HIV-positive cases in children on the riseIt’s an alarming fact that has made the Union health ministry sit up and take notice: data from across the country is showing a rise in the number of paediatric HIV cases. Of the 2.5 million people with HIV in India today, four per cent are below 15 years.

The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has been reconstituted with Rajya Sabha member Karan Singh besides Lok Sabha MPs Chandresh Kumari and Dushyant Singh being nominated as its members.

The board, which is constituted for three years, has Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as its chairman and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh as its vice-chairman.

It has various environment-based NGOs as its m

Illegal Mining In 7 States Leads To Speeding Up Of Work On Sector Watchdog
Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI

THE government plans to set up the National Mining Regulatory Authority through an ordinance under the exisiting Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act. The ordinance is likely to be issued within a month.

The Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, on Friday approved the new Mining Draft Bill, including the provision that mining companies share 26 per cent of profits with local people affected by their projects. This could pave the way for the historic legislation.

PURI: The BJP

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New Delhi: The government's role in acquisition of land for industrial and infrastructure projects could be whittled down from what is proposed in the Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill.

KARACHI: The only ultimate remedy to save the country was to limit maximum land holdings and anybody owning land greater than set up by the government, should be distributed among poor farmers.

This was stated by MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Tuesday in a telephonic address to MQM legislators at the party headquarters Nine Zero.

He said that the MQM

NEW DELHI: Parliament adopted the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, with the Rajya Sabha approving the legislation by voice vote on Monday, paving the way for overseas companies to set up nuclear reactors in the country.

The government's desire to get this legislation through was a major reason for Parliament to extend its sitting by two days Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sat through the

The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill saw a smooth passage in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, clearing one of the last hurdles in India