Vaccines on trial
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The endemic spread of disease such as cholera, typhoid fever due to shared toilets and drinking water in India has led Kolkata government to set one of the largest clinical trials in the world with the grant of US$40 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The money has funded the five-year Diseases of the Most Impoverished (DOMI) Program, an initiative of the South Korea-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI).
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Future shock
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The victory of the congress in Indian elections led by Italian-born Sonia Gandhi has put brakes on the country's modernization, by ousting a government that has elevated entrepunership and invested in high technology. This election has led to the conflict between market-friendly reform and the grim reality of life in India's villages and cities.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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The tiger's retreat
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Some of the reasons behind the decline of tiger species in India are discussed. An estimate of about 380,535 people lives in India's 37,761 square kilometers of tiger reserves. Conversationalists argue that tigers and people can never co-exist peacefully.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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