24-hr water to take a decade
It will take at least a decade more for the twin cities to get round-the-clock water supply. This was disclosed by Municipal Administration Minister Koneru Ranga Rao in the Assembly. "It is a long
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Call for comprehensive investigation
D K Barman, a geologist with the State Directorate of Geology and Mining, has suggested that a comprehensive investigation should be undertaken to determine the presence of arsenic in the ground
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Urban water supply: Reforming the reformers
<p>The World Bank has been promoting the public-private partnership model based on management contracts in developing countries. In such contracts, all the risks are borne by the government while the companies do not invest a penny.
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India to set up tiger conservation authority
Stung by alarming reports of India's dwindling tiger population, the government has decided to set up a National Tiger Conservation Authority to protect the big cats. The central cabinet, at its
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Quack fare
The sale of herbs to help conceive a son, at the Vindhya Herbals National Fair 2005 at Bhopal has triggered a row in the state capital with the opposition criticizing such a move at a government
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Recipe for disaster
The Paris-based International Council for Science has warned that the world will witness more deadly natural disasters in the near future due to the rise in population and global warming. In a report
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Saving the tiger
Concerned over the widespread criticism over the accuracy of the prevailing tiger census methods, particularly post-Sariska, the forest department in Madhya Pradesh is embarking upon a more
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Vandana Shiva takes fight against Monsanto to Hong Kong
Indian environment activist Vandana Shiva and French anti-globalisation crusader Jose Bove launched a campaign against US food and seed giant Monsanto on the sidelines of the global trade talks in
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The trend of re-wilding
In the United States, it is known as "re-wilding"
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Army boards out' 100 AIDS patients in 2 yrs
The Army has removed from service nearly 100 of its personnel, infected with AIDS, in the past two years. Though government norms prevent any discrimination against those infected by the disease, the
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Mothers of children to supervise mid-day meals preparation
In a bid to facilitate greater community participation in a centrally-sponsored programme, mothers of the 12 crore school children covered under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme will now be allowed to
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Deadline today, 100 shahtoosh shawls registered
With less than 24 hours before the deadline set by the Jammu & Kashmir Wildlife Department for registration of their shahtoosh shawls comes to an end, not many people have come forward for the
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Incidence of AIDS alarming in Tamil Nadu prisons
An emergency of sorts is staring the Tamil Nadu prison authorities in the face with a "conservative estimate" putting the number of HIV/AIDS prisoners in the State at "several hundreds." Given the
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Kalam's Bihar vision: Progress by 2015
President A P J Abdul Kalam presented his vision for Bihar to emerge as a developed state by 2015 and expressed his confidence on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's leadership to achieve the goal. Kalam
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Haryana takes giant strides in industrial sector
The year 2005 proved to be a boon for the industrial sector in Haryana as six new large and medium and 556 small-scale industrial units, involving an investment of Rs. 820 crores, were set up and
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Uttaranchal: Rs 600 for day to confine killer tusker to forest
The wildlife department here has set aside Rs 600 a day for the food of an ageing tusker and preventing it from wandering into villages and causing trouble. This is being done in Uttaranchal perhaps
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V.P. Singh against contract farming
The former Prime Minister, V.P. Singh, on Friday denounced the clause of contract farming in Uttar Pradesh as envisaged in the State's new Agriculture Policy approved on Thursday. Mr Singh said if
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Life-saving drugs to be exempted from VAT soon'
The Delhi Health Minister, Mr Yoganand Shastri, today said that life-saving drugs will soon be exempted from the value added tax (VAT) in the national Capital. Addressing a seminar organised by
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Ban on 3 Indian products in New York
New York City has banned the sale of three Indian herbal products and advised people against using them, claiming they contain dangerous levels of lead or mercury. Though there are no specific
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Sanjivni to be launched on Jan 14
Sanjivni, a healthcare scheme meant for members of rural cooperative societies, will be launched in Punjab on January 14. This was stated today by Mr Viswajit Khanna, Registrar, Cooperative