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Treating tobacco-related diseases cost India Rs 16,800 crore in 2011

Spending on treating such diseases is just a little less than revenue from tobacco products; Union health minister, Harsh Vardhan, says he would press for increase in tax o...

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Health

Are you travelling polio free? Show your certificate!

The federal government began enforcing the International Health Regulations (IHR) recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for all outbound travellers from Pakist...

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Hollywood

Roger Moore Asks The Queen To Help Stop Wild Animal Circuses

Actors Sir Roger Moore KBE, best known as James Bond, and Imelda Staunton OBE, who stars in new Disney film Maleficent, have joined Animal Defenders International’s (...

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Hollywood

Marcia Cross Stands Up Against Prostate Cancer

The Safeway Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), have collaborated again to re-launch their public service ca...

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Bollywood

Vivek Oberoi & Vinod Kambali Creating Awareness On World No Tobacco Day

Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) along with BEST started the ”No Tobacco day’ campaign. In a function held at the BEST headquarter in Colaba, CPAA initiat...

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Health

Vitamin E May Harm or Help Your Lungs

A form of vitamin E found in vegetable oils like corn and canola may worsen lung function, while another form typically found in olive oil may protect it, a new study sugge...

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Sustainable Development

Bihar Mukhiyas To Get Smart Phones, Internet-savvy Assistants To Improve Work Efficiency

Move will cut frequent travel to government offices to get schemes sanctioned and will improve monitoring, says Panchayati Raj minister Village heads or mukhiyas in Bihar w...

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Health

Race Against Time To Prevent Deadly Spread Of Polio

Poliomyelitis is a devastating, highly infectious viral disease. It is spread from person to person or through poor sanitary conditions. It can kill those infected or resul...

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Environment

New Green Ministry Puts Climate Change On Top Of Agenda

India has never been on a denial mode over the devastating effects of climate change and always called for steps to deal with global warming. This stand will now get new im...

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Sustainable Development

Green tax on vehicles made mandatory in Uttar Pradesh

Number of vehicles in Noida has increased by three folds between 2004 and 2012. To bring vehicular pollution under control, the Uttar Pradesh government has recently made g...

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