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- Grape juice for the heart

Drinking purple grape juice may be as effective as taking a daily aspirin to prevent the formation of blood clots that can lead to heart attacks, a preliminary study by Mr. John D. Folts of the

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02/04/1998
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- Concern over water scarcity in Hyderabad

members of the State Assembly have voiced concern over the delay in the execution of Krishna water Supply Project and the resultant drinking water scarcity in the twin cities of Hyderabad and

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- Action plea against illegal trade on wildlife

A meeting was held to discuss the ways to curb the illgal trade on wildlife and poaching of wild animals at the Guwahati Planetarium on March 23. This was the first orientation cum network-meeting in

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Experts nominated to ECC

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02/04/1998

The Nepal government has nominated nine environment experts to the Environment Conservation Council (ECC). The council has the prime minister and the minister of population and environment as its

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Nandanavanam project caught in a bind

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02/04/1998

The proposed Rs 50-crore 'enviro-eco-tourist-friendly' Nandanavanam project, which seeks to develop green belt, rock gardens and ornamental plantations over a stretch of nearly 16 km along the

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- ONGC ties up with NTPC to develop 300 mw Surat plant

ONGC Ltd has tied up with the national Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for developing a 300 mw power plant in Surat . The company is also planning to float a new joint venture with Reliance

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- Kerala farmers declare embargo on toddy tapping

Small and marginal farmers in Kerala, united under the umbrella of the Farmers' Relief Forum (FRF), have decided to protest against government apathy to ward the community by declaring an embargo on

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- Liquor returns to Haryana

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02/04/1998

Liquor officially returned to Haryana on All-Fools's Day today after it was baninshed from the State on July 1, 1996. Since the auction of vends could be completed only last evening, contractors at

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- FMD kills 250 head of cattle

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02/04/1998

Following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in this district, nearly 250 head of cattle have died in about 50 villages, while about 4200 head of cattle have been affected by the disease.

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- New green-eyed monster

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02/04/1998

We are not obsessed by here and now when we note with distress the cutting down of hundreds of trees on The Delhi-Jaipur highway near Gurgaon. The tree mafia, referred to as the forest mafia in the

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