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- They breathe fly ash, drink salty water

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04/02/1998

They breathe fly ash instead of fresh air. The water they drink is salty. Their eyes have turned yellow, the skin is inflamed and bleeding with rashes. In short, life is a virtual hell for the

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Move to close down Fisheies Corpn resented

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04/02/1998

The Government of Madhya Pradesh has decided to close down some of the Corporations/Federations in which the name of Fisheries Development Corporation has also been included. The reason for the

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Workshop held for implementation of project

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04/02/1998

Workshop of Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Mission, for the implementation of the project was recently held at Mundhada Kunj. The Collector and the incharge of the Mission Mr B L Agrawal speaking on the

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U.S. AIDS deaths drop as treatments improve

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04/02/1998

AIDS deaths across the United States plummeted 44 per cent in the first half of 1997, accelarating earlier gains against the disease attributed to improved drug therapies, according to health

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Cost concerns surrond Three Gorges Dam in China

Both supporters and critics say financing the colossal Three Gorges Dam Project may be tougher than expected, given slower economic growth at home and the bubbling financial crisis in Asia. While

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04/02/1998
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Indo-Australian scheme cuts chromium pollution

A pioneering Indo-Australian project on chromium pollution had led several tanning industries to recycle industrial waste and use it to grow suitable trees, flowers and salt-tolerant cultivated

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04/02/1998
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Rabri refuses to give land for ICAR unit

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04/02/1998

The Union agriculture minstry has suffered a major setback in its effort to set up its regional agriculture-cum-animal husbandry research centre of India Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) in the

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Vitamins sharply reduce risk of heart attack, study finds

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04/02/1998

Consuming large amounts of folic acid and vitamin B6 may sharply reduce the risk of heart attack, according to a major study released. The 14-year study found that women whose diets contain high

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Study of H.I.V family tree pushes back origins

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04/02/1998

An analysis of a blood sample preserved since 1959 from the oldest documented case of infection with the AIDS virus called H.I.V shows that the first such infections probably occured in people in the

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Dutch PVC waste still exported to Asia despite international agreement

Greenpeace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Philippines closed down a PVC-scrap export company in Lelystad, Netherlands. The entrance of the company was blocked, as Greenpeace urged the

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