Japan to help in Yangon city upgrade plan
August 23rd, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Aug 23 (IANS) The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is drafting a 40-year Yangon City upgrading plan aimed at helping imoprove Myamnar's backward former capital city, media reports said ... Read more...
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Human life is precious, explain miners’s death: Court to Meghalaya
August 2nd, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 2 (IANS) The Shillong bench of the Gauhati High Court has registered a public interest litigation on the recent deaths of 15 coal miners in Meghalaya's South Garo ... Read more...
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‘Mining rejects can be used to buffer Goa water bodies’
July 21st, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 21 (IANS) Goa's Water Resources Department (WRD) is advocating an innovative use of low-grade ore, cast away as mining rejects, to buffer up slopes surrounding water bodies instead ... Read more...
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Hope runs out for Meghalaya’s trapped ‘rat-hole’ miners
July 13th, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 13 (IANS) The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team Friday called off the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit in Meghalaya since July ... Read more...
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15 miners trapped in coal pit in Meghalaya
July 11th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 11 (IANS) Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are in Meghalaya to rescue 15 miners trapped in a coal pit in South Garo Hills since ... Read more...
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15 miners killed in Meghalaya
July 11th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jul 10 (IANS) Fifteen coal miners drowned after they accidentally punctured the wall of an abandoned mine full of water in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills, an official said Tuesday."Fifteen ... Read more...
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Ludhiana teacher donates tubewell for Maharashtra’s tribals (Environment Feature) (With Images)
June 27th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, June 27 (IANS) Hundreds of tribals living in the remote forests of Maharashtra's Yavatmal district rejoiced when fresh and cool water started gushing out in full force from a ... Read more...
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Three bison found dead in Chhattisgarh
May 25th, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 25 (IANS) Three bison were found dead Friday just outside the Barnawapara wildlife sanctuary, forest officials said, adding that death of protected animals have been reported from the ... Read more...
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Pumping groundwater may cause rise in sea level: Study
May 9th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Amsterdam, May 9 (IANS) A new study calculates that by 2050, groundwater pumping will cause a global sea level rise of about 0.8 mm per year.Pumping groundwater for irrigation, drinking ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi visits drought-hit Maharashtra district (Lead)
April 28th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived in Satara town Saturday morning for a visit to nearby drought-hit areas of Maharashtra, an official said.Accompanied by Chief ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi visits drought-hit Maharashtra district
April 28th, 2012 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived at Satara district Saturday morning for a visit to drought-hit areas there, an official said.Accompanied by Chief Minister Prithviraj ... Read more...
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‘Quarter of Delhi slum dwellers drink impure water’
March 21st, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Around a quarter of families living in slums across the national capital are drinking contaminated water, according to a survey released Wednesday.
The survey was ... Read more...
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Drinking water scare in Chinese city after industrial pollution
January 28th, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 28 (IANS) Authorities in China have swooped into action to monitor drinking water safety more closely after cadmium pollution, caused by a mining firm, has been found downstream ... Read more...
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Goa government lambasted on illegal mining in anniversary feature
December 13th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 13 (IANS) Constant efforts by the state government to play down the illegal mining scandal in Goa notwithstanding, a feature article released by the Press Information Bureau ... Read more...
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More than 5 million still affected by floods in Pakistan
November 26th, 2011 - 11:04 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- More than five million people are currently still being affected by this year's flooding in parts of Pakistan, requiring urgent humanitarian assistance, the United Nations (UN) said ... Read more...
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Three coal miners killed
August 31st, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 31 (IANS) Three coal miners have died after inhaling toxic gas (sulpur dioxide) in a coal pit in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills, according to an environmentalist."We have confirmed ... Read more...
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Beijing to invest $1.25 bn to halt march of sand
August 29th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) The Beijing municipality will spend eight billion yuan ($1.25 billion) on planting forests in its neighbouring Hebei province to block the sand blown by wind and ... Read more...
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China fights rats with stray cats
August 20th, 2011 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 20 (IANS) More than 100 stray cats that used to roam the streets in a Chinese province have now been collected and organised into a team to fight ... Read more...
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Titicaca, world’s highest lake, at risk
July 11th, 2011 - 9:34 am ICT by IANS
La Paz (Bolivia), July 11 (IANS) Lake Titicaca, the highest commercially navigable lake in the world, located on the border of Peru and Bolivia, is at risk from at least ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh bans fishing, one-year jail for violators
June 17th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 17 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Friday announced a two-month ban on fishing to protect fish during their breeding period in monsoon.Violators would be booked under a law that provides for ... Read more...
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Drought hits 10 million people in China (Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 25 (IANS) Nearly 10 million people in China's central Hubei province have been hit by a severe drought that dried up water sources and destroyed thousands of hectares ... Read more...
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10 million people toil drought in China
May 25th, 2011 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 25 (IANS) Nearly 10 million people in China's central Hubei province, accounting for one-sixth of the country's population, have been hit by a severe drought that dried up ... Read more...
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Depleting forests in Himachal worry green activists (April 22 is Earth Day)
April 22nd, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 22 (IANS) Depleting green cover, receding water resources and frequent change in climatic conditions are worrying the environmentalists in Himachal Pradesh. The reason is obvious. The small hill ... Read more...
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British-era harvesting wells still working in Shimla
March 22nd, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 22 (IANS) Though the Himachal Pradesh government recently made it mandatory for buildings to have rainwater harvesting structures, the far-sighted British engineers adopted this technique in Shimla more ... Read more...
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Where is environment in Bengal poll campaign, ask green activists
March 18th, 2011 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Black vehicle exhaust fumes choking the atmosphere, water sources getting clogged with debris, including of idols, deforestation. These major environmental issues don't seem to figure in ... Read more...
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Jharkhand stares at harsh summer as water sources shrink
March 16th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 16 (IANS) "The biggest problem in Ranchi is water," says 55-year-old V.N. Singh, as he stands sweating in a serpentine queue in front of a water tanker in ... Read more...
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Water management processes directly impacts our health: expert
February 21st, 2011 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): Changes to water systems affect the health and well-being of communities living within them, says a new study.For Margot Parkes at the University of Northern British Columbia, watersheds ... Read more...
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EPA to limit rocket fuel chemical in tap water
February 3rd, 2011 - 2:24 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Environmental Protection Agency in the United States has proposed a cap on the amount of Perchlorate that should be allowed in drinking water.The agency ... Read more...
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Special sugar, nanoparticles may help detect cholera toxin
January 19th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 19 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Central Florida have developed a technique that may someday become one of the most effective weapons to stop the spread of cholera, a ... Read more...
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Bangladesh accord pushes 14 irrigation schemes in Tripura
January 12th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) The India-Bangladesh secretary-level talks of the Joint River Commission (JRC), removed four years long deadlock over the construction of 14 irrigation projects along the border in Tripura, ... Read more...
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Icicle shape stranger than previously thought
December 26th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 26 (ANI): A new Canadian research has found that subtle differences in wind and water can produce icicles with strange shapes.Using an indoor icicle-making machine, the researchers have challenged a ... Read more...
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Poinsettia Bowl Will Kick- Off At Scheduled Time
December 23rd, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Dec 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Several days of heavy rain now poses as an obstacle for the scheduled Poinsettia Bowl game on Thursday night at Qualcomm stadium between the two teams ... Read more...
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Himachal villagers to boycott panchayat polls
December 20th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Rekong Peo (Himachal Pradesh), Dec 20 (IANS) People in four villages of Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district have decided to boycott the panchayat elections to protest an upcoming hydropower project. They are opposing ... Read more...
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Tiny protozoa may help detect toxins in water sources
December 12th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 12 (ANI): Biologists have developed a sensor that employs one-celled protozoa to detect toxins in water sources.The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) biologist Scott Gallager's revolutionary Swimming Behavioral Spectrophotometer ... Read more...
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A study of soil as a source of pollutants
November 28th, 2010 - 11:34 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): A new study from University of Southern Maine aims to understand the role of soil as a source of pollutants.Nearly one-fifth of the earth's surface is comprised of ... Read more...
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