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Maharashtra gets Rs 1,207 crore aid to tackle drought
Issue Date: Mar 14, 2013
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) of the Central government has approved Rs 1,207 crore as aid to Maharashtra for drought relief work. Out of this amount, Rs 807.84 crore has been approved for compensation for crop loss in the Rabi crop season of 2012-13, while Rs 400 crore has been allocated for saving dying orchards in the state.
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Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Oct 15, 2012
HEALTH
Dengue breakthrough
Nearly half a million people are affected by dengue every year. But there is currently no vaccine to protect against the dreaded disease. This is because dengue is not caused by a single virus, but rather by four different viruses, known as DENV 1, 2, 3 and 4.
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Pitfalls of a uniform food regime
Issue Date: Sep 15, 2012
AS SEVERE drought sweeps parts of India, Russia and the US, fanning fears of a repeat of the 2007-2008 food crisis, attention has shifted to local foodgrains, vegetables and shrinking food diversity.
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Getting the bulletin right
Issue Date: Aug 24, 2012
In the PBS documentary, Monsoon, the poet S P Kurada notes, “The wild monsoon winds blow with abandon, swaying everything in their path.
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