Kourtney Kardashian wants to have a water birth
June 22nd, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, June 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Kardashians sure know how to be in the news all the time. After Kim’s super-fast wedding and divorce saga, now it’s the time for Kourtney ... Read more...
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Mumbai harbour channel to be deepened, expanded for more traffic
March 1st, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) In a major boost to maritime trade and commerce, the Indian government Thursday decided to deepen, lengthen and widen the harbour channel and entry points to ... Read more...
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Venezuela freezes prices of 18 products
November 23rd, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Nov 23 (IANS/EFE) The Venezuelan government ordered a freeze on the prices of 18 products under the new Fair Price Law, with which Caracas intends to take one more ... Read more...
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Banana peels - the low-cost natural water purifier!
March 10th, 2011 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): Banana peels, useful in polishing silverware and leather shoes, may have another surprising use -as a water purifier.Gustavo Castro and colleagues said that minced banana peels performed better ... Read more...
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Can clams help clean oil-filled waters?
February 27th, 2011 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): Researchers at Southeastern Louisiana University are studying the lowly Rangia clam, common in the waters of Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas and other brackish bodies of water, to determine ... Read more...
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‘Ghost writer’ back to her spooky ways
December 5th, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Dec 5 (IANS) Less than six years after she came out with her first book of ghost stories, writer Minakshi Chaudhry is penning another collection of spooky tales based ... Read more...
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Neela Hauz lake to be restored after Games
June 6th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The ancient Neela Hauz lake, the largest natural water body in south Delhi, will be restored after the Commonwealth Games in October.
The lake is spread over 2.5 ... Read more...
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Cactus gum may purify water cheaply, effectively
April 28th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 28 (ANI): The best way to purify water could be hiding in a cactus, according to scientists.According to Norma Alcantar at the University of South Florida in Tampa and colleagues, ... Read more...
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Can the Yamuna be cleaned, the Finnish way? (With Image)
April 5th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Nishant Arora
Lahti (Finland), April 5 (IANS) If there is will power and a clear vision, the now dying Yamuna river in India can be saved, says an expert from Finland ... Read more...
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Explorer finds evidence of ancient waterway linking Atlantic to Pacific
February 13th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 13 (ANI): An explorer claims to have found evidence of an ancient water route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which existed hundreds of years before the Panama Canal was ... Read more...
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Scientists develop virtual streams to help restore real ones
November 25th, 2009 - 3:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 25 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Minnesota in the US have developed a unique new computer model called the Virtual StreamLab, designed to help restore real streams to a ... Read more...
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A dry Bharatpur won’t be much of a bird sanctuary (With Images)
July 22nd, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Bharatpur (Rajasthan), July 22 (IANS) There is an air of despair among bird watchers and officials at the Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary here. The rains have played truant so far and ... Read more...
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Going to Shimla? Carry your own water
June 2nd, 2009 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, June 2 (IANS) What do you expect when you go to Shimla? Walks on the Mall, great climate, horse rides, shopping and good food. What do you get? ... Read more...
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Ancient oak trees help reduce global warming
June 28th, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 28 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that ancient oak trees submerged in freshwater aquatic systems store carbon for thousands of years, thus keeping carbon out of the atmosphere and helping ... Read more...
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Central Asian countries highlight Aral Sea crisis for help
May 28th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by admin
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United Nations, May 28 (Xinhua) The UN ambassadors of five Central Asian countries have highlighted the deepening environmental crisis involving the world's fourth largest lake Aral Sea, which shrunk to one-tenth of ... Read more...
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Himalayan glaciers may disappear within decades: UN
March 18th, 2008 - 5:15 pm ICT by admin
New York, March 18 (IANS) Himalayan glaciers are melting fast and may disappear within decades, affecting as many as 750 million people downstream who depend on the glacial melt for their water, ... Read more...
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Melting of glaciers has doubled worldwide
March 17th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by admin
London, March 17 (ANI): Data from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has shown that the rate at which some of the world's glaciers are melting has more than doubled.The findings ... Read more...
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