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La Nina has not set in, say experts

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13/12/1997

The recent rainfall over the Klang Valley and the restof the country may fool Malaysians into thinking that La Nina is already creating havoc with the local weather. But the reality is that after the

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Bacteria discovery

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13/12/1997

A colony of bacteria has been found thriving in ancient rock deep in the earth's crust, an international scientific team has said in a find that could help explain how life on the planet began. The

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Good news for inventors as Govt okays Paris patent pact

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13/12/1997

In what is very good news for Indian inventors, the government has decided to accede to the Paris Convention for the protection of intellectual property and also to the Patent Cooperation Treay (PCT)

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Cauvery goes to Constitution bench

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will decide on Monday whether Tamil Nadu's suit seeking implementation of the 1991 interim award of the Cauvery Tribunal survives in view of the

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Innovative treatment to tackle brain haemorrhage

One of the main reasons for brain haemorrhage is aneurysm or a blister in the brain, which goes largely undetected and if detected is seen as incurable. The only way of removing it was surgery where

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OECF threatens to backtrack from MRTS

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13/12/1997

The Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) of Japan has threatened to back out of the Rs 4,860 crore Delhi Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS) if the Indian government makes any changes in the

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Project to green bald patches

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13/12/1997

Encouraged by the successful application of geotextiles in rehabilitation of mine-spoil areas of Dehra Dun, the Himachal Pollution Control Board has launched a pilot project for the treatment of hill

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SPCBs to issue notices to polluting units

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed all the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) to issue forthwith show cause notices to all the industries in the coastal zone, discharging

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Solar power system for smooth flow of traffic

Power failures which often disrupt the smooth flow of traffic at many of Delhi's intersections will no longer be a problem at the Ring Road-Africa Avenue Crossing near Bhikaji Cama Place in South

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'La Nina' blamed for floods in China

La Nina, the opposite of El Nino has been cited as the root cause for this year's massive floods in China which has killed over 2,000 people so far. The La Nina phenomenon which brings colder than

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