24 die after drinking hooch in Honduras
July 11th, 2012 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, July 11 (IANS) Twentyfour people have died over the past two weeks in Honduras after drinking illicit liquor, said health authorities.The head of epidemicological security for the Health Secretariat, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Cuba seeks to boost alternative energy production
June 11th, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, June 11 (IANS/EFE) Cuba is intending to increase its renewable energy production by 12 percent over the next eight years in a push for "energy security and sovereignty", an ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Seaweed can be an unlimited source of biofuel
July 4th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 4 (IANS) Seaweed may prove a viable future biofuel -- especially if harvested in summer.
Researchers found the best month for biofuel harvest was in July when the ... Read more...
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‘Free spirit’ Symonds happy out of cricketing spotlight
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Dec. 23 (ANI): Former Australian Test player Andrew Symonds has gone from the glare of the spotlight to the anonymity of farming life in North Queensland.In 2006, during the last Ashes ... Read more...
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Allegations soar against Pak’s political figures over “man-made” catastrophe
September 11th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Muzaffargarh, Sept 11 (ANI): In the wake of the huge devastation caused by floods in Pakistan, a controversy has surfaced in various parts of the country over whether the political elite intentionally ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Wyclef Jean’s presidential plans for farming in Haiti
August 9th, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 09 (ANI): Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean has prepared his plan of action if he wins the presidential elections from his native country.The 37-year-old artist has laid out detailed changes that ... Read more...
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Boat made of plastic bottles completes Pacific tour
July 26th, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 26 (ANI): The Plastiki, a boat made out of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, completed its tour after it docked at the Sydney Harbour.The boat spent four difficult months crossing the ... Read more...
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Feeding elephants declared a crime in Bangkok
July 13th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Bangkok, July 13 (ANI): Bangkok authorities have issued a new ordinance wherein people caught feeding bananas or sugar cane to elephants, proffered by their handlers to make money, will be fined 10,000 ... Read more...
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Now, technology to produce sugar from photosynthetic bacteria
June 29th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 29 (ANI): Scientists have engineered photosynthetic bacteria to produce simple sugars and lactic acid.Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard and Harvard Medical School believe the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Plea admitted against Uttar Pradesh sugar mills’ privatisation (Lead)
May 28th, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday admitted a petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to privatise 11 state-run sugar mills by off-loading its entire stake in them.
A vacation ... Read more...
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Riga Sugar eyes Rs.100 crore this fiscal
March 30th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Riga Sugar Company Limited (RSCL) plans to clock a turnover of Rs.100 crore in 2009-2010 (October-September), a top company official said here Tuesday.
"We are planning to clock a ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Small family farms in tropics can feed the hungry and preserve biodiversity
February 23rd, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 23 (ANI): Two University of Michigan researchers have determined that small, family-owned farms can produce lots of food while preserving biodiversity in the world's remaining tropical forests.In many tropical ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Sugarcane pricing row: Rahul Gandhi meets PM
November 19th, 2009 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi that the government would suitably amend the ordinance regarding fair and remunerative pricing (FRP) system ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu opposes new sugarcane pricing policy
November 8th, 2009 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam Sunday said the state government does not agree with the central government's new sugarcane pricing policy.
"The fact that the DMK government ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa criticises sugarcane pricing policy
November 6th, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Friday criticised the central government's sugar cane policy and asked the Tamil Nadu government to clarify its position on the cane procurement price ... Read more...
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First synthetic cellulosome in yeast may improve production of renewable fuel
November 2nd, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 2 (ANI): Scientists have constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast, which has the potential to improve the production of renewable fuel.The scientists were led by ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Millions in Bihar pray to setting sun on Chhath (Lead)
October 24th, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 24 (IANS) Millions of people across Bihar, mostly women, marked the festival of Chhath Saturday by fasting, singing traditional songs and praying to the setting sun.
Devotees, attired in new clothes, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nanotechnology makes biofuel development a cost-effective and ‘green’ process
October 9th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 9 (ANI): Researchers at Louisiana Tech University in the US have come out with nanotechnology processes that can make the development of biofuels cost-effective and also easy on the environment.Biofuels ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Haitian kills Dominican for selling him dog meat
September 3rd, 2009 - 6:18 am ICT by IANS
Santiago (Dominican Republic), Sep 3 (EFE) An illegal Haitian immigrant beat a Dominican man to death with a pick for supposedly selling him dog meat instead of goat meat, police said.
Jose Pie ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Go for homemade beauty treatments, says Paltrow
August 7th, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow says homemade products are the best for skin care.
Homemade beauty treatments like sugar, ground coffee, oatmeal, honey and olive oil are apparently ... Read more...
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New technique may pave way for producing biofuels from agricultural waste
May 11th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 11 (ANI): Scientists in California, US, are reporting the use of a new bioprocess that could help pave the way for producing biofuels from agricultural waste, easing concerns about stress ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Morgan Stanley eyes to own Brazilian ethanol plant
July 10th, 2008 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, July 10 (IANS) US investment banking giant Morgan Stanley has said it wants to expand its presence in the alternative fuel industry from trading to production and is negotiating to ... Read more...
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US can’t ignore food crisis, maize-based fuel ‘transitional’: Obama
April 26th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 26 (DPA) Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said the US could not ignore global suffering from a food crisis and should slowly move away from maize-based fuel production that has ... Read more...
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Green fuel may increase asthma rates
March 24th, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by admin
London, Mar 24 (ANI): Green fuels used in school buses may increase asthma rates, warn experts.American experts believe that the bio fuels made from corn, sugar cane and rapeseed can cause ... Read more...
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