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BMC threatens to suspend water supply to BHEL

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03/02/1998

The controversy between the BHEL Management and Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) management took a new turn on Monday with the BMC giving a veiled threat to disconnect drinking water supply in the

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Row over cancer report

Scientists believe the UK government may be delaying a report on diet and cancer because its findings on red meat do not back up controversial official advice to cut

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03/02/1998
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AP Zoo faces surplus crocodile problem

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03/02/1998

A zoological park in Andhra Pradesh is facing a crocodile population problem and is keeping male and female of the species in separate enclosures to prevent them from mating and producing

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Greenhouse goals

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03/02/1998

President Clinton proposes devoting about $6 billion, in a combination of research subsidies and tax credits, during the next five years to address the problem of global warming. It's an initiative

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As talks resume on tuna dolphin treaty, Greenpeace calls for concrete steps to ensure effective protection

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03/02/1998

As negotiations resume in La Jolla, California, on the details of a multilateral dolphin protection treaty, Greenpeace is lobbying participating governments to include concrete measures to advance

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Radioactive nuclear waste will pass through Panama Canal without environmental impact study, says Greenpeace

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03/02/1998

In a press conference in Panama City, the environmental group Greenpeace criticised plans to allow a shipment of high level nuclear waste to pass through the Panama Canal. According to information

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Green transport advocates meet with GEF

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03/02/1998

On January 15th a number of sustainable transport advocates, under the banner of the UN NGO transport caucus, held a meeting with Global Environment Fund (GEF) staff to comment on the GEF paper

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Education for children under States control

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03/02/1998

The Union Government has taken a decision to delegate the power of providing education for all children in the country to the State governments, and a committee has been formed for the purpose of

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US seeks permanent tab on India's use of supercomputers

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03/02/1998

The United States is planning to issue new regulations under which it will permanently peek into all end uses to which India, China, Russia, Pakistan and Israel put any supercomputers of American

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Kerala forest dept blocks herbal project

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03/02/1998

A unique project to cash in on a wonder plant - arogyapacha, which was once used only by tribals in the hilly pockets of Kerala, has run into trouble after the forest officials stopped the

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