Vehicle Scrappage Policy of Goa, 2023
The Goa government has notified the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Policy of Goa, 2023 giving detailed guidelines over scrapping of old, unfit vehicles and also offering incentives to those voluntarily handing
Vehicles
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Accountable automatically
Emission warranty and recall system have compelled the automobile manufacturers in the US and Sweden to take serious anti pollution measures
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Down with diesel
Replace old diesel vehicles, proposes a Japanese study
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It s official
Japan makes it mandatory for government agencies to go for ecofriendly vehicles
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A public eyewash
The inspection and maintenance programme is nothing more than testing tailpipes of vehicles in India. The government should stop wasting resources over this system, which ensures neither compliance nor clean air
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Right stroke
Scientists from a Munich-based German company, Ficht, have developed a fuel injection system for 2-stroke engines -- used commonly in motorcycles, lawn mowers and chain saws -- which can cut
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Not all that good
UNLEADED petrol is being touted as a green fuel. But it does more harm than good if vehicles using it do not have catalytic converters to render the exhaust gases safe, according to Roger Perry,
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Replaceable or not
Rules are in place for vehicles to run on liquefied petroleum gas but key technology issues remain unresolved
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Testing in secrecy
Certification in India is a sham. It is done in the most non transparent manner
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SOUTH AFRICA
Government plans to introduce a fleet of new taxis running on diesel has triggered off an outcry in South Africa. Environ mentalists view the country's new-generation taxi fleet with diesel fuel
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Feud settled
a long-running court battle in Japan over air pollution from highway traffic ended in December 2000, with an out of court settlement. The Japanese government and the Hanshin Expressway Public