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Unmanageable water crisis in Gujarat likely

The absence of established ecological safeguards and systematic planning of urban and industrial growth in Gujarat may lead to a water crisis of unmanageable proportion in the near future, warns a

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Drive to make Mumbai pollution-free

In an attempt to make the commerical capital pollution-free, the Sheriff of Mumbai, Mr. Kulwant Singh Kohli in association with some non-government organisations, transport associations and transport

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Malaysia copes with water crisis as fires spread out in other parts

Malaysia, hard hit by a water shortage in its capital, is now struggling to cope with fires breaking out in many parts of the country because of drought, officials and news report said on

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90 feared killed as Tanzanian mine floods

Some 90 miners are feared dead in northern Tanzania following flash floods that caused pits to collapse, the state-owned Sunday News

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1000 marine fish farms in Hong Kong poisoned by oxygen-guzzling red tide

Oxygen-guzzling organisms known as "red tide" have devastated Hong Kong fish stocks, killing two-thirds of the marine fish farm population and causing loses estimated at $9 million. The red tide,

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Cancer among Indian women on the rise, says latest study

Every year thousands of Indian women fall prey to easily preventible cancers through ignorance and neglect say specialists. "Eighty per cent of the women who seek treatment for oral, cervical or

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- CRL awaits central nod to set up joint venture for power

Cochin Refineries Ltd (CRL) expects to get the final clearance for its proposed 522-mw power project by the end of the current year in which case the Rs 2,990-crore project will start generating

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Salt-swamped Purna valley fights losing battle for water

This is the story of people living on the banks of the Purna river basin in Vidarbha region, where every drop of ground water is as saline as the sea. About 348 villages spread through three

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- Plants have weapons too

Study : Since Anurag Agrawal's discovery was published in the prestigious Science magazine in February, the 25-yr-old researcher has juggled scientific celebrity and the nuts and bolts of research

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- Wildlife award

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Dr Sudhakar Kar, a research officer (wildlife) with the Orissa Government , has been named the 1998 Man-of-the-year by the American Biographical Institute (ABI).

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