing with burning issues such as rampant
cases of Dengue, Chickengunya, recurrent polio, and
newer strains of tuberculosis (TB), and unacceptable
child and maternity mortality rates, Federal Health
Minister wants standardization of Ayurveda.<More>
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Mortality Numbers Lower
(November 02, 2006)
The Federal Government claimed Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)
declined to 301 per one hundred thousand and said that
six states continued to be worrisome but announced
various incentives to encourage women to go for
institutional delivery.<More>
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MCS Tracks Turtle Migration to TN
(October 27, 2006)
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has successfully
tracked tagged endangered green turtles (Chelonian mydas)
through satellites from Southern Sri Lanka to the Gulf
of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, a protected area off
Tamil Nadu (TN).<More>
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High Infant Mortality in Bihar: UNICEF Survey
(October 27, 2006)
A survey conducted by UNICEF estimates that about 400
infants below the age of 1 with 2/3rds of those children
within a month die every day in Bihar due to causes that
could be easily prevented through simple intervention
programs.<More>
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China Rejects Media Reports on Brahmaputra Dam
(October 27, 2006)
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao refuted
media reports saying that China has “no plans†to divert
billions of cubic feet of water from the Brahmaputra (Yalung
Zangbo) to the Yellow River to feed rain-starved areas
of the North.<More>
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Additional Gates Foundation Commitments
(October 26, 2006)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation signed an agreement
with India committing an extra USD 23 million over the
next 3 years in addition to USD 58 million focusing on
HIV Prevention Response and intervention to key
populations.<More>
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