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- Thane dt. free from Guinea worm cases

It was ten years back Thane district was reeling under extreme fear and Health Department officials were running helter skelter following a large number of cases of Guinea worms in the district.

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-Thrust on water conservation

Members of the Indian Water Works Association (IWWA). the Institution of the Public Health Engineers (India), and representatives from non-governmental organisations have come together to deliberate

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- The funding dilemma

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23/03/1998

The role that NGOs can play in the delivery of social services continues to interest leading political parties. In fact, NGOs have been recognised as a distinct sector in both the Eight and the draft

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- Richard Gere to help fight AIDS in India

Though Gere had wanted to make a donation to the AIDS cause and the NGO, The Art of Giving, which Ramani and company plan to start, it has been politely turned down. The events to be held in Delhi

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Plan panel clears project for Rajasthan

The Planning Commission has approved important development projects for Rajasthan. The projects the Sukli medium irrigation project estimated to cost Rs 18,698 crore, Bandi sendra medium irrigation

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Project oxygen to give fresh air to net surfers

The construction of a global super-internet specifically designed for business applications will begin on December 1, a senior official said. Dubbed as "Project Oxygen", it will provide virtually

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Haryana, Punjab farm varsities develop new rice, cotton strains

The Haryana Agriculture University ( HAU) at Hissar and Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) at Ludhiana have come out with several new crop varieties that will benefit the region's farmers. While the

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Chilli-smuggling to Bangladesh on the rise

Around 6,000 tonnes of "Sundari" chillies cultivated in the south 24-Parganas district of West Bengal are illegally transported to Bangladesh, according to the chillies Aratdar Association, Calcutta

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Hybrid cardamom promises higher yield

Scientists at the Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Idukki, have claimed a major breakthrough in developing three hybrid varieties of cardamom which promise to increase output many times over. The

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India acquires new atomic technology

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23/03/1998

India has joined the select band of developed countries that have acquired the cost effective state-of-the-art nuclear waste management technology, according to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

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