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  2. Central Pollution Control Board - Wikipedia

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    Functions of CPCB comes under both national level and as State Boards for the Union Territories. CPCB, under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, aims to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, and to improve the quality ...

  3. D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm - Wikipedia

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    On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir , then a senior intelligence officer ...

  4. Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 - Wikipedia

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    The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 is an Act of the Parliament of India to prevent air pollution in India. [1] [2] The law was amended in 1987. [3] This was the first attempt by the Government of India to combat air pollution. [4]

  5. CPCB - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; CPCB

  6. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...

  7. Casus belli - Wikipedia

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    A casus belli (from Latin casus belli 'occasion for war'; pl. casus belli) is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. [1] [2] A casus belli involves direct offenses or threats against the nation declaring the war, whereas a casus foederis involves offenses or threats against its ally—usually one bound by a mutual defense pact.

  8. Robert P. Patterson - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] Steps to this effect were begun by the National Security Act of 1947 and revised several times, finally by the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986. [ citation needed ] Patterson worked to promote more black participation and promotion with in the military, specifically during the late stages of World War II .

  9. War Powers Act of 1941 - Wikipedia

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    The act and all changes created by its power were to remain intact until six months after the end of the war at which time, the act would become defunct. Three months after passing the first, the Second War Powers Act was passed on March 27, 1942. [2] This further strengthened the executive branch powers towards executing World War II. This act ...