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US may insist on keeping disputed shrimp law

The US may choose to face trade regulations, rather than negotiate a settlement, if it loses a World Trade Organisation case involving shrimp fishing. At issue is a US law that bans imports of shrimp

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06/05/1998
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- SMC to produce water from waste

Making best out of waste is what the Surat Municipal Corporaton has decided, thereby providing water to the demands long pending with it. Two major demand of water, one from the Sachin Industrial

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New drug to cure cancer discovered

US scientists are excited by preliminary tests on mice that show that an experimental cancer treatment can kill tumours by cutting off supply to their blood stream, US media reports said on Monday. A

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Malaysian haze problem may worsen

Malaysia's environment minister has warned that the haze caused by plumes of smoke rising from blazing forests in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia could worsen in the coming weeks, a newspaper said on

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Incentives demanded for shifting polluting units

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06/05/1998

Industrialists have called for simplification of procedures, including single-window clearances and allotment of land at 50 per cent of the prevailing rates, to speed up relocation of polluting units

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J&K officials fet notice for felling trees

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06/05/1998

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, issued show cause contempt notice for initiating proceedings against two officers of the Jammu & Kashmir Government and the Managing Director of a private firm for

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Cows die of polythene bags

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06/05/1998

Hundreds of cows have died in Jaipur after eating polythene bags left by residents. The menace of plastic bags - one of the fallouts of modern-day living - is threatening the bovine population of the

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Plan to ban import of animals for experiment

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06/05/1998

The committee for the purpose of control and supervision of animals for experimental purposes plans to ban import of animals for experiment. The committee is attached to the Ministry of Environment

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ADB approves US$900,000 grant

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06/05/1998

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance grant of $900,000 to assist the Nepalese government to undertake institutional reforms in the agriculture sector in line with the

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- US will continue to import shrimps from 39 nations despite WTO ruling

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06/05/1998

The United States said on Monday that it will continue to import shrimps from 39 nations that meet a US law protecting sea turtles, a measures the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last month said

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