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Pioneer (New Delhi)

• 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

  • 19/07/2019

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Madhya Pradesh
    • Narmada
    • Reservoirs
    • Water Resources

• Pheromones bring hope for tea exporters

  There is hope for those tea exporters whose consignments were returned from Europe recently as there were apprehensions that the produce was laced with high levels of pesticides. Scientists are now

  • 03/10/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Agriculture

• Jharkhand steps in to protect green cover

  Despite the wood mafias having succeeded to an extent in their efforts to smuggle out trees, the effort of the forest defence group (FDG) has successfully brought back the green cover, as the

  • 03/10/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Forests

• Specialists' fear of N-E posting endangers environment

  India's North-east may be described as the country's green lung for its rich forest and bio-diversity, but does the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) really care about it? This is not the

  • 03/10/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Environment Ministry heeds Greenpeace warnings

  Several hundred ships from across the world set sail for Alang in Gujarat for the last time, arriving here to be dismantled and recycled. For the first time, however, Union ministries of environment

  • 02/10/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Inorganic Durga idols pose threat to water bodies

  The Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO) has warned against the dangers of mass immersion of Durga idols made of lead and chrome based paints, which can cause large-scale pollution of water bodies,

  • 06/10/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Cadbury's hits a bar of worms

  Cadbury chocolates had a bitter taste on Saturday after the Food and Drugs Administration directed seizure of the popular brand of chocolates following complaints that some samples of the

  • 05/10/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Migrating women fight losing battle with AIDS

  Driven by poverty, thousands of girls migrate to metropolitan cities to earn their livelihood, but it seems that of a number of them are getting infected with the dreaded AIDS virus. While the

  • 07/10/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Problem of plenty

  Thanks to the bountiful monsoons, Rajasthan is due to have a bumper crop of bajra this year. But that does not mean the farmer will be better off. The price of bajra in the market is likely to

  • 07/10/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Agriculture

• Turtle protection time in Orissa?

  With the mating season of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles approaching, the forest and the fisheries departments are on their guard. Both are reported to have begun the exercise to ensure that the

  • 08/10/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Wildlife

• 29 fresh Dengue cases detected in Ghaziabad

  The dreaded Dengue had spread its tentacles to the district of Ghaziabad, with at least 29 fresh cases detected in the district. District Magistrate Santosh Yadav admitted that 29 cases have been

  • 09/10/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Health