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...
Posted in Health |
Strategy needed to tackle zoonotic diseases, say experts
July 31st, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Zoonotic diseases, or diseases that transmit from animals to humans, like rabies, chikunguniya and Japanese Encephalitis, comprise a majority of the diseases afflicting humans today ... Read more...
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Tripura introduces high security vehicle number plates
July 30th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 30 (IANS) The Tripura government Monday introduced high security registration plates for all vehicles to check their thefts and accidents in the northeastern state.Accidents and thefts of cars ... Read more...
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US keen on New Silk Road for trade, commerce
June 19th, 2012 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, June 19 (IANS) The US expects better trade and economic ties between India and the Central and Southeast Asia by developing a New Silk Road, an American official ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
‘Illegal assets must be recovered from the corrupt’
February 17th, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Calling on the investigative agencies to "realise the fallout of corruption and tighten their belts" against the scourge, senior government officials Friday said the fight ... Read more...
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Migratory birds declining, government monitoring habitat
November 30th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The population of endangered migratory bird species is either decreasing or stable, but the central government is working to protect them during their sojourn, says ... Read more...
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With 40,000 winged visitors, Pong wetlands a tiny paradise
November 29th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Pong Dam (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 29 (IANS) The Pong dam wetlands are playing home to an estimated 40,000 migratory birds right now, once again turning into a paradise for the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Off they go to hills and marshes - on poll duty
April 1st, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) From bullock carts to helicopters, everything is being used to ferry more than 300,000 poll officials across the topographically diverse state of West Bengal - a ... Read more...
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Signals from a ruddy shelduck in Pong wetlands
March 23rd, 2011 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 23 (IANS) It's a very special ruddy shelduck. In the Pong wetlands, it is chirping, flapping its wings and sending out crucial information on its whereabouts to scientists ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Tripura to attach properties of absconding offenders
March 14th, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 14 (IANS) The Tripura government will attach the properties of those who remain absconding for years together after committing crimes, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar announced here Monday."More than ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Tripura, Mizoram on bird flu alert
February 25th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl/Agartala, Feb 25 (IANS) Mizoram Friday sounded a bird flu alert following the outbreak of the avian influenza in neighbouring Tripura and also in Myanmar and Bangladesh, which border the state.The ... Read more...
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Now GPS to monitor winged visitors to Himachal
January 22nd, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Jan 22 (IANS) The bar-headed goose, the ruddy shell duck and the mallard, all winter visitors to Himachal Pradesh's Pong Dam wetlands, are about to find themselves tailed - ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
NY money faciltator in Times Square bombing attempt arrested
September 16th, 2010 - 12:01 am ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- A New York man has been charged with engaging in international illegal money transfers that funded the attempted Times Square bombing, prosecutors said Wednesday.Mohammad Younis, 44, of ... Read more...
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Govt. issues notice to Google over wrong depiction of parts of J-K
August 21st, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.21 (ANI): Taking a serious note of Google India showcasing some part of Jammu and Kashmir incorrectly, the Government has issued notice to the website and directed its department to ... Read more...
Posted in National |
India building infrastructure in northeast to boost trade
July 16th, 2010 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 16 (IANS) India is building new infrastructure and beefing up existing ones along the international border in the northeast to boost trade with neighbouring countries, officials said here ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Northeast chief ministers urge stricter vigil along borders
February 8th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Shillong/Aizawl, Feb 8 (IANS) India's northeastern states have called for stricter vigil along the international borders they share with Bangladesh and Myanmar and early completion of border fencing to check terrorist ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
After Tagore-Yates union, Indian and Irish poets to meet in India
November 17th, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 17 (IANS) Nearly a century after the Irish poet W.B. Yeats helped launch Rabindranath Tagore to global fame, some of Ireland's most distinguished poets have teamed up with their Indian ... Read more...
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CBI organising conference on cyber crime Thursday
March 25th, 2009 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) With cyber crime becoming a global phenomenon and the Internet blurrring international boundaries, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is organising a daylong conference on cyber crime ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Nepal Govt launches a pilot project to manage Koshi basin
February 26th, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by admin
Kathmandu, Feb 26 (ANI): Keeping in view the disasters caused by the Koshi River over the years, the Nepal Government has come up with a pilot project to manage its basins.A ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Himachal government pulled up for wrong India map (Lead)
February 13th, 2009 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 13 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government should apologise to the nation for publishing a map of India with wrong international boundaries in its official diary, the opposition Congress demanded in ... Read more...
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Congress walkout from Himachal assembly over wrong India map
February 13th, 2009 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 13 (IANS) The main opposition Congress Friday assailed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Himachal Pradesh over glaring omissions in India's map published in its official diary, ... Read more...
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