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Tehri-the cracks are showing

Fresh crisis haunts Tehri project. Cracks have appeared in the gate shaft area of the head race tunnel of the Tehri dam project and also in the claims of Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC)

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25/05/1998
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Biodiversity action plan 'inadequate'

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25/05/1998

Having obtained the approval of nearly $1 billion from the Global Environment Facility to finalise the bio-diversity action plan, it is time for the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to

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'National parks becoming issues of social conflict'

National parks and forest reserves in the country are becoming an issue of rural social conflict and the inclusion of considerable area as "indigenous land" in these parks with consequent prohibition

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25/05/1998
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Wildlife in North-east under constant threat

Many wildlife species in the north-eastern States-home to the country's largest number of non-human primates --are facing a threat to their survival due to various factors including population

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25/05/1998
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Six Viagra users die in US, Pfizer shares slip

The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was investigating the deaths of six people who took Viagra, the new miracle remedy for

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24/05/1998
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Russia to launch 6 more satellites

A Russian Proton rocket is due to place six scientific satellites in earth orbit late next month, the ITAR-TASS agency said Saturday, citing the Russian Space

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24/05/1998
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Quake devastates Bolivia, 60 dead

Earthquake rolled through central Bolivia on early Friday, destroying hundreds of adobe homes in remote mountain towns. At least 60 people were killed, many while they

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24/05/1998
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El Nino responsible for cholera and malarai

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24/05/1998

El Nino, an ocean current anomaly which affects global environment, is also responsible for the recent out-breaks of infectious diseases throughout Southeast Asia, South America and Africa, says the

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Danseuse's fight against felling of trees

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24/05/1998

Far from performing dance, famous danseuse Mallika Sarabhai has taken it upon herself to fight against indiscriminate felling of trees in Gandhinagar, the world's second greenest capital. In fact,

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Danseuse's fight against felling of trees

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24/05/1998

Far from performing dance, famous danseuse Mallika Sarabhai has taken it upon herself to fight against indiscriminate felling of trees in Gandhinagar, the world's second greenest capital. In fact,

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