September 24th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 24 (ANI): Detecting contamination in water will now take just thirty minutes and thirty dollars, thanks to a new test developed at Australia''s Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Centre near ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 5:02 am ICT by ANI
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Gandhmardhan (Orissa), August 12 (ANI): Desperate villagers in the famous Gandhmardhan hills of Orissa protested to prevent mining in the area by London based Vedanta Group who got the green signal ...
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July 18th, 2008 - 8:28 pm ICT by ANI
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New York/Geneva, July 18 (ANI): South Asia has the highest rate of open defecation in the world at 48 percent, and is closely followed by sub-Saharan Africa (28 percent), says a ...
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July 13th, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by ANI
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By Brajesh Kr.Singh
Dholpur (Rajasthan), July 11 (ANI): After years of wait for rains, the record downpour in Rajasthan''s Dholpur district in the last four days has brought a big wave of ...
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June 11th, 2008 - 8:27 pm ICT by ANI
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Gwalior, June 11 (ANI): Acute water shortage in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh is posing a serious threat to the production of potato seeds at the Central Potato Research Station.
The potato research ...
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June 9th, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by ANI
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By Iqram Ali
Bhaura Kalan (Muzaffarnagar) (Uttar Pradesh), June 8 (ANI):In a unique gesture to showcase his special care for birds, Prakash Vijay of Sultanpur in Uttar Pradeshs Muzaffarnagar district has resolved ...
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June 2nd, 2008 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, June 2 (Xinhua) The toll in the May 12 earthquake in China's northwest region rose to 69,000, the government said Monday and added that there was no report of outbreak of ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by admin
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Bhubaneswar, May 13 (IANS) Orissa has banned the use of recycled polythene of less than 20 microns thickness following a court order as reports said its rampant use was polluting drinking water ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 9:06 am ICT by admin
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By Johanna Marten
Yangon, May 13 (DPA) The rain came down so forcefully that people's skin suffered bruises. Yet they survived and are among the lucky ones in the Irrawaddy river delta region ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) At least 70 survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedy, including 40 children, were detained Monday as they staged a protest outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by admin
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By Pinaki Das
Bilaihum (Tripura), May 3 (ANI): Malaria continues to take a heavy toll in Tripura with reports of at least 30 tribals falling prey to high fever and 22 of ...
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April 21st, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 21 (IANS) Scientists studying two very ancient elephants surmised that they were probably semi-aquatic mammals, eating freshwater plants. "Molecular data from modern elephants share a common ancestry with the sirenians ...
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March 13th, 2008 - 5:16 pm ICT by admin
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Coimbatore, March 13 (IANS) Over 6,000 sq km of the precious Nilgiris forests, a heritage ecosystem, is threatened by forest fires that are still blazing, wildlife department officials said here Thursday. The ...
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March 10th, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by admin
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Bhubaneshwar, Mar 10 (ANI): Addressing media persons in Bhubaneshwar after culmination of four-day statewide tour on Monday, All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi said that mining in hills of ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 7:36 pm ICT by admin
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Shimla, Feb 29 (IANS) Tourists are dumping an increasing amount of non-biodegradable plastic waste on the Himalayan glaciers, and environmental scientists have expressed concern this could damage the fragile mountain eco-system. A ...
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February 17th, 2008 - 3:30 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): A researcher at Northern Arizona University (NAU) has a cow dung collection dating back to thousands of years, that might reveal past climate patterns.
The researcher is Jim Mead, ...
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