October 2nd, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Perambalur (Tamil Nadu), Oct 2 (IANS) Four girls, aged between 7 and 11 and belonging to a shepherd community, drowned in an open well Thursday in a village near here, an official ...
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August 9th, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhopal, Aug 9 (IANS) The central government's assurance of setting up a commission to look into the grievances of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims 24 years after the disaster occurred has not ...
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July 24th, 2008 - 5:28 am ICT by IANS
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Paris, July 24 (DPA) Inspectors found that 100 people have been "slightly" contaminated near the French nuclear plant Tricastin, French media reported Wednesday. The incident is the second incident at the plant ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Paris, July 17 (DPA) Ten days after the leak of radioactive uranium from a nuclear power plant in southern France, Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo has said he wants all the reactors of ...
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June 29th, 2008 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
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Vellore (Tamil Nadu), June 28 (IANS) Farmers in Tamil Nadu Saturday threatened to block road links with Andhra Pradesh to protest its "plans" to build minor and major dams over interstate rivers. ...
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June 24th, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Sydney, June 24 (IANS) Scientists have for the first time discovered gold nanoparticles, setting to rest speculation about whether they existed at all. Scientists of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ...
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June 24th, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Sydney, June 24 (IANS) Scientists have for the first time discovered gold nanoparticles, setting to rest speculation about whether they existed at all. Scientists of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ...
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June 18th, 2008 - 7:19 pm ICT by ANI
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Ludhiana , June 18 (ANI): Early monsoon rain has brought cheer to the farmers in Punjab state, as they begin sowing paddy crop.
The arrival of rains before its scheduled time has ...
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June 18th, 2008 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, June 17 (IANS) There is no cause for concern over the sudden emergence of long and deep fissures in the ground at various places in Uttar Pradesh, an official said Tuesday. ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 7:39 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, June 16 (IANS) A new strain of barley that could be a boon to the environment and for farm animals has been developed by agricultural scientists. Dubbed "clearwater", the barley is ...
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June 12th, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, June 12 (IANS) Several houses in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district were damaged after wide cracks developed in the earth's surface, an official said Thursday. "The earth's crust has developed numerous cracks ...
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June 4th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Coca-Cola India is planning to start 20 water conservation projects Thursday to reach its goal of being a "net zero" groundwater user. "We are planning to inaugurate ...
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May 21st, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Thirty-seven Bhopal gas disaster survivors, including 22 women, were arrested Wednesday when they chained themselves near Prime Minister Manmohar Singh's residence here to demand that the government ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 12:14 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 9 (IANS) A novel tube-like sensor would now make monitoring gas concentrations possible over a large area, both cheaply and effectively, doing the work of a number of existing sensors. ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 7:40 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Expressing solidarity with the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, French author and activist Dominique Lapierre has said the children growing up in the affected area ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 12:31 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 4 (ANI): A new study has found that the fate of nanoparticles spilled into groundwater, depends on the properties of water carrying them.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of ...
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April 19th, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 19 (ANI): Scientists have used high-energy X-rays to discover and study the structure of plutonium nanoclusters, which contaminate groundwater, thus increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals.
The ...
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April 16th, 2008 - 8:29 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Over 100 school kids participated in a rally here Wednesday in support of the Bhopal gas tragedy survivors who marched from Bhopal to Delhi, demanding rehabilitation and ...
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March 28th, 2008 - 12:13 pm ICT by admin
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Patna, March 28 (IANS) High level of arsenic in groundwater has affected 120,000 people in 12 Bihar districts, including capital Patna, says the state's Public Health and Engineering Department Minister Prem Kumar. ...
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March 17th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by admin
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Agra, March 17 (IANS) A group of 50 survivors of the Bhopal gas leak holocaust, marching for nearly one month, reached here Monday after walking over 500 km to highlight the continued ...
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January 17th, 2008 - 3:41 pm ICT by admin
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London, Jan 17 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have forced uranium - a highly unreactive element, into a chemical reaction, thus raising possibilities of developing cleaning agents for nuclear ...
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January 15th, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by admin
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London, January 15 (ANI): An animal study conducted at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in Kolkata has provided evidence that garlic helps fight arsenic poisoning, which is usually caused due to ...
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