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Nepal's uphill battle to conquer Everest's litter problem

Nepal is to reinforce its attempt to clean up the national park around Mount Everest-dubbed the world's highest garbage dump by critics-with a ban on the sale of bottled

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Reopening of quarries in Kollegal ruled out

The Minister of State for Home, Mr. R. Roshan Baig, ruled out the opening of quarries in the Kollegal and adjoining areas in Karnataka as gelatine sticks and other explosives, likely to be used,

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Pollution test of vehicles fails to hit mark

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Pollution test of vehicles has failed to achieve the desired result of improving Nepal's pollution level even after two years of implementation, traffic police officials say. The officials point out

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Landslide damages drinking water projects

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15/12/1997

Landslide has swept away a drinking water construction site in the Jante VDC of Morang district of Nepal because of the flooded Teliya Khola. A total of 864 families of ward Nos 1,2,8 and 9 have been

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A French debate about death

A fresh debate on euthanasia has bubbled up in France since, a fortnight ago, a nurse in a hospital near Paris was put on trial for helping patients to die. French law, as almost everywhere else in

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Haryana to set up power commission

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15/12/1997

The Haryana Government has decided to set up a state electricity regulatory commission. A notification to this effect will be issued any time.

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Phone cos can now lay cables on forest land

The ministry of environment and forests has allowed private operators of cellular and basic telecom services to lay cables on forest land. The Ministry is working out the compensation the companies

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Move to relocate polluting units

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The process to shift polluting units from populated areas in Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar has started.

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Bangla flood situation worsens

A series of mudslides killed at least 10 people and destroyed scores of houses in Bangladesh as monsoon torrents swelled major rivers once more and flooded large parts of Dhaka and Chittagong.

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Orissa launches project to restore monuments

Coinciding with the golden jubilee year of independence, the Orissa government has launched a project to restore about 400 ancient monuments presently lying in ruins in different parts of the

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