Groundwater level has increased by 0.6 metres
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
Hindu (Chennai)
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Forest department draws up three schemes
The research division of the Forest department has drawn up three major schemes - 'seed orchards, power mills' and 'farm tree to furniture' - for the coming financial year, Dr. G. Kumaravelu, Chief
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'Leprosy-free India possible in four years'
Incidence of leprosy has come down drastically in the last 10 years and with the current rate of decrease it is possible to have a leprosy-free India in another four to five years, according to
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'Green revolution' in an industrial complex
Passers-by on the Tiruchi-Thanjavur highway and those who visit the Tiruchi BHEL for the first time often fail to locate the giant Navarathna industrial complex and the well laid out township for,
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International meet on AIDS from tomorrow
The third international conference on AIDS INDIA beginning in Chennai on December 1 will focus on different segments including medicine, science, care giving, stigma and the community.A total of 1028
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Steering environmental protection
Central Leather Research Institute, one of the biggest leather research institutes in the world and the only one in Asia, is a centre of excellence in Environment and Bio energy.It has a separate
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NGOs take active part in pulse polio programme
NGOs and voluntary organisations participated actively in the first phase of the sixth round of Pulse Polio Immunisation programme in Chennai today. About 4.18 lakh children in the city were
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3 tiger cubs die in Anna Zoological Park
Three tiger cubs which were born in the Arinagar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, during the third week of September died last month. Preliminary investigations say that the death could have been due
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Joint crusade to contain dengue outbreak
Students, a corporate house and the civic body have jointly launched a crusade against the deadly disease dengue that claimed a few lives in the city a month ago.About 250 student members of the
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Sea pollution near Ennore ETPS 'avoided'
Sea pollution near the Ennore Thermal Power Station has been "totally avoided," the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board chairman claimed today. From October 1 this year, letting ash slurry into the sea had
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Trade free to manufacture tobacco for sale outside TN : court
Tobacco units in Tamil Nadu are free to manufacture, stock and transport chewing tobacco, pan masala and ghutka "for sale outside Tamil Nadu", the Madras High Court has ruled. Passing an interim