Friday, September 25, 1998
Kaziranga braves flood, will open for winter on schedule
The world-famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam, known to be the home of the one-horned rhino, will be reopened for tourists on schedule on November one, as repair of damages caused by the devastating floods of the Brahmaputra has already begun.
WB rues US meddling in India, Pak aids
Key World Bank officials have expressed concern and unhappiness over the way the United States and some other nations have politicised the institution, cutting multilateral aid to India and Pakistan because Washington disapproves of their nuclear tests.
US denies visa for a young cancer patient on technical point
Divya Kiran, who had sought a visa to go to the US to get treatment for thyroid cancer with "metastasis" to the lungs at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, was told that her application had been rejected on the grounds that she may not come back to India.
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