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Evaluating drug resistance in HIV positive people
The presence of drug resistant strains may be found even in HIV infected people who have never been on antiretroviral drugs


Relooking at single-dose nevirapine strategy, to cut drug resistance
Eight years after starting the programme of giving single-dose nevirapine to both mother and infant to cut the mother-to-child transmission (vertical transmission), the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) is having a relook at the ...

Dismal state of medical X-ray safety
A study supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 12 developing countries (not including India) showed that the fraction of the medical X-ray images rated as poor was as high as 53 per cent (American Journal of ...

Studies link gene to upright gait
Scientists claim to have discovered a gene that helps humans walk upright, after studying families with a rare condition that causes some of their members to walk on all fours. Only a handful of families worldwide are known to be affected ...
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IT TRENDS
Printing technology: consumables are the key
The dependence on inks and toners is subtly changing the entire dynamics of the business for the buyer


Agriculture


FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Taking a leaf from the book of ancient, time-tested practices
Input cost has greatly decreased and yield has increased considerably

Management of grape anthracnose
Biological control is preferred


FARM QUERIES
Effective bio pesticide
How to prepare insect, pest repellant from arali seeds (neerium indicum) to use in my vegetable garden? S. Vijayalakshmi Secunderabad, Andhra PradeshThe seeds of neeerium ...


FARM QUERIES
Rat problem
Is there any environmentally friendly method to control rat problem in my paddy fields? Rat baits and poison simply do not seem to work. P. Ashwat Kurien Palghat, KeralaYou can try mixing maize ...


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