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Deer-poaching racket busted

A joint operation by the Forest Department and police personnel helped bust a racket in poaching of deer and smuggling of deer skin and horns. The police have taken into custody three notorious

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30/12/1997
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NTPC, PSEB in four power purchase pacts

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30/12/1997

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) on Tuesday signed four power purchase agreements (PPAs) including two for combined cycle gas based power

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Floods have killed 1,500 in Bangladesh

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30/12/1997

Diarrhea and other water-borne diseases have killed at least 580 people in Bangladesh, raising the death toll from devasting floods to more than 1,500, disaster management and health officials

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National conference on health care

A three-day national conference on quality assurance in health care inputs from science and technology would be held in Hyderabad from November

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TN moots generation of power from wastes

The Tamil Nadu Governemnt has suggested that a power-from garbage project can be implemented to utilise urban waste generated in Chennai, according to a State Goverment press

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30/12/1997
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Fungus kills 800 deodars in Chail

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30/12/1997

The mysterious disease, which dried up over 800 mature deodar trees in the Chail (Shimla) area over the past five years, has been caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi, a deadly fungus known for its

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Pollution studies unutilised

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30/12/1997

The majority of studies conducted over the years by the Punjab Pollution Control Board have either become or are on the verge of becoming obsolete. Instead of being utilised as a basic source

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Scientists researching moon's atmosphere

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30/12/1997

That romantic glow it sheds on lovers is apparently not the only atmosphere the moon provides. The moon turns out to have a thin atmosphere, and a team of German and American scientists is launching

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Genetic disorder 'links' seven generations

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30/12/1997

Human physiology never crease to baffle. In a curious case of genetic disorder , over 60 persons of the same lineage in Madanayakanahalli, have "webbed" hands. Each person has more than five fingers

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Base pollution irks U.S. navy

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30/12/1997

The U.S. naval base authorities in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture have found 10 times more cancer-causing dioxin in emissions emitted from a neighbouring industrial waste disposal facility than has the

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