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Category Archives: Research
[Nuclear Power] Stepping on a minefield
As nuclear waste maims people, India plans to generate more. INDIA intends to increase the share of nuclear power from 3.1 per cent of its total energy generation to 25 per cent by 2050. Six nuclear power reactors are under … Continue reading
Posted in India, Pollution, Research
Tagged Hazardous Waste, Health Effects, India, Jharkhand, Mining, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Wastes, Uranium
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Corporal lab – Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s Riot Victims
Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s riot victims When her husband took chronically ill after communal riots drove them to Juhapura, a ghetto on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, poverty made life seem unmanageable. Free will then became a matter of Rs 8,000 … Continue reading
Posted in India, Livelihood, News, Research
Tagged Ahmedabad, Drug Industry, Drugs, Gujarat, Health, Health Effects, India, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Medical Research, Poverty, Women
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Shelf Destruct – Government study kicks up the Supermart vs Small Store debate
Government study kicks up the supermart vs small store debate At a time when efforts are being made in the West to bring back small retailers into the mainstream, the Indian government has come up with a study that lauds … Continue reading
Culprit Iron in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s – Cause
The cause of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases has long intrigued scientists. Researchers of University of Warwick and IIT, Kanpur, zeroed in on a protein, the malfunctioning of which, they say, could be a possible cause for the diseases. The study … Continue reading
“AIDS Came to US from Haiti” Say Researchers from University of Arizona
The US has found a new target. Now it says aids came to its shores from Haiti. Researchers from the University of Arizona say gene sequences from the blood specimens collected in 1982–1983 from Haitian aids patients suggest the disease … Continue reading
Posted in News, Research
Tagged AIDS, Haiti, Medical Research, Research, United States Of America (US)
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Census on Captive Elephants in Karnataka
A study on captive elephants has concluded in Karnataka. The first-of-its-kind study aims to take into account all aspects of management regimes and health care of captive elephants in India and create a database. “Inventory of existing captive elephants will … Continue reading
Posted in India, Research, WildLife
Tagged Animal Diseases, Elephant, India, Karnataka
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