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Mizoram NGOs want Hindi sop banned

Aizawl, Nov 7 (UNI) The Hindi serial ''Kasauti Zindagi Kya'' which endeared itself in the Mizo community since last year, has once again come into controversy after several community-based NGOs have decided to put pressure on cable TV operators to stop showing the serial.

Reports from Champhai district today said a recent meeting of NGOs has decided to request the cable TV operators to stop screening the Hindi serial as it allegedly creating ''problems in church attendance and condolence gatherings''.

Apart from this, the NGOs were of the opinion that the Hindi serials propagate the Hindu religion and frequent viewing of them by children could lead them "astray from the Christian religion".

The local vernacular newspapers especially in Champhai had also discontinued printing the translated version of the serial despite the public demand.

At present, the serial is as popular as ever and nearly all vernacular magazines across the state carry a translated version of the serial apart from the dubbing the serial during telecsting by local TV channels.

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Panacea Biotec's R

New Delhi, Nov 7: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, has accorded recognition to Panacea Biotec's in-house R&D Centre for biopharmaceutical research here.In-house Research and Development units recognised by DSIR in the area of pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector are eligible for duty free import of specified goods or equipment for R&D, duty free import of pharmaceutical reference standards in addition to weighted deductions on revenue and capital expenditure under the Income Tax Act......

Tsunami warning system to be set up by September 2007

Chennai, Nov 7 (UNI) Work on setting up a tsunami warning system along the Indian coast would be completed by September, 2007, according to a senior official. The work was progressing as per schedule and it was likely to be completed by September 2007, National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) Chairman and Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, P S Goel said. Talking to newspersons at the NIOT Campus at the suburban Pallikkaranai here, he.....

2 students die as bus falls into river

Lucknow, Nov 7 (UNI) Two children were killed and 32 others received injuries when the school bus ferrying fell into the river Kali in Muzaffarnagar this morning. According to the police, the bus of S N Public School lost control fell in the river after breaking the railings of Bawandara bridge around 0730 hrs. The bus was carrying 34 children to school from nearby villages. The bus was coming from Rohana to the city when.....
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