Zinc-antibiotic saves kids with pneumonia
February 8th, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Cape Town, Feb 8 (IANS) Respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, are the biggest killers of children under five years old. But standard antibiotic therapy, given to children with zinc, improved ... Read more...
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MNS names candidates - with marks!
January 29th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Sunday announced the party's first list of candidates for the 10 municipal corporation elections Feb 16 - along with the ... Read more...
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Arun Gawli’s party to contest 25 seats in BMC polls
January 26th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) Jailed mafia don Arun Gawli's party Akhil Bharatiya Sena (ABS) will contest 25 of the 227 seats of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the Feb ... Read more...
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Bal Thackeray’s birthday passes as a low-key affair
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray's 86th birthday Monday was a low-key affair due to the code of conduct in place ahead of the Mumbai civic ... Read more...
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Thackeray’s birthday gift - two rallies
January 12th, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 12 (IANS) In what is described as a 'birthday gift' by his partymen, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray will address two election rallies during the forthcoming Zilla ... Read more...
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Congress, NCP ally to dislodge saffron combine from BMC
January 11th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) Posing a potentially tough challenge to the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Congress and the Nationalist Congress ... Read more...
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Finalise poll pact by Monday, Pawar tells Congress
January 9th, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party president and union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Sunday served an ultimatum on its Congress ally to finalise its plans for an ... Read more...
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Peeved Dalit leader quits Maharashtra opposition alliance
January 5th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) Maharashtra Dalit leader and litterateur Namdeo Dhasal Thursday announced he was disassociating from the "grand alliance" of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena and his ... Read more...
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Why all parties covet the BMC?
January 4th, 2012 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) The announcement of civic polls for Feb 16 in Maharashtra virtually heralds the battle for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) - the country's biggest and ... Read more...
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Election expenses for Maharashtra civic polls hiked
January 4th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Maharashtra's state Election Commission Tuesday significantly enhanced the expense limits for the forthcoming civic, zila parishad and gram panchayat elections.The decision was announced by state election ... Read more...
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Polls in BMC, 9 other municipal corporations Feb 16 (Lead)
January 3rd, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Elections to 10 major municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, will be held Feb 16, an election official said Tuesday.State Election Commissioner Neela ... Read more...
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Polls in BMC, 9 other municipal corporations Feb 16
January 3rd, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Elections to 10 major municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, will be held Feb 16, an election official said Tuesday.State Election Commissioner Neela ... Read more...
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Kerala to streamline medicinal plants production
December 19th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 19 (IANS) With the international market for medicinal plants estimated to be around $60 billion and their exports from India crossing Rs.3,000 crore ($567 million), Kerala -- home ... Read more...
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Scientists isolate bug protein to trap viruses
December 16th, 2011 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) With the help of a bug protein isolated from sewage, scientists have successfully trapped and neutralised enteric viruses -- which, surviving for a long time in ... Read more...
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Mumbai’s dabbawalas now want to be civic fathers
December 5th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 5 (IANS) The city's legendary dabbawallas (lunch-box carriers) have now decided to join politics, starting with the forthcoming elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), an ... Read more...
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Silverfish steal ants’ scent as well food
December 1st, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 1 (IANS) Silverfish co-exist peacefully with army ants by tricking them into believing that they are one of their own.
Silverfish persuade the ants to believe that they ... Read more...
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MNS exam plan makes civic candidates jittery
November 29th, 2011 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) Cynicism marks Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's decision to make all aspirants for the upcoming Mumbai civic elections sit for an examination here ... Read more...
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Congress, NCP tie up for Maharashtra civic polls
November 23rd, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 23 (IANS) Maharashtra's ruling Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Wednesday struck an alliance for the 2012 polls to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and other civic bodies in ... Read more...
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Written exam to select MNS candidates for polls
November 19th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) Now all aspiring political leaders for the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) will have to prove their mettle by passing exams with flying colours.Aiming ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena, BJP and RPI announce alliance
November 14th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 14 (IANS) Nearly 23 years after the Shiv Sena joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the alliance Monday took into the fold a new partner, the ... Read more...
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On Mumbai’s roadmap: Washroom for women every two km!
November 13th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) To improve the sanitary standards in Mumbai, its civic body is planning free-for-use washrooms for women every two km of the city. And if a group ... Read more...
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Kerala to set up biodiversity panel in all local bodies
November 10th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 10 (IANS) Kerala has become one of the first states in the country where all the 978 local village bodies have completed the formation of a Biodiversity Management ... Read more...
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BMC polls: Shiv Sena, BJP, RPI close to seat-sharing pact
November 7th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) The Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine and its new ally, the Republican Party of India (RPI), Monday moved closer to finalising a seat sharing ... Read more...
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Two hospital staff shifted out for giving wrong HIV report
November 1st, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Tuesday transferred two employees of a public hospital after they were found guilty of "negligence" in giving a wrong HIV report to ... Read more...
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‘Vampire’ bug shows potential as living antibiotic
November 1st, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 1 (IANS) A vampire-like bug that preys on specific bacteria, including certain human pathogens, could potentially act as a living antibiotic for a range of infections.The bacterium, Micavibrio ... Read more...
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Increase in built-up area in suburban Mumbai welcomed
October 21st, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Welcoming the state government's decision to offer additional building construction space of 0.33 percent for a premium, the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) said Friday ... Read more...
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Thackeray hits out at Ajit Pawar
September 26th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Monday hit out at Nationalist Congress Party leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.In an editorial in the party ... Read more...
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Mumbai civic workers call off strike
September 21st, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IANS) Employees of Mumbai's civic body called off their strike Tuesday evening after Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan assured them to look into their demand for pay ... Read more...
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Finally, light in the life of Indian hockey hero Yuvraj Walmiki
September 15th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) Electricity supplier BEST Thursday provided power connection to the modest garage-home of India's hockey hero Yuvraj Walmiki, bringing tears to the eyes of the family members."In ... Read more...
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Zebrafish holds hope for deafness
September 5th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) Loud noise is known to irreversibly damage hair cells within the inner ear of mammals and cause deafness, but the ability of zebrafish to regrow these ... Read more...
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Now bugs that mop up mercury spills
August 12th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) Scientists have engineered bugs that are not only resistant to high levels of mercury but can also mop up spills of the toxic substance.Thousands of tonnes ... Read more...
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Mumbai seeks tobacco-free Ganesh puja
August 9th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) The city's Ganesh puja organisers will have to ensure that no one smokes or consumes tobacco inside their marquees during the 10-day festival this year, officials ... Read more...
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Buying herbal products can be harmful
August 9th, 2011 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) If you thought herbal supplements were safe by virtue of being 'natural,' then you could be wrong. They do have side effects, says a new research.
... Read more...
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Female elephants are socialites!
July 27th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 27 (IANS) Like humans, female Asian elephants recognise their friends even after living apart for a long time, says a new research.They may change their day to day ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts toll rises to 20
July 19th, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) The death toll in last Wednesday's triple blasts has risen to 20 with a critically injured victim succumbing to his injuries at the Sir J.J. Hospital ... Read more...
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