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U.S. accuses firm of planning to grow stronger tobacco

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09/01/1998

The Justice department has brought the first criminal action in its long investigation of the tobacco industry, accusing a biotechnology company of engaging in a scheme with a major cigarette maker

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Haryana to get $600 m W B loan for power

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09/01/1998

The World Bank plans to sanction $600 million electricity loan to the Haryana

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Punjab dragging feet on Shah-Nehar?

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09/01/1998

The ambitious Shah-Nehar project in Kangra district, being built at an estimated cost of Rs 143.32 crore, would benefit people of 93 villages by providing irrigation to 37,000 hectares of land.

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New Drug to fight cancer

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09/01/1998

A new drug to kill cancerous or bacterial cells by punching a hole in them is being developed by US scientists to fight cancer effectively

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Government halts laying of gas pipeline

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09/01/1998

The Petroleum Authority of Thailand was ordered to suspend construction of its gas pipeline in forest areas. The government also asked legal experts from conservation groups and the authority to

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FIEO workshop to liven up floriculture

The Union Commerce Ministry, through its Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), is organising a workshop in Bangalore on January 17 to find solutions to the bottlenecks that have prevented

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Kerala to set up fishery society

The Kerala fisheries department has embarked on an ambitious project to set up a fishery resource management society to curb over-exploitation of fishery resources, states fisheries minister T K

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An end to the misery of the dentist's drill

Researchers claim that a new red gel could dissolve decaying parts of teeth and cure bleeding

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09/01/1998
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World Bank to let axe fall on rainforests

The World Bank, the world's leading investor in forest projects in developing countreis, says it aims to clean up the global timber industry but is fuelling fears that it wants to start financing

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Cocoa demand supply gap to hit 11,000 t by 2000

Study : The domestic demand-supply gap of cocoa production is expected to widen in the coming years, according to a study conducted by Cadbury India Ltd. In 1996-97 , the domestic demand was about

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