State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Nepalese poachers create havoc in border areas
Inner line border areas where no unauthorised persons, Indian or foreign, are permitted entry, have turned into poaching havens, in the Uttarkashi district of Uttaranchal. Permits are being misused
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Delhi's weapon against mosquitoes: Fish force
The monsoon's coming and so are the mosquitoes. But this time Capital's civic bodies have come up with a novel idea to combat malaria and dengue spreading parasites - pisciculture. Both the MCD and
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Death of cows due to suffocation sparks stir
Twenty-four cows died due to suffocation when, they were being carried in a truck to be slaughtered at Rampur, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday near Dasna town under the Mussoorie police station. A social
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Dharali's mantra: For a quick buck, cut trees
It's wood, booze and rock & roll for villagers in Dhralli, Uttarkashi, Uttaranchal, who've beaten the system by essaying a quick-scheme, by illegal timber felling. In this case the source of this
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Trouble for panchayat representatives
A number of panchayat representatives in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh, may lose their posts for having a third child after January 26,2002. About 44 panchayat representatives out of 725 Gram
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New drug to 'gobble' AIDS virus
A New Zealand company has developed a drug based on goat plasma that "gobbles up" AIDS virus. US has approved extended trials for the drug. Viruonyx Corporation Ltd. of Auckland said its HRG214 drug
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Beach vacation increases cancer
A beach vacation for young children appears to increase the risk of them developing sun exposure-related spots and blotches on the skin and increased number of these "Nevi" are associated with
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Betel leaf on bathroom shelves?
Chemists at the Government-funded Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) in the Capital Colombo have developed a toothpaste and mouthwash that have little of the betel leaf's pungency but retain all
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Aurobindo College bans smoking
The Governing body of Aurobindo College in New Delhi has passed a resolution to make the college a non-smoking zone. "The rules are already there but this time we are going to be practical in our
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Bionic eyes for blind
Artificial vision for the blind was once a theme for science fiction. But now, a limited form of artificial vision is a reality. The Dobelle Institute in the US is among several institutions in the