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Hospital curtains may harbour dangerous bacteria: Study
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 28 (ANI): A recent study suggests that privacy curtains in hospitals can become breeding grounds for resistant bacteria, thus posing a threat to patient safety.
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PoK remains breeding ground for Pak-backed terrorists, says Kashmiri activ
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 21 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have expressed concerns over growing extremism and terrorist activities in the region during an event on the sidelines of the 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Session in Geneva.
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TN becoming breeding ground for extremists' activities: BJP MP
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 23 (ANI): Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pon Radhakrishnan has said Tamil Nadu is becoming the breeding ground for extremists' activities.
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Delhi residents appeal to SDMC to resolve civic woes
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 19 (ANI): The Residents Welfare Association (RWA) of Defence Colony here has urged the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to look into the matter of aggravated mosquito breeding as well as security hazards.
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For a cause, B'desh PM to eat dried fish on Bengali New Year
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Apr. 13 (ANI): In order to save the country's national fish Hilsa, during its breeding season, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina this year has decided to eat rice soaked in water (panta bhaat) and dried fish mash (Shutki bhorta) on the first day Bengali New Year.
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Plan an ultra-rich getaway this Valentine's Day
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Couples looking for an alternative to the cliche Valentine's Day 'dinner date', you may want to think about an ultra-rich romantic getaway. According to new data from Hotels.com, big cities are the breeding grounds for romance this year.
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This gene helps hybrid breeding in wheat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 12 (ANI): Attention farmers! Australian researchers have identified a naturally occurring wheat gene that, when turned off, eliminates self-pollination, but still allows cross-pollination - opening a way for breeding high-yielding hybrid wheat.
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70 pct of Pakistan an ideal breeding ground for Jihadis, say Pak Govt. sta
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Poverty statistics of Pakistan for fiscal 2014-15 appear to suggest that at least seventy (70) percent of the country acts as an ideal breeding ground for militants and jihadis.
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EU, U.S. need to revisit Durand Line to end Pak terror policy
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 13 (ANI): Describing the Afghanistan-Pakistan region as the breeding ground for international terrorism, European Parliament (EP) Vice President Ryszard Czarnecki has said there is a need for the European Union and the United States to review their respective Afghan p
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Rameshwaram: Fishermen to go on indefinite strike
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): Fishermen in Rameshwaram on Wednesday said that they would go on an indefinite strike against the government's 45-day fishing ban, from mid-April to May-end, during the fish breeding season.
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Gang warfare not unique to humans - banded mongooses do it too
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C.[USA], Mar.1 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Exeter have shed light on the causes of the fights - and found they are most common when females are receptive to breeding and when there is competition over food and territory.
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Egg-free surrogate chickens can save rare poultry breeds
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 18 (ANI): To boost breeding of endangered poultry breeds, Briton researchers have come up with gene-editing techniques for the rare breeds to use them as surrogates that cannot produce their own chicks.
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