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Mining

 Obstructing the flow

Landmines and damaged transport infrastructure are proving to be the biggest roadblocks to humanitarian aid reaching 1.2 million Angolans. The un Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Publication Date: 
14/03/2004
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Food Aid, Mining, Transport, Legislation, Angola
Air Pollution

 Development is not a road

Reportedly, bjp senior leader Arun Jaitley has contemptuously labelled Digvijay Singh s Madhya Pradesh government as ngo style . Why? Because it spends more on social deve lopment education

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Sunita Narain
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Development, Transport, Governance, Political Parties, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, NGO, India, Madhya Pradesh
Transport

 Safety prescription

A ustralian authorities finally appear to be wising up to the nuclear risk. The State Emergency Management Committee of New South Wales has recommended the pre-distribution of iodine tablets to

Publication Date: 
30/10/2003
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Cancer, Transport, Preventive Medicine, Nuclear Wastes, Australia
Transport

B'lore metro work to start in April

After the Bangalore international airport, it appears to be time to firm up the action plan for metro rial. The Bangalore mass rapid Transit Ltd (BMRTL), the agency set up by government of Karnataka

Publication Date: 
23/10/2003
Economic Times (New Delhi)
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Transport
Transport

Konkan rly to introduce sky bus metro

India's future generations will travel across cities through

Publication Date: 
11/10/2003
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Transport
Transport

Ministry seeks inclusion of water transport in Nepal treaty

The shipping ministry has approached the ministry of external affairs for inclusion of inland water transport (IWT) in the Indo-Nepal treaty. This would help the two countries in moving cargo through

Publication Date: 
03/10/2003
Financial Express (New Delhi)
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Transport
India

 Nautical curbs

India to restrict movement of old cargo ships

Publication Date: 
14/09/2003
Nidhi Jamwal
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Shipping, Transport, Oil, Legislation, India
India

 Toll fuels resentment

The new-age highwayman is the toll tax collector. So believes the All-India Motor Transport Congress (aimtc), which has asked for abolition of the levy. It wants a standard charge of 5 paise per

Publication Date: 
14/09/2003
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 Rule relaxed

TN unshackles timber transport

Publication Date: 
14/08/2003
E Vijayalakshmi
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Transport, Timber Industry, Legislation, India, Tamil Nadu
Transport

Rs 393-cr waived for Metro project

The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved the revised cost estimates and funding plans for the Delhi Mass Rapid Transport System phase I. By this move Delhi government will be giving an exemption of Rs

Publication Date: 
22/07/2003
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