Pollution test of vehicles fails to hit mark
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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Japan's hybrid cars
The Japanese automakers are going green with a venegance. And there are several reasons. In the next century, as millions of new car owners in China, India and elsewhere take to the road, the
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TVS-Suzuki to make 4-stroke line only
TVS-Suzuki has decided to convert its entire range of two wheelers into four stroke. It will flag-off this conversion with the launch of its four stroke scooter, code named Neon, on October 1 in New
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Rs 10,000 for pollution-free autos
Nearly 50,000 commercial vehicles that are older than 15 years need not be phased out on October 2, if the new technology offered to the Government by a private firm (G&T Yugo Tech, with partners in
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Dhaka air has highest lead pollution in the world
The Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, with more than eight million residents, has one of the highest lead pollution in the world, said a study. The study by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC)
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Transport strike threatened
Commercial vehicle owners have called a strike tomorrow against the ban on vehicles older than 15 years. The ban is applicable from 2 October and the strike call is for the owners of such vehicles.
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Platinum 'could be extracted from road dust'
Platinum pollution from catalytic converters in cars has already built up to astonishingly high levels in UK cities, the British Association meeting heard in Cardiff. It will soon become commercial
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Motor vehicle owners' plea
The Federation of Transport Unions of Delhi yesterday filed a petition seeking modification of the Supreme Court order scrapping all commercial vehicles in the capital older than 15 years from
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Biomass liquid to increase engine efficiency
A Patna based oncologist, Dr. Kameshwarnath Mallik, has developed an agro-based biomass liquid concentrated titled Feacksol that can increase mileage and efficiency of automobile engines and other
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Low-sulphur diesel for all to cost Rs 5,568 cr
The major public sector oil companies are setting up nine diesel hydro-sulphurisation (DHDS) units at a cost of Rs 5,568.31 crore to produce low-sulphur diesel in keeping with a Supreme Court
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Delhi govt. set to launch
The Delhi government is set to launch "Project Green Engine", with funding from The Netherlands, for a pilot project to convert 50 diesel-run buses of Delhi Transport Corporation to propane fuel
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Report on clean fuels
The Hon
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GM, Isuzu form venture to build diesel engines
General Motors Corp. and Japan's Isuzu Motors Ltd. are forming a $320 million joint venture to build new-generation diesel engines for GM trucks at a new factory outside Dayton, Ohio. The new,
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Environment-friendly anti-explosion filler
Eco-Spirit International (Pvt) Ltd is to launch Deto-Stop, an environment friendly anti-explosion filler of international standard. The anti-explosion filler is the product of Deto-Stop which is made
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EU Commission outlines plan for fuel-economy information
The European Commission has proposed new rules on information about the fuel economy of cars as part of an effort to reduce European Union carbon dioxide emissions. The commission said it wants
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Multi-pollutant emissions inventory for the National Capital Region of Delhi
<p><span id="itro1">This paper present results of a bottom-up emissions inventory, an analysis of source-receptor relationships for PM10 and PM 2.5 for residential and industrial areas in Delhi NCR, and
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Auto makers allay fears of Benzene pollution
The Association of Indian Authomobile Manufacturers (AIAM) has allayed fears that the introduction of unleaded petrol will lead to higher benzene emissions and thereby would add to air pollution.
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Environment-friendly cars in offing
Cheer up Kathmanduites. Though late, less-polluting cars are in the offing. Manufacturers say, once the cars with dual-fuel system the Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and petrol start plying the roads,
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France re-assesses whether its love of cars is diesel fired
New tax proposals may cause owners to examine the economy of running a diesel vehicle. The French government's 1999 budget proposals, would raise tax on the fuel and reduce the price advantage it
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Pollution
HC fiat to transport secretary: The Karnataka High Court today directed the State transport secretary to co-ordinate with the transport secretaries of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and