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At least 40 per cent of the doctors and attendant working in different mortuaries in the Capital are suffering from tuberculosis and other disease due to the prevailing unhygienic conditions there.

The government has earmarked Rs 7 crore during the current financial year for improving production, productivity and purity of cotton. The project to improve cotton production and quality will be

Within last two days about 1100 villagers have been arrested near Mandleshwar, Khargone district, for protesting against the construction work of Maheshwer Hydel Project, official sources said on

Rain has eased a drought in parts of northern and northeastern China, bringing welcome relief to winter wheat crops and aiding spring planting, officials said on Thursday. Rain in April has brought

The government is preparing a draft act to treat Darjeeling tea as a geographic indicator to prevent other countries from patenting it or claiming to sell the premium tea variety, a commerce ministry

The Prime Minister, Mr A B Vajpayee, today called for greater co-ordination amongst ministries to clear the existing bottlenecks in the power sector and has urged the finance and power ministry to

Police use force on demonstrators : The Rs 1500-crore Maheshwar hydel project of S Kumars has run into deep trouble. The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) is locked in a pitched battle with the local

Basel Action Network, an international coalition of NGOs, has criticised the US government for a governmental report that supports the continued export of US navy as also other vessels for extremely

Chaos may be the surprising answer to banks' worried about security in their electronic systems. A team of researchers led by Rashari roy at the Georgi Institute of Technology claims to have found a

The fluid situation at the Centre and the transitory nature of successive Governments has delayed the $67-million World Bank aided eco-development project by almost one year. Even after the Gujral