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- Parties fail to own up for Delhi's environmental mess

Polling day draws closer and with it, the hollowness of the promises made by political parties emerge sharper. While the issues affecting communities have been dealt with at length , environment is

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Notice to AP govt on farmers suicide

A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the state governments to apprise it of the steps taken to curb the suicides of cotton growers in parts of Warangal and other districts

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- Centre will reimburse states for providing AIDS treatment

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12/02/1998

The Union government has decided to reimburse states for all treatment of those with post-AIDS infections, provide money for encouraging private investment in AIDS care and to have facilities for

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Battle for Basmati

US co seizes patent, India chalks out counter : In a crippling blow to India , Basmati rice has been patented in the United States. The patent for calling aromatic rice grown outside India "Basmati"

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- NTPC may join Yamunanagar project

With the exit of the controversial Israeli company, Eisenberg, from the Rs 3,000 crore, 700 MW Yamunanagar power project in Haryana, the power ministry is exploring the possibility of the National

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- Probe ordered

The Union Health Secretary, Mr K B Saxena, today ordered an inquiry into the blood selling incident at the Indian Red Cross Society.

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US cigar ads under fire from health officials

Federal health officials, alarmed by spiralling sales and the fashion for cigar-smoking among women and the young, may soon require cigar advertisements to carry the U S Surgeon -General's health

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- Malaria epidemic hits Kenya

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11/02/1998

A malaria epidemic has killed 354 people in two western Kenya districts in the last two weeks, health officials

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- Antibiotics 'aid food poisoning'

Intensive livestock production and excessive use of antibiotics have contributed to a rise in food poisoning, the Meat and Livestock Commission of UK

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- Slum dwellers' scheme gets boost with more grant

Work for developing a massive slum dwellers rehabilitation scheme at suburban Okkiyam Thoraipakkam has received a boost with the state authorities getting Union Government sanction for an additional

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