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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HK SARS toll crosses 100
Six new SARS deaths were reported pushing Hong Kong's toll past 100, health officials said. The new fatalities, including three people with pervious chronic illnesses, brought the total here to 105.
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Canada toll rises to 15
A 64-year-old man is the latest vicitm to die from the flu-like SARS virus in Canada, lifting the death toll to 15, health officials said. In Canada, the only country outside Asia where people have
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Orissa shrimp seedling racket hits fishing
Orissa's Marine fishing community may soon have to think of alternative vocations to eke out a living, as there has been an acute fall in the fish catch in the riverine and estuarine areas of the
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2 NRI docs to educate people on ill effects of Asbestos
To educate the people on the deadly effects of Asbestos, leading NRI physicians Dr Jaywant Parmar and Naba Goswami have joined hands with Dr Deepak Talwar of Metro hospitals. Asbestos has been banned
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Key Beijing hospital sealed
China sealed off a major Beijing hospital, swiftly implementing a policy of quarantining SARS-affected areas to contain a disease threatening to erupt across the vast land. Hours after the World
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Move to notify SARS in Delhi
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is likely to be notified by the Delhi Government. Municipal health authorities have initiated the process for the notification of the highly contagious
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SGSY falling short of its objectives
The Centre's most significant rural employment and poverty eradication initiative - Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) - is far short of its stated objective. The Comptroller and Auditor
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Will Nandan Kanan protect its big cats?
Worst fears of environmentalists have come true with gruelling heat killing a tiger cub and a full grown leopard at the famous Nandan Kanan zoo in Orissa in the last two days. This is the first
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Child's day out
Nearly one year after the United Nations Summit on World's Children in New York in May 2002, in which Indian delegates played an important role in the drafting of a resolution that obtained
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China reports 9 more deaths
China reported another nine SARS deaths and 161 new cases, taking the nationwide death toll to 131, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. Eight of the deaths were in the capital Beijing, along with 126