Los Angeles, May 8 (IANS) The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may cause cancer and other health hazards, a US-based environment watchdog has warned.
Healthcare workers and general public could face risks by inhaling various components of crude oil such as benzene, toluene and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, all
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Lucknow, May 8 (IANS) A young woman has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district and 40 tortoises recovered from her, police said Saturday.
Seema Banerjee, 28, was arrested Friday evening from Matlupur area, police officer D.K. Sharma said in Mau, some 300 km from Lucknow. 'The tortoises were recovered from
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The national capital could see pleasant weather Saturday with met officials forecasting cloudy skies and light rain by evening.
The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 37 degrees Celsius, four notches below the average for this time of the year.
The skies could turn cloudy with
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New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Greenpeace Friday opposed the Indian civil nuclear liability bill in its present form and said the contentious legislation should be sent for a public consultation to handle the matter in a democratic way.
The government introduced the bill in the Lok Sabha Friday amid uproar from
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Shillong, May 7 (IANS) The Meghalaya government Friday decided to adopt a 'new approach' on the proposed uranium mining in the state, aiming for a consensus on the issue after reassuring the people on health and environmental concerns and calculating the benefits to the state.
'We will have a new
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Bhopal, May 7 (IANS) The central government Friday gave clearance for the first phase of Madhya Pradesh's Maheshwar hydro electric project that is coming up on the Narmada river, an official said.
The approval was granted following a meeting Wednesday between Principal Secretary to the prime minister T.K.A. Nayar and Madhya
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Shimla, May 7 (IANS) Temperatures across Himachal Pradesh fell sharply Friday due to widespread rain with Una town recording the highest rainfall of 42 mm in the state, the met office said.
'The entire hill state witnessed moderate rain Friday with the temperatures plummeting five to nine degrees,' Manmohan Singh, director
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Beijing, May 7 (IANS) The World Bank Friday approved a $60 million loan to support an afforestation project in China's eastern Shandong province, Xinhua reported.
The project will reduce soil erosion and protect agricultural land, the World Bank said in a statement.
As part of the Shandong ecological afforestation project, plantation will
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Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured in squall and thunderstorm that hit different parts of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh Friday, officials said.
'Most of the casualties took place in incidents related to falling of trees and roofs and walls collapsing,' District Magistrate
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Bangalore, May 7 (IANS) Monsoon is still nearly five weeks away for Karnataka, and one prayer on the lips of its residents is that rains should be bountiful. People, including those in Bangalore, touted as India's technology capital, have been sweating it out without power and water.
Till the time the
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