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  Fukushima steps up efforts to freeze radioactive water

  World | July 24, 2014 11:24 IST

  Tokyo: The operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has said it will accelerate the process of freezing irradiated water in underground tunnels.Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) would thus comply with the requirements of

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  India steps up pressure on Switzerland to share bank info

  India | May 02, 2014 12:55 IST

  New Delhi: India has strongly objected to Switzerland's denial of information about account details of certain Indians at HSBC's Swiss bank branches, in whose cases “incriminating evidence of tax evasion” have been found here.In a

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  BJP steps up fight for Uttar Pradesh cane growers

  India | December 03, 2013 9:39 IST

  Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh will Tuesday visit the bereaved family of a sugarcane farmer in Lakhimpur Kheri area of Uttar Pradesh who committed suicide due to heavy debts.Party spokesman Vijay Bahadur

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  Congress steps up attack on Modi, calls him Yamraj

  Politics | April 06, 2013 11:44 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 6 : Raking up the 2002 post-Godhra riots issue, Congress on Friday appeared to compare Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with 'yamraj', the Lord of Death in Hindu mythology.The party also said

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  China steps up conventional missile capability

  World | June 11, 2012 17:09 IST

  Beijing, Jun 11: Amid escalation of maritime tensions with neighbours and a US military focus shift to Asia Pacific, Chinese military is stepping up its conventional missile capability, polishing its ability to carry out multiple

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  Japan Steps Up Efforts To Cool Reactors At Quake-Hit N-Plant

  World | March 17, 2011 22:29 IST

  Fukushima/Tokyo, Mar 17: Japan today made desperate efforts to douse overheating spent fuel rods at its quake-crippled reactors in the Fukushima plant, dumping tonnes of water using helicopters and water cannon trucks amid growing concerns