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Govt paves way for 'gene food' into India

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03/04/1998

The Government's decision to grant conditional customs clearance for the import of one million tonne of soyabean from the United States brings in the first major consignment of "gene food" into

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Mother Dairy achieves global standard

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03/04/1998

The Mother Dairy plant in the capital has become the first plant in the country to achieve latest global standard for food hygiene and safety - called Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP).

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RITES moots monitoring bodies to regulate urban tranport plans

The Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) has proposed the setting up of monitoring bodies to regulate urban transport plan in cities. For better coordination and planning, it also

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03/04/1998
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SC to adjudicate on new trust for hospital

The Supreme Court will pass orders on a Government proposal to appoint former Chief Justice of India A M Ahmadi to head a new trust to oversee the building of a hospital at Bhopal for the gas leak

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Gujarat Govt to probe decision on allocation of power projects

The Gujarat Government will probe the decision taken by two erstwhile Governments in connection with the allocation of the 10 fast track mini-thermal power projects totalling 540MW as also the seven

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- DU environment centre project hangs fire

A year after the Ministry of Environment and Forests cleared a Delhi University proposal to set up a Centre for Environmental Management of Degradable Bio-Systems, the authorities are undecided on

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- First power project with NRI equity commissioned

The second of India's eight 'fast track'power projects began to produce power in Andhra Pradesh after being mired in controversy and procedural wrangles for five years. The 208 MW gas-based project

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- Patent sought to bar human-animal mix

A scientist in New York has applied for a patent on a process for making creatures that would be part human and part animal, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.It said Mr Stuart Mewman, a

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- Bhutia campaign forces scrapping of Sikkim project

When Bhutia tribals in Sikkim state forced the scrapping of a hydel project close to the Kanchenjunga massif, it was an example of people in the Himalayas refusing to trade traditional homelands for

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- New technology for air traffic management

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is gearing up to introduce a new technology - the Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (CGNSS) - a satellite based technology which will lead

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