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The oil shock to come

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07/12/1997

Within 10 years, the world will begin to run out of its principal fuel. Oil industry executives and government energy planners acknowledge that we are rapidly approaching the

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Sydney faces six months on the boil

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07/12/1997

Sydney's water contamination crisis could last for six more months even if no new pollution of Warragamba Dam occurs in that time, Sydney Water has confirmed. And if the dam's catchment receives

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Cholera outbreak worst in 5 years

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07/12/1997

The Health Department in Hong Kong yesterday announced plans for a food hygiene drive as the number of cholera cases reached its highest level in five years. Another case was confirmed yesterday,

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New potato seed technology helps save Rs 1,700 crore annually

The investment in potato technology generation has made the country self sufficient in seed production technology and resulted in an annual saving of Rs 1700 crore by replacing imports.

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Lankan tea industry facing labour shortage

The boom in Sri Lanka's tea industry could turn into gloom if steps are not taken quickly to overcome an impending labour shortage, experts have

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'TN getting lesser Cauvery water'

The Tamil Nadu government said the state's Mettur reservoir had received a lesser volume of Cauvery water than what was due from Karnataka in August, and said steps were being taken to procure the

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Siddha 'cure' joins anti-HIV drugs list

The Siddha combination drug that has been tried on persons with HIV and AIDS at the Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Tambaram, Tamil Nadu shows promising trends. Tambaram TB Sanatorium

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Govt questions gargantuan 'expenses' of Bhopal trustee

The fuctioning of the Bhopal Hospital Trust, set up on direction of the Supreme Court with the sale of shares of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) in 1994, is mired in a controversy. The Union

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National Power may quit Vizag thermal project

The fate of the 1,040 MW thermal power project at Visakhapatnam appears to be in jeopardy with the Hindujas' partners, National Power Plc of the UK, on the verge of existing from the fast track

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Protest against Vadhavan port

Environmentalists have decided to fight tooth and nail the Maharashtra government's attempts to develop the multi-million dollar port at Vadhavan in Dahanu saying that if the project comes up it will

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