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Enormous cost escalation in irrigation projects

The slippages in the targets and Government's inability to pump in adequate funds for completion of irrigation projects have resulted in a big drain on Karnataka due to the escalation of the cost of

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04/05/1998
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How planets are born

Our solar system is nearly 5 billion years old, but astronomers have a good idea of how it may have formed. Using Earth's past as a model,it is a report on what might be occuring in the four recently

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- Govtsets 2002 limit for Green fridges

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03/05/1998

The environment ministry will shortly announce its decision to ban use of chloro-fluro carbons (CFCs) from the refrigerator manufacturiang sector from 2002.

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Africa at the turning point

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03/05/1998

With Kenya, South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe leading the way, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa are at a critical turning point in their efforts to address the dual challenge of rapid population

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- Plan to move hazardous units out of city

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03/05/1998

The state government plans to shift all hazardous industries from within the city to its outskirts to improve the environment in Greater Calcutta.

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State to introduce new forest Bill

Forest Minister D Manjunath said that the State Government would come out with a comprehensive Karnataka Forest (Amendment) Bill based on the National Forest Policy evolved by the Centre after

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- Haroa canal widening project dropped

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03/05/1998

The irrigaiton department has abandoned its 20-year project to widen the Haroa canal, which carries the bulk of the city's sewage, because of problems in acquiring land on either bank.

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Rwanda hit by cholera

A cholera epidemic has hit southwestern Rwanda where 219 cases have been recorded since

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Intense lobbying for Bangla offshore oil

More than 20 leading global oil companies are locked in a fierce contest for bidding rights to what is being touted as the largest and most promising gas reserves finds in recent years, in offshore

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- Public opinion strongly favours ban on 'gutka'

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03/05/1998

There is strong and broadbased support for the proposed government move to ban the manufacture and sale of gutka, pan masala and chewing tobacco, products, a nationwide opinion poll reveals.

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