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Sops for 3rd child to boost Parsi tribe

The Parsi community has announced incentives for couples going in for a third child to boost numbers of the dwindling

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IRM technique to keep cotton pests at bay

The Scientists at the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Coimbatore (CICRC) have developed techniques to combat insecticide resistance in cotton in Tamil

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CBI clears govt. in Mukta-Panna oil deal

Giving clean chit to the Centre, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing into the alleged acts of omissions and commissions in the transfer of Mukta-Panna oil fields to a joint consortium

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Anatomy of advancement

It has been little short of a revolution. Over the past few decades, medical technology has advanced through a series of dazzling innovations, ranging from heart transplants to test tube babies.

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Hinduja power faces big cost overrun

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03/02/1998

Various delays have led to the project cost of the Hinduja National Power Corporation Ltd in Visakhapatnam shooting up by Rs 300 crore to Rs 4,300 crore. One of the major fast-track private power

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Soz defends denial of eco nod to Sanghi jetty project

The Union Minister of Environment and Forests, Prof Saiudddin Soz, has defended his decision to deny environmental clearance to the construction of a captive jetty by Sanghi Industries Ltd (SIL) at

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Green groups to draft plan

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03/02/1998

About 50 grassroot environmental organisations are expected to meet at Pune to create a network to chalk out a strategy of sustainable development, according to Dr. Rashmi Mayur, Director of the

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India to produce fire-retardant fabrics shortly

Indian textile companies will soon start manufacturing specially treated fire retardant fabrics and garments. To start with fire retardant curtain and upholstery fabrics will be produced, the

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A waste product that can be milched for millions

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03/02/1998

Wastes are not completely worthless if one goes by the claims of scientists at the international conference on fly ash disposal and utilisation held in the New Delhi recently. According to them, fly

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- Eat banana, beet stem to avoid kidney stones

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02/02/1998

Scientists of the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre and KEM Hospital here have successfully demonstrated the method to deplete stone forming substances from various dietary material using enzyme oxalate

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