Piracy of old Indian knowledge rising by Rashme Sehgal

Biopiracy in the field of medicine is on the rise with Europe and the US being granted 2,000 patents every…

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Commodity prices likely to climb this year: IMF

The price of many commodities are expected to rise this year primarily fuelled by increased demand worldwide, the International Monetary…

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Monetary steps also needed to tame inflation: PMEAC

The Prime Minister’s economic adviser, C Rangarajan, wants the Reserve Bank to remove excess money from the system to check…

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ICMR to form expert group to study chikungunya-type fever by Shastry V. Mallady

MADURAI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will study fever cases with chikungunya symptoms reported in various districts of…

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IMD evolving a model for accurate climate forecast by P Venugopal

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the problem of climate change now turning into an increasing reality, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is working…

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Chhattisgarh police detain civilian victim of ‘Green Hunt’

For interrogation on the orders of District Superintendent of Police  A tribal woman caught in a “cross fire” last September…

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India’s food security challenge by Lux Lakshmanan

A solution to the pulses and edible oils crisis is entirely within reach.  The state of India’s food security is…

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Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj interviewed by Jyoti Punwani

Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj of the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha and PUCL talks to Jyoti Punwani about Chhattisgarh, where the Centre has…

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Call for first caste census by Cithara Paul

India may next year witness its first census since Independence that refers to caste, if the Centre accepts a social…

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New miracle economies: Bihar, poor states by SA Aiyar

India achieved record annual GDP growth, averaging 8.45%, in the five years, 2004-05 to 2008-09. But was this inclusive, and…

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Govt to match netas’ I-T returns with poll affidavits by Mahendra Kumar Singh

The finance ministry has quietly initiated the process of opening up the income tax files of politicians belonging to all…

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Bihar grew by 11.03%, next only to Gujarat

Bihar is India’s new miracle economy. In the five-year period between 2004-05 and 2008-09, Bihar’s GDP has grown by a…

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Call for moratorium on GM food by Dennis Marcus Mathew

ALAPPUZHA: Noted scientist and founder of the Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, P.M. Bhargava, has called for a…

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Drug Bank to collect and distribute unused drugs

TIRUNELVELI: For the first time in the State, the Indian Red Cross Society’s Tirunelveli chapter has kicked off a novel…

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Thanks to health mission, vacancies don’t ail rural India by Aarti Dhar

Rural service bonds for students and pre-PG mandatory qualification have helped Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan have created a special cadre with financial,…

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