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- Bill on primary education being looked at afresh

There is a serious rethink by the Human resource development (HRD) ministry to go ahead with the the pending Constitutional Amendmant Bill making free and conpulsory elementary education a

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ICMA to help cos in safe storing of hazardous chemicals

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02/05/1998

Noting with concern the recent devastating chemical fire (at a bonded warehouse) accident at Dasnagar, Howrah, in West bengal, which claimed four lives and seriously injured sevral persons, the

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Doctors remove heart, remove tumour, re-implant heart

US doctors removed a man's heart, cut away an entire lemon-sized tumor,rebuilt the damaged organ and reimplanted it. The tumor threatened to kill Gary Altmann, and doctors knew it wouldn't respond

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Action plan to fight water-borne diseases

The Delhi Government has drawn up a comprehensive action plan to prevent mosquito and water-borne diseases in the Capital in the coming summer months and the monsoons that will follow. The Delhi

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India calls for commitment to environment protection

India accused developed nations of adopting double standards on environment protection, saying on the one hand, they failed to make financial commitments to help developing states to meet

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NPCIL plans 20,000 MW nuclear power by 2020

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02/05/1998

Nuclear Power Corporation India Ltd. is planning projects to generate 20,000 MW nuclear power by the year 2020, according to company CMD Dr. YSR Prasad. Several of the newly planned power projects

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BSE epidemic may be linked to cow tonsils

The bovine spongiform encephalopathy or "mad cow" epidemic could have been caused by cattle eating infected cows tonsils, a UK government vet suggested at the official inquiry into the BSE

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- Financial closure of Hinduja power project in four months

The financial aspects of the Rs 4,628-crore Hinduja National Power Project is likely to be finalised withing the next four months, and work on the 1,040 MW thermal power plant at Parwada near

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- Can't tell Basmati by its aroma. admits EU

After strong protests from India, the European Union has finally admitted that there is no reliable scientific method for testing the aroma for Basmati rice. Over the last one year, under the

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A dam is caught in tragedy of errors

You could call this the height of error. One of the largest hydro-electric projects of the country is stuck in the last four years because Government agencies made crucial errors while calculating

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