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- WTO to review India's trade policy soon

The World Trade organisation will review India's trade policy next week in which it proposes to study the country's exports-imports policy and its commitment to international agreements signed over

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French help to install water treatment plants in Imphal

Under the Indo-French financial protocol, the Government of Manipur is going to install integrated water treatment plant called KIOSKS (four in number) to distribute high-grade drinking water in and

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- Dhaka to update Ganga barrage study

Bangladesh is updating the studies and findings on a proposed multi-million dollar barrage on the river ganges planned to be constructed to prevent flooding, irrigate crop land, remove water salinity

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Alcohol can harm foetus

Alcohol can harm various body functions including that of the brain and also the foetus, according to Prof. J.C.M.Brust, director, Department of Neurology, Columbia University affiliated

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- 350 biotech drugs in development

Report : More than 300 different bio-technology medicines are in development, including vaccines against cancer and drugs to treat a whole range of diseases, US drugmakers said on Friday. Nearly

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- Centre sanctions Rs 2.5 cr for pepper development project

In an unexpected gesture of generosity, the Union agricultural ministry has sanctioned an extra RS 2.5 crore for an ambitious pepper development project of the Kerala government. The sanction is

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International meet on sugar technology

The 23rd Congress of the International Society of Sugarcane Technologies, which will have relevance for the Indian sugar industry which is striving to improve productivity, will be held here from

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Study to assess mortality due to tobacco

A major study to assess tobacco attributable mortality in Chennai has been taken up by the cancer Institute, Adyar, with financial support from three international

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- Govt hinders those who help themselves claim the Bhils

The government wants the voiceless to remain voiceless. Neither does it take any action for their upliftment nor does it allow the people to do anything for themselves. This was the outcry of women

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M.P. Govt urged to stop work on Maheshwar Project

The Narmada Bachao Andolan led by Ms. Medha Patkar has appealed to the Madhya Pradesh Government to immediately stop work on the controversial Maheshwar Hydel Power Project and look for an

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