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Pak to resume work on controversial dam project

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09/05/1998

The Pakistan government has decided to go ahead with the construction of a controversial 34-year-old dam project despite opposition from two provinces. The World Bank has told the government that

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Patenting of 'Terminator' spells doom for third world farmers

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09/05/1998

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and a multinational seed company Delta & Pineland Inc. have jointly patented a gene programmed to switch off the reproductive sytem of the plant

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Karunanidhi says he will get dyeing plants a breather

Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said the Tamil Nadu State Government would support the efforts of the bleaching and dyeing units in Tiruppur and Karur to get six months time from the Supreme Court for

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Damaging findings

The Hanumantha Rao Committee report on the Tehri dam project has pulled up the Government for "according environmental clearance to the project before all necessary studies have been completed and

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New method to treat cancer

Indian scientists have developed a new bio-active glass ceramic which can enhance the efficiency of a special type of cancer treatment, according to a report published in the latest issue of the

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Tannery wastes damaging natural ecosystem

The discharge of wastes from the Hazaribagh tanneries into the river Buriganga is seriously affecting the soil and plants and vitiating the air, ground water and causing health hazards. This was

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Vehicular emission control meet begins

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09/05/1998

In order to increase the capability and to refresh the knowledge of the vehicle emission testers, a month-long training programme on Vehicular Emission Control began in Kathmandu. It is targetted to

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The season of El Nino

At last, the El Nino of 1997-98 is returning to its cradle, after scarring Latin America with drought and fire, storm and flood. But it is not over yet, and the fall-out, economic, social and

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Big shots

Once, vaccines were the poor relations of therapeutic drugs. Traditional vaccines, the sort used to combat childhood diseases such as measles, polio are a low-tech, low-cost boon to public health

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Tobacco companies to pay $6bn to settle lawsuit

The US tobacco industry agreed to pay $6bn over 25 years to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of Minnesota, just hours before closing arguments in the 14 week trial had been about to

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