  While the sale of cigarettes in India is coming
down drastically, the grey market of smuggled cigarettes from Nepal and Myanmar has gone
up by over 20 per cent.
 More
than 1.2 billion people in the world live on less than US $1 a day. More than 50 per cent
of them are children. More than 1 billion cannot meet their basic needs. |
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If a tour in Europe is making you sneeze, it might be because
of the Euros. The one and two euro coins reportedly release traces of nickel at levels
between 240 and 320 times higher than European Union norms, greatly increasing the risk of
allergic reaction in nickel-sensitive people. |
 Falcons will be the second living species after homo sapiens to get their own
passports in the UAE, according to the Khaleej Times. According to Environmental
Research and Wildlife Development Agency secretary general, Majid Al Mansouri, passports
would help overcome the problems posed by a ban imposed on the movement of falcons by the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). |
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More than 1.2 billion people in the world live on less than US
$1 a day. More than 50 per cent of them are children. More than 1 billion cannot meet
their basic needs. |
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The forest is the
poor man's overcoat.
-Old English Saying |
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The Chrysler "Town and Country"
mini van runs on soap. The plain white mini van does not have the usual Mercedes looks,
its power steering and acceleration almost terrible, but this everyday vehicle running at
Sindelfingen near the South German city of Stuttgart may be the car of the future.
Source:Business Standard, New Delhi |
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Lost your teeth? You might soon be able to grow it. US researchers from Forsyth Institute
in Boston have succeeded in growing pigs’ teeth inside rat intestines, an advance
that could revolutionise dentistry. Cells from immature teeth of six-month-old pigs were
placed in the intestines of rat hosts. Within 30 weeks, small recognizable tooth crowns
had formed. The study also proves the existence of dental stem cells that could help do
the same with human teeth.
Source: Indian Express, New Delhi, 28/09/2002, Page No.6 |
