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Facing eviction

Submitted by ipsita on Sat, 1998-01-31 00:00

A World Bank project might leave over three lakh tribal families homeless

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Main Topic: 
Wildlife
thesaurus: 
Joint Forest Management (JFM)
Displacement
Tribals
Madhya Pradesh
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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Past continuous

Submitted by ipsita on Sat, 1998-01-31 00:00

Remains of asbestos mining industry are still polluting the rivers and air in South Africa

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
thesaurus: 
River Pollution
Mining
Asbestosis
Environmental Science
South Africa
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
Main Topic: 
Climate Change
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Bookworms beware

Submitted by ipsita on Sat, 1998-01-31 00:00

People who frequently visit libraries may risk developing of allergic disorders, according to a study published in Aerobiologia . A B Singh and his team at the Centre for Biochemical Technology

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Main Topic: 
Health
thesaurus: 
Health Effects
Delhi
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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INDONESIA

Submitted by ipsita on Sat, 1998-01-31 00:00

Harrisons Mala

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Main Topic: 
India
thesaurus: 
Plantation Crops
India
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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Herbal remedy

Submitted by ipsita on Sat, 1998-01-31 00:00

Heroin addiction may soon have a treatment

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Main Topic: 
Health
thesaurus: 
Herbal Medcine
Drugs
Vietnam
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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GHANA

Submitted by ipsita on Sat, 1998-01-31 00:00

After an uneventful century of gold-mining in western Ghana, the November 1996 demonstration by the chiefs from Tarkwa region

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
thesaurus: 
Mining
Gold
Conflicts
Ghana
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
Main Topic: 
Mining
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Checking infection

Submitted by ipsita on Sat, 1998-01-31 00:00

Painful influenza shots may soon become a thing of the past

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Main Topic: 
Climate Change
thesaurus: 
Vaccination
Child Health
Influenza
United States Of America (US)
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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ARGENTINA

Submitted by ipsita on Sat, 1998-01-31 00:00

inter-american Development Bank recently commissioned 10 papers to investigate the key policy issues affecting Latin American forests. One paper on policies that affect forests in Latin

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Main Topic: 
Forests
thesaurus: 
Forest Policy
South America
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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Will plague return?

Submitted by ipsita on Sat, 1998-01-31 00:00

A plague bacterium that has developed resistance to several antibiotics may pose a serious threat to human health

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
thesaurus: 
Drugs
Plague
Research
WHO
France
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
Main Topic: 
Energy
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BANGLADESH GETS AID

Submitted by ipsita on Sat, 1998-01-31 00:00

The us will provide an additional amount of us $500,000 to support the implementation of the second phase of the plan to eliminate child labour in garment industries of Bangladesh, said Andrew James

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Main Topic: 
Economy
thesaurus: 
Child Labour
Education
Bangladesh
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth

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