The deteriorating condition of River Noyyal in Coimbatore is being ignored by authorities even as increasing illegal dyeing units continue to discharge industrial effluents into the river. Farmers Association President S. Murugan said the farmlands are getting affected as effluent water from illegal dyeing units gets mixed with the river water, and thus affects the crops. "Lands are very much affected due to discharge of effluent water from illegal dyeing ...
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It was the first time in Argentina that a groom tied the knot pregnant as the bride was born a man and the groom was born a woman. Argentina in 2010 was the first country in Latin America to allow same-sex marriage. And two years later, it passed a law allowing transsexuals to get national IDs listing the gender with which they identify themselves. So when Karen Bruselario wed Alexis Taborda in the northeastern city of Victoria, it was another big step ...
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A researcher from the Cologne anti-doping laboratory revealed that a new test for the presence of anabolic steroids has resulted in 260 positive cases which in the past would have been undetectable. The test can more effectively detect Stanozolol, the steroid found in the urine sample of Ben Johnson after he won 100m gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and Oral-Turinabol, a product used in the doping programme of the former East Germany. "Now we have a ...
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While South Africa has been hailed as a model for HIV treatment, some people now fear its very success may be breeding complacency. South Africa's free drugs programme for AIDS has expanded rapidly to 2.4 million people -- more than double the number three years ago -- and boasts the largest treatment project in the world. At a clinic at one Johannesburg public hospital, life-saving anti-retroviral drugs are dispensed at the click of a button. A ...
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Civil society activists in India have demanded that the HIV/AIDS bill be tabled during the winter session of parliament. The bill aims to protect the rights of people infected and affected by HIV and was finalised by the union health ministry in 2006. It also provides for free and complete HIV-related treatment for all who need it. "HIV-positive people are often denied employment and refused treatment. This bill is very important as it provides ...
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