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Water in Trilokpuri 'contaminated'

Contaminated water has led to an inrease int he cases of water-borne diseases like cholera, diarrhoea and dysentry in east Delhi's Trilokpuri

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Keep your weight under check, people warned

Maintaining one's Body Mass Index (BMI) within normal range is the best way to protect onself against the ill effects of vehicular pollution, according to an environmental epidemiological survey.

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Reliance-led consortium bags TN power project

An international consortium led by Reliance Industries Ltd(RIL), the textiles and petrochemical major, has won the contract to develop the 1,500MW lignite mining and power generation project at

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Meena is Unicef's symbol of the girl child

From South Asia, little Meena is set to travel the globe as an ambassador for Unicef, the UN Children's Fund. This girl from the world of animation is taking up the task of building awareness about

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Sindh Cabinet serves notice over Kalabagh Dam

Sindh chief minister Liaquat Jatoi has failed to garner the support of his Cabinet for the construction of Kalabagh Dam as not even a single minister is ready to come out in the favour of the

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Mighty Ganga may not flow for ever

The mighty river Ganga which originates at the foot of the Himalayas and meanders through northern and eastern India for 2,510 km may not be there for ever. The rate at which the Gangotri glacier,

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TNCC seeks all-party meet on Periyar dam

The Congress in Tamil Nadu yesterday charged the state government of showing apathy towards the state's interests on the Mullaperiyar dam issue and demanded an all-party meet to forge a united stand

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Dabhol project to get escrow cover

The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) plans to extend an escrow guarantee cover to Dabhol Power Company's (DPC) second phase of the power project. Due to the non-availability of a central

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Breathe easy

Oxygen now available as granules, sheets: An 'air regenerating composition'granule developed by Pune-based High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) of the Defence Research and Development

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Mad cow proteins in sheep

French afternoon daily Le Monde said several unpublished scientific studies in Britain had found in sheep tiny proteins identical to those believed to cause so-called mad cow disease in

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