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UP paper mills hit by lack of raw materials

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05/02/1998

Paper manufacturing units in western Uttar Pradesh have urged the Central government for a prompt decision on pulp wood plantations as it takes about eight to ten years before a tree cam be

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Seoul, Tokyo to resume fisheries talks in April

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05/02/1998

Seoul and Tokyo are expected to resume talks on a fisheries accord after a meeting between the two countries scheduled for London in early

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Enron's investment in Kannur Power cleared

The government has cleared Enron International's $100 -million investment in the RS 1,467 -crore 513 MW Kannur Power Project, in Kerala. This investment amounts to 74 per cent stake in the power

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Hinduja to negotiate $800m loan for power project

The Hinduja Group will shortly negotiate with foreign lending agencies for credit of over $800 million to part finance its $1.2 billion thermal power project in Vishakhapatnam in Andhra

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Timber deal in return for road link

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05/02/1998

The Cambodian authorities have granted a logging concession for some 10,000 rai of forest in Koh Kong province to Thai and Cambodian businessmen in exchange for construction of a road linking Koh

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Space researchers gain insight into deadly virus

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05/02/1998

NASA and industry biotechnology researchers have taken an important step toward developing a treatment for a life-threatening virus that causes pneumonia and severe upper respiratory infection in

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New light on a mysterious epoch

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05/02/1998

Scientists have unearthed what appear to be the first fossils of complex animal ancestors dating back almost 600 million years, unexpectedly flinging open a new window on a mysterious and crucial

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Manipal hospital conducts first cadaver transplantation

In a significant breakthrough, Manipal Institute of Nephrology and Urology, has performed the first successful cadaver transplantation (transplantation of an organ from a brain dead donor to a

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05/02/1998
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Greenpeace offers BNFL the opportunity to fund environmental research on nuclear contamination

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05/02/1998

Greenpeace announced today that it had offered British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), the plutonium reprocessing company, the opportunity to fund independent environmental research into the effects of

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Sewage pisciculture holds promise

Treated sewage water can be used to breed a variety of fish that grow to appreciable sizes in captivity, Dr. K. Venkataramanujam, Dean, Fisheries College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences

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