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- French 'against modified maize'

Most French people do not want to eat genetically engineered food and say France should reverse its decision to allow farmers to grow genetically altered maize, Greenpeace, the environmental group

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- Drug cocktails cause big drop in AIDS deaths

AIDS deaths in the U.S. are declining sharply as a direct result of powerful drug cocktails first introduced in early 1996, according to a provocative new research report. AIDS activists and

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- Globetrotters protest against child labour

Children, campaigners and celebrities are travelling across the globe, and plan to cover a total distance which almost encircles the globe twice, in an attempt to raise awareness about the child

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- Seminar on mountain environment begins today

More than 300 experts, researchrs, and policy-makers from across the country will come together to discuss sustainable development of mountain environment at a two-day national seminar beginning here

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- G D Birla Award for Bimal Bagchi

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27/03/1998

Prof Biman Bagchi of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has been awarded the seventh G D Birla Award for Scientific research for 1997.

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- Dengue vaccine developed

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27/03/1998

Thai scientists have developed the world's first successful dengue fever vaccine after 10 years of research with assistance from the World Health Organisation (WHO) , a senior official has

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- Australia to check student visas

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27/03/1998

Visas issued to thousands of foreign students are bging checked as a result of a tuberculosis scare after an Indian died in Queensland, the Immigration Minister said today.

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Monsanto seeks FDA nod for 'wonder drugs'

Biotechnology giant Monsanto said Wednesday it hoped for US regulatory approval within three years for a range of "wonder" drugs and superfoods, including products that could help cancer and diabetes

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27/03/1998
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- EPA rules let heavy industries sell toxic wastes to fertilizer companies

Broadly written rules have allowed steel mills, foundries and chemical plants to dispose of toxic waste by selling it to fertilizer companies. According to a report released by the Environmental

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- House panel recommends action against officers

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27/03/1998

The House committee on sale of forest banjar land in erstwhile Mahboobabad taluk of Warangal district directed the chief engineer, Sriram sagar project and the special collector, land acquisition to

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