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Electric tempos back in Maharajgunj

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21/05/1998

The non-polluting battery-powered tempos which were chased away from the Maharajgunj route by operators of smoke belching Vikram tempos earlier this month have finally made a triumphant come

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Austria questions nuclear plant safety

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20/05/1998

Chancellor Viktor Klima of Austria said that the activation of fuel rods at a nuclear power plant in neigboring Slovakia could lead to "serious problems" with

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Secret voting on whales defeated

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20/05/1998

Greenpeace welcomed the news that the International Whaling Commission has defeated attempts by Japan and six Caribbean allies to introduce secret

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Central China city builds agriculture project with WB loans

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20/05/1998

Fuyang, an agriculture oriented city in east China's Anhui Province, has completed a World Bank credited project on improving agricultural facilities. Under the project, 140,000 ha. of medium and

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China makes progress in "Green Car" development

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20/05/1998

China has kept pace with the development of green car technologies worldwide by making major progress in producing environmentally friendly automobiles. They include updating the widely used model

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MCD plans month-long cleanliness drive in June

The Muncipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will launch a month long cleaniness campaign in June to prevent the occurence of seasonal diseases in general and dengue fever in

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20/05/1998
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UP ministers on warpath

The tribe off warring ministers seems to be growing in the jumbo Kalyan Singh ministry. Yet another clash between a cabinet minister and a minister of state handling the same department is about to

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20/05/1998
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Pak greens want pressure groups

A section of Pakistani environmental non-government organisation (NGOs) has proposed the formation of pressure groups in India, Pakistan and other countries of the South Asian Association for

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20/05/1998
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Screening backed in prostate cancer

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20/05/1998

A new study provides the first evidence that routine screening of men for prostate cancer can substantially reduce deaths from the disease. The research carried out on 46,000 men in Quebec, is the

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Greenpeace challenges new oil exploration to prevent dangerous climate change

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20/05/1998

The oil industry must now switch investment from oil exploration to renewable energy to avoid dangerous climate change, Greenpeace said as it launched its 1998 international campaign to protest

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