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Minister tells Cogentrix to brush up its PR

The Union Power Minister,Mr. P.R. Kumaramangalam, has advised Cogentrix, which is putting up a 1,000-MW power project near Mangalore, that it needs to work harder at public

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22/05/1998
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Senate negotiators block cleanup reprieve for GE

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22/05/1998

Senate negotiators blocked an effort by the House to grant manufacturing gaint General Electric Co. a temporary reprieve from a $1 billion cleanup of polluted waterways in New York and Masschusetts

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A clean beach? In the EU, try Greece and Italy

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22/05/1998

Vacationers seeking the cleanest bathing waters in the European Union should head for Greek and Italian beaches or Irish and Austrian lakes, according to the European Commission's 1997 bathing water

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Bonn suspends waste shipments

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22/05/1998

The Environment Ministry of Germany halted until further notice the transport of all combustible nuclear material within Germany and other countries after revelations of contamination in convoys

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Patna comes to town for desilting help

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22/05/1998

The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) will help the Patna civic authorities to desilt the city's clogged sewerage

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Waghela for speedy completion of Narmada dam

Fighting, what he describes as "whims of intelligentia", the former Chief Minsiter of Gujarat and president of All India Rashtriya Janata Party, " Mr. Shankarsinh Waghela, is determined to get

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22/05/1998
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IAS man invents software that makes corrupt staff redundant

An officer of the Indian Administrative Service has designed a computer programme which has helped cut down lower-lvel corruption in the district offices of South Delhi. The computer facility has

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US House votes to ban satellite export to China

The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to ban exports of satellites and missile technology to China amid a growing probe into whether the White House allowed the export of sensitive missile

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22/05/1998
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NBA protests against erecting parks near SSP

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22/05/1998

Environmentalists in Gujarat have once again decided to trigger a fresh movement against the state government in their recent announcement about setting up amusement parks alongside the Sardar

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Alarming rise in salinity

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22/05/1998

The salinity ingress in 60 per cent of the 1,100 kilometres long Saurashtra coast is increasing at the alarming rate of half to one kilometre a year, affecting agriculture in the whole region,

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