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- New cyclone tracking system in Machilipatnam

An indigenously built state-of-the-art doppler radar to accurately track cyclones within a radius of 400 km would be installed in this port town shortly. The proposed radar, was being jointly

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- SIFA initiative on royalty for patented flowers

The South India Floriculture Association (SIFA) will soon set up a common platform to resolve any disputes between the breeders abroad and the growers here regarding payment for patented varieties.

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- Environmental audit methodology sought

Specific industries should get-together through industry associations and form groups to seen how best environmental audit can be done through industry, Mr D K Biswas, Chairman , Central Pollution

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- DDA plans to turn city 'dark green'

It may not be original, but at least they are trying. The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is all set to make Delhi green, that too 'dark green.' An area of 16,000 acres was made green this year

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- Draft cos Bill seeks green chapter in annual reports

The amended Companies Act is likely to make it mandatory for every firm to furnish a report on its environment audit in the annual director's

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MCD plan to recycle waste-water soon

The Delhi Municipal Corporation and other civic agencies are considering the possibility of recycling the waste water in residential colonies as a method of conserving

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- Can gluttony cause cancer?

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Children are the most susceptible to dietary vices - as the focus on them by advertising and fast food companies testfies. But overeating during childhood does not just produce obesity. It may

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- Fish farming catching up

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"Fish farming is getting popular among rural masses and unemployed youths in Punjab . It not only provides employme opportunities in the rural sector but is also an additional source of income to the

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-Poverty-stricken Punjab farmers embrace death

Twenty-three farmers and farm labourers, between the ages of 21 and 55 years, committed suicide in a Punjab village, Chotian, with a population of 3,000, over a four-year-period from 1994 to 1997.

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- RSS may decide ban on Bluelines, 15-year vehicles

The Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh top brass may have the final word on banning of 15-year-old commercial vehicles and phasing out of Blueline buses with sharp divisions appearing in the Bharatiya Janata

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