South Asia: Hot spot for cross-border diseases
August 14th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) In South Asia, one of the world's most densely populated regions, deadly diseases from animals, like the nipah virus, brucellosis, anthrax and even ... Read more...
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UAE prince gives 10,000 date palm seedlings
July 22nd, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 21 (IANS/WAM) Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has distributed 10,000 tissue culture date palm seedlings to farmers across the country.The seedlings are ... Read more...
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Chefs to churn out dishes at UAE date fest
November 19th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Nov 19 (IANS/WAM) Celebrity chefs will churn out exotic dishes made from date palm at an upcoming international festival for the fruit here, organisers said Saturday.Chefs like Manal ... Read more...
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Picture postcards collection to be launched in UAE (Lead)
November 3rd, 2010 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Nov 3 (IANS/WAM) A leading daily in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch an exclusive collection of picture postcards in a bid to revive the tradition of sending postcards.The ... Read more...
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UAE revives trend of picture postcards
November 3rd, 2010 - 10:40 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Nov 3 (IANS/WAM) With the advent of the electronic age and instant messaging, the age-old custom of sending postcards has vanished from our day-to-day lives. The Emirates Post in the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Tradition food items losing identity in urbanisation race
January 17th, 2010 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki DasAgartala, Jan.17 (ANI): The very word 'festival' often reminds people of delicious food, as celebration of any festive occasion looks incomplete unless and until rich food is distributed among near ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Scientist map draft version of date palm’s genome
September 16th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 16 (ANI): Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) in Qatar have mapped a draft version of the date palm genome, unlocking many of its genetic secrets."We have generated a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Drunk people to be flogged by date palm’s stick: Pak Sharia court
May 29th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 29 (ANI): Declaring drinking as a bailable offence, the Federal Shariat Court in Pakistan has declared that drunk people would be flogged by date palm sticks if found guilty of ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Genetic secrets of date palm unlocked
May 2nd, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 2 (ANI): By mapping a draft version of the date palm genome, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) have unraveled the genetic secrets stored in the fruit.Date ... Read more...
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2,000-year-old seed yields date palm ancestor in Israel
June 13th, 2008 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 13 (ANI): Israeli experts have grown a 4-foot-tall plant from a 2,000-year-old seed in a protected laboratory in Jerusalem, and thus made a record of sprouting the worlds oldest ... Read more...
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Palm leaves becoming a rare commodity!
April 18th, 2008 - 8:35 pm ICT by admin
Bijnore (Uttar Pradesh), April 18 (ANI): Palm leaves, mostly used to light fires in village homes, are now becoming a rare commodity in Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh.
Handicraft items prepared out ... Read more...
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UAE to compile date palm encyclopaedia
April 8th, 2008 - 11:14 am ICT by admin
Abu Dhabi, April 8 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to compile an encyclopaedia on the date palm tree, WAM news agency reported Tuesday. The research project was announced during the ... Read more...
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Deadly Nipah viruses passed through sweet food, domestic animals
April 3rd, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 3 (ANI): Scientists have sounded an alert over the outbreak of Nipah virus, a deadly lung and brain disease currently spreading into rural India and Bangladesh, by warning that ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Deadly new virus a scourge in rural Bangladesh
April 3rd, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by admin
London, April 3 (IANS) Nipah, a new and deadly virus that originated in Malaysia 10 years ago, is killing nearly three-fourths of the victims it infects in rural Bangladesh. People are catching ... Read more...
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Pregnant tigress climbs palm tree in Bengal village
February 18th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) After 14 hours of high drama, West Bengal forest officials Monday rescued a pregnant tigress which had strayed into a village outside the Sundarbans tiger habitat area and ... Read more...
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