Cancellation of fishing licences demanded
The speakers at a meeting in Pakistan demanded that the licenses issued for the deep-sea-fishing to the foreign trawlers be cancelled immediately. They were speaking at the meeting held after the
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Mines transferred to panchayats
Five thousand mines fetching a revenue of about Rs 16 crore have been transferred to Panchayats by the Mineral Resources department in Madhya Pradesh. Entire amounts of royalty from these mines are
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13 die as El Nino storm hits the West Coast
An El Nino storm that brought five straight days of rain and high winds to the Pacific Coast eased, but more bad weather was on the way and the danger of mudslides was high. At its height, the storm
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Santa goes green
Santa has been paying a flying visit to Lancashire, UK, and he's swapped his usual fur-lined scarlet outfit for a green version in order to promote recycling of waste from the festive season. Over
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Rs. One million for flood relief
An emergency meeting was held at Oluvil Mahapola Marine Institute (Sri Lanka) morning presided over by Minister Rauff Hakeem along with Minister Social Services Ravindra Samaraweera to make
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Turn 24 residential areas into industry zones, says DDA
Delhi Development Authority (DDA) today recommended that industries be allowed in 24 residential areas of Delhi that have more than 70 per cent industrial concentration. If this DDA move is approved
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This December hottest in six years: Met
Delhi's winter just got hot. The sun, shining bright at an average 27 degrees Celsius for the past one week, is too hot to sit out and soak up the rays. And while no one is willing to say that such
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Nab those involved in soil dumping along Sal rivulet, demands Luizinho
Former Chief Minister, Luizinho Faleiro has demanded immediate action, including the arrest of those involved in the dumping of soil on the banks of Sal rivulet, just meters away from the Rawanfond
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State gets rice for drought relief works
The Centre has released one lakh metric tonnes of rice to Karnataka state as drought relief works, Revenue Minister Mallikarjuna Nagappa said here. Speaking to press per-sons at the valedictory
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Govt to provide more facilities to Sabarimala pilgrims: CM
Chief Minister A K Antony on Friday said that the State Government was committed to provide more facilities to Sabarimala pilgrims. Inaugurating the Ayyappa Medical Centre, set up jointly by the
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Preaching plastics, the Lemstra way
"Governments are stupid. They ban plastics," Dr Piet J Lemstra can say this without a blink. "People should burn plastics. Not throw them on the roads." He can blurt our more staccato that can turn
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CWC scraps 15 State flood control projects
In what could land Assam Government in an embarassing position, Central Water Commission (CWC) has scrapped 15 flood control projects of Assam because of non-response of the State Government for over
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Acute pollution in Kanpur
The Kanpur city is presently facing acute pollution on account of the laying of sewer lines across the city but soon the work is likely to be accomplished and the dust and air pollution will reach
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Eco disasters to cost $70 billion
Crippling droughts, torrential floods and other environmental disasters will cost the world more than $70 billion in 2002, the United Nations Environment Programme has
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M.P. tops among states in governance initiatives
Madhya Pradesh tops the list among the States for implementing the maximum number of successful governance initiatives that have been jointly identified by the Planning Commission and the United
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Coastal Karnataka prone to quakes, warns expert
Coastal Karnataka is more tectonically active than it was believed to be, according to Professor K S Valdiya of Geodynamic Unit, Jawaharalal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. Many active
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Parasites of Disaster
The other tragedy is what's begin done in the name of Bhopal. On November 25, almost a week before the 18th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas tragedy, 60-odd activists of the global environment watchdog
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Drought relief co-ops demand Rs 1800-cr central assistance
The co-operative banks have demanded a financial support of Rs 1800 crore from the government in the event of the implementation of the scheme of interest waiver on farmers' loans recently announced
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Rucks over notification on use of loudspeakers
The Anti-Noise Pollution committee (ANPC) set up by the Association of Medical Consultants (AMC), Mumbai has questioned the validity of the October 11 notification issued by the Central government
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Bhoovigyan award
The prestigious "Bhoovigyan Leadership Award 2002" was given to the noted UK based scholar, M Satish Kumar, for his path breaking contribution to population, environment and development studies.