Shot in arm for Govt as SC clears Cauvery waters pact
The seven-year row over the implementation of the Cauvery river interim award which took the BJP-led government to the brink recently was set to rest by today when the Supreme Court put its seal of approval on the scheme framed and notified by the Centre in this regard.

Govt bans Quinacrine; women's body sceptical on effect of move
The Government today banned the sale, import or manufacture of Quinacrine, five months after it had assured the Supreme Court (SC) that it would ban the controversial chemical contraceptive drug.

Interim Test Range to be upgraded
The famed interim test range (ITR) at Balasore in Orissa, from where most of the missiles under the integrated guided missile development programme (IGMDP) have been test-fired, is being upgraded to the level of a world class range facility, according to the Defence Ministry.

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