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Model forest conservation plan near Rangiya

The People of Hariandab and Bearby village are implementing a model forest conservation scheme at Hariandab reserve forest near the proposed site of Jawahar Navoday Vidyala, Kamrup, 6 kms from

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Four Chinese model power projects soon

The Kerala Electricity Minister, Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, has said that four Chinese model small hydro-electric projects with a total installed capacity of 17.5 MW would be implemented in the Chaliyar

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Setback for ONGC in Cauvery offshore

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's deepwater exploration programme has sprung a leak with the locally upgraded deepwater drilling vessel, Sagar Vijay, not being able to be anchored even in the Cauvery

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Biological Evans launches two anti-cancer drugs

Biological Evans Ltd (BE), a pharmaceutical company, in collaboration with the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Cuba, has launched two new genetically engineered anti-cancer

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Court moved against polluting tanneries

The Madras High Court has ordered notice to the State Government on a writ petition seeking a direction to close down 34 tanneries located in and around Suriyapalayam town Panchayat in Erode district

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Nagpur's water supply plans mired in red tape

For the last decade, this city has had an acute water crisis. But strangely, all that the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has done is to draw up a series of action plans - four in a row - and let

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Tea plantations hit by higher rate of tax

Plantations face the dichotomy of control both by the Central and State Governments. Being essentially a land based enterprise, the growth and development of the plantation sector depends on the

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Plan to develop expertise for biodiversity surveys

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12/05/1998

Pananchery panchayat in Thrissur district and the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi, have launched a programme to develop expertise for conducting bio-diversity surveys at the local

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First indigenous trainer aircraft test-flown

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12/05/1998

The inaugural flight of the Hansa prototype 3, India's first all-composite aircraft, was flagged off by Union Minister for Science and technology Murli Manohar Joshi in Bangalore on Monday. Officials

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Eight major powers announce action plan to protect forests

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12/05/1998

Eight major powers have pledged to put an end to the destruction of forests the world over and said they would persuade other countries to follow suit. The eight countries, the United States,

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