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- SC notice to curb noise pollution

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08/04/1998

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Union and Delhi governments on a petitioner's echo against increasing noise pollution across the country.

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- By 2011 Delhi will become a 'monster city'

By the year 2011, the Capital's population will cross the two crore mark and it will not be a mega city but a monster city. Speaking at a seminar on 'Civic Administration in the 21st Century: The

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- AP action plan for watershed programme

The Andhra Pradesh Government will implement an ambitious Rs. 3,718-crore integrated watershed development programme through community participation to develop over 100 lakh hectares of wasteland in

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-ICAR sets up national plant gene bank at Delhi

Realising the vital necessitgy of conserving the rich plant heritage of India, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research has now established a national gene bank (NGB) at the National Bureau of

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- Mangroves in Orissa face grave danger

Despite several warnings by environmentalists, a grave threat looms large over mangrove forests in the State.Ever since the late 50s, when nearly 4000 hectares of mangrove forests were cleared to

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- Ayurveda may lose out to its videshi cousins

High on an overdose of swadeshi potion it may be , the BJP -led government seems to be happily unaware of what the department of Indian systems of medicine and homeopathy under the union health and

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-Vitamin B a day, keeps the gynaecologist away

Any woman who might become pregnant should either eat specially fortified foods or take a vitamin supplement of folic acid every day to protect against birth defects, a panel of experts said on

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- Seminar on cloning in Jaipur tomorrow

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08/04/1998

Two famous surgeons Henery Grissin (Scotland) and Paul Gindoff (Washington) who produced the world's first cloned sheep "Dolly" will be participating in the international seminar on cloning to be

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- Greenhouse gases seen rising on coal use

There will be a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the country over the next 25 years, says the ministry of environment and forests. The ministry says that this is because coal

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Watershed planning, management project launched in Balochistan

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08/04/1998

Watershed planning and management project has been sponsored by UNDP/WFP in Balochistan at an estimated cost of over Rs 185 million. According to official quarters here, the project has five

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