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MEF nod to 5 mining projects

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15/12/1997

After a delay of over a year, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) has given its nod to five mining projects in Rajasthan involving diversion of a total of 1503.42 hectares of forest land.

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AEC chairman gets Firodia award

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15/12/1997

The prestigious H.K. Firodia Awards for Science and Technology 1998 has gone to the Atomic Energy Commission Chairman, Dr. R. Chidambaram, and to Dr. S.K. Sikka, Director, Solid State and

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WWF wants alternative sites to Ghana Park

The World Wide Fund-Rajasthan has asked the State Irrigation Department to find alternative sites to the Keoladeo Ghana National Park near Bharatpur so that the pressure of visitors to this unique 29

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Decision to stop entry of dams panel defended

The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has strongly defended the Centre's decision to stop the visit of World Commission on Dams, saying it was against interference by any so-called

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Corpn. for water, sewerage schemes constituted

The Andhra Pradesh Governemnt promulgated an ordinance on Monday providing for constitution of a separate corporation named "Andhra Pradesh Infrastructure Development Corporation" to "promote,

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M.P. wins award in primary education

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15/12/1997

Madhya Pradesh, with a literacy rate of 28 per cent in women and 44 per cent in general, has won this year's Gold Award under the 'International Innovations Awards Programme' of the Biennial

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Central subsidy for ETPs in shrimp farms

the Union Commerce Ministry has approved a scheme to help farmers in the ten coastal States to set up effluent treatment plants (ETP) with subsidy, as part of its drive to boost eco-friendly shrimp

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A heated controversy

Whatever the future effects of cabon-dioxide emissions on the climate, an argument rages over how much the globe has warmed in past decades : a

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Early shift to new regime to open 2,500 patent cases

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15/12/1997

Over 2,500 product patent applications in the agricultural, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors will have to be opened and examined, and patents granted wherever the case permits, in case India

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Appeal court ruling strips FDA of power over tobacco industry

A US federals appeals court delivered a resounding victory to US cigarette makers by ruling that the Clinton Administration had acted outside its powers in giving the Food and Drug Adminstration

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