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Fall in birth rate

China, the world's most populous country, has made a significant contribution to the world by reducing its population by 400 million following successful implementation of its family planning

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- Industrialisation not at the cost of ecology

The development of industry and protection of environment were equally important and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests would ensure that one does not suffer at the cost of the other, the

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NTPC presents green credentials for Talcher expansion

National Thermal Power Corp is wooing villagers around its Talcher project with the pollution control strategy it has drawn up for the 2000mw expansion of the super thermal power plant, for which it

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Chinese hail Rajasthan FP drive

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22/03/1998

A high-level delegation from the world's most populous country, China, is currently touring the state to study the Vikalp framework, the family welfare programme in a target-free setting devised by

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Ex-forest officer stacked ivory

Secretary of the Wildlife Society of Orissa Biswajit Mohanty has petitioned both the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and the Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) against S.C.

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Village gold damned under river project

The residents of Parsodi village in Nagpur district stand to lose more than just their homes to the Gosikhurd Dam on the Wainganga river. According to the Gological Survey of India (GSI), the

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Stroke prevention measures spelt out

Even while the incidence of stroke has declined the world over, there has been an alarming increase in the number of people suffering from the fatal consequences of the ailment. According to the most

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British aid for TB control in AP

The fight against the dreaded disease of TB is set to get a major boost with the British Department for International Development (DFID) proposing to provide a grant of 20 million pounds spread over

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The poison trail

For the past two decades, water from a million or more wells sunk into the alluvium of the Ganges delta by agencies such as Unicef, the World Bank and Britain's Overseas Development Administration,

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Stricter dioxin rules mean business

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22/03/1998

Growing health concerns about highly toxic dioxin are creating business opportunities for Japanese companies. The boom in demand for environment-related facilities comes in response to tighter

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