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- Will SSP ever be given national project status?

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04/04/1998

While the Surpreme Court is still considering the applications of Madhya Pradesh government and the Narmada Bachao Andolan against the proposed height of Narmada's Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) from

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- Pvt. hospitals cry foul over Jeevan Dayi scheme

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04/04/1998

Private hospitals have locked horns with the state government by challenging the legal validity of the government's Jeevan Dayi scheme which provides free surgical treatment to poor patients.

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- Jupiter has another ring

A faint ring of space dust more than one million km in diameter is orbiting Jupiter, U.S. astronomers say in the latest issue of Science

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- Superior blood bag technology

Shriram Institute for Industrial Research has released the technology for superior blood bag to M/s G. Surgiwear on a non-exclusive basis. These blood bags are based on laminated sheets and thus will

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Indonesians caught up in chicken egg predicament

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04/04/1998

People in Bogor, Indonesia are waiting to see which goes first, the chickens or the eggs. Either way, both foods may soon disappear from people's diets, heralding severe food shortages in the world's

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Smoking rates jump for black teenagers

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04/04/1998

For years, public health officials have touted low smoking rates among black teenagers as a hopeful sign that at least some young people were shunning cigarettes. But that optimism has fallen sharply

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- OECF, GEF may not work together

In a significant development, Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF)chief representative in India Yoshitaro Fuwa said in "practical terms" the organisation and the GEF will find it difficult to

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04/04/1998
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- NTPC to enter hydel, solar power generation

The country's leading power generating company NTPC announced today that it was planning to enter into hydel power generation and also in non-conventional energy sector, including

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- NBA challenges NGOs to prove allegations

The NBA today challenged the NGOs opposing the anti-dam agitation to prove allegations that it was receiving foreign

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- Population meet to begin today

" The first parliamentarians' meeting on population and development is being organised here from Saturday by the Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Develpment in collaboration

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