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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Parrikar Govt may sue Goa Gutkha brand owner
Following total ban on gutkha and pan masala products, the Goa Government is now studying the legalities of objecting to Goa's name being used for promoting gutkha. According to Chief Minister
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IRDA moots health policies for AIDS patients
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) chairman N Rangachary has said the insurance sector should offer health policies to AIDS patients and those suffering from "pre-existing"
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Universe getting colder
The earth might be warming but the universe is growing colder, says a Nobel laureate who won the prize for his research when he was just 24. "The universe is expanding and the pace of expansion is
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Water woes
Batlapali water in Marrigudem mandal of Andhra Pradesh has made it to the Guiness Book for highest fluorine concentration at 16 ppm. Many people have corrosive brown teeth, bent bodies and bowed
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Vulture Culture
Birds have been known to indicate the state of our environment. And if we make vultures our benchmark, India's environment is far from healthy and one of its 78 bird species is facing the threat of
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2,000 cr for development
Carrying forward the momentum of infrastructure development, the Centre is likely to create a development fund with an initial corpus of Rs 2,000 crore in the forthcoming Budget. The Infrastructure
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WHO felicitated for good work round the globe
Deputy Prime Minster L K Advani has called for greater attention to be paid in the areas of health and education for an all round development of the country. Referring to the World Health
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Gross budgetary support for plan panel poised for a hike
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh is understood to have enhanced gross budgetary support for the Planning Commission in Budget 2003-04. The increased GBS of Rs 3,450 crore would be in addition to the
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While ministries engage in war of words...
Nearly one lakh people are yet to get their ration cards under the below poverty line (BPL) scheme launched by the Government. These one lakh people are now finding themselves between the devil and
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Blair to exert green pressure on US
In the face of largescale protests at home for supporting the US-led war in Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised his critics major concessions on tackling global warming, even going