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Treatment plants for industrial wastage

The Bangladesh Government is seriously thinking for setting up common treatment plants for treating the affluents of different industries clustered in the industrial

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Health Trust Fund launched

The Bhutan Health Trust Fund was launched in Geneva by the Deputy Prime minister for Health and Education, coinciding with the 51st session of the World Health

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PFC to finance two hydel projects in UP

The Power Finance Corporation has agreed to invest Rs 600 crores in UP to kick start the state's two long pending hydel power projects, Maneri Bhali and Lakhwar

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India is now a N-weapons state

PM : Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has set at rest speculation about India's future nuclear programme, saying the country is moving close to aquiring nuclear weapons. The country, he affirmed

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16/05/1998
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When local farmers know best

The second stage of green revolution is running into resistance from farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. The first stage, promoting high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice, left Africa's poorer farmers

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Safety audit ordered for site

The troubled Dounreay nuclear complex in Sctoland is to undergo what is likely to be the most through safety audit in its history, the Nuclear Instatllations Inspectorate

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Govt refusal to clear UNDP fund hits jute projects

With the department of economic affairs refusing to recommend any matching grant of UNDP funded jute developing projects, all the on-going projects have been

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UP receives Rs 15,000 crore bonanza for power sector

The power minister, Mr P R Kumaramangalam, announced massive bonanza for the state's power sector. Central assistance worth Rs 15,000 crore was doled out for either setting up new power projects or

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Higher oil estimate may boost pressure to tap Alaska refuge

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16/05/1998

Government scientists have substantially increased their estimates of the amount of petroleum beneath Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a finding that could fuel demands for oil drilling in

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Haryana signs PPAs for four 25 MW projects

The Haryana State Electricity Board has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for setting up four liquid fuel based power projects each of 25

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