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Delhi creates Rs 50 cr development fund

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09/05/1998

The Delhi Government has created a Rs 50 crore 'development fund' to tackle the problem of unauthorised colonies in the Capital. The proposal mooted by the Centre and finalised by the State

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Health drink introduced for Aids patients

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09/05/1998

A new health drink for HIV-infected patients has beenintroduced as part of ongoing resarch to improve the health of HIV-infected patients at all stages. The so-called Dhammarak health drink was

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Why Italians don't make babies

Italy is ageing fast; and according to the country's chief statistical body, Italy has the lowest fertility rate in the world. At last count, in 1996, deaths had outpaced births for four years in a

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ICCI hopes dashed ; Centre says no to contract mining

The Centre has rejected the Orissa government's proposal to allow contract mining of chromite ore by Indian Charge Chrome Ltd (ICCL) at

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ONGC changes deepwater course from Krishna-Godavari to Cauvery basin

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has revised its agenda for deepwater exploration and will now begin work in the Cauvery basin in Tamil Nadu instead of Krishna-Godavari as planned earlier.

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New plot allotment for polluting industries begins

The Delhi government has begun distribution of alternative plots to industries which have been asked to shift out of non-conforming areas by the Supreme

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E1 Nino hits NZ penguins

Up to 90 percent of chicks of the world's rarest penguin species will starve to death this year and E1 Nino is the likely cause, John Darby, Assistant director of New Zealand's Otago Museum, said on

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Horticulture package for H.P. sought

The Himachal Pradesh Minister of State for Horticulture, Mr. Narinder Bragta, has urged the Centre to grant a 'horticulture package' to the State in the form of Central assistance to improve the road

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Refineries to be upgraded to produce green fuels

Indian refineries are poised for a multi-billion rupee facelift to produce greener transport fuels in line with new environmental regulations, a government official said on

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Medicinal flora project

The Centre has sanctioned a five-year project, with an outlay of Rs. 2.41 crores, for the conservation and commercial cultivation of medicinal flora in Madhya Pradesh.The Director, Task Force for the

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