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Girls migh be talkative, but it

vice-chancellor of Osmania Univer-sity, V Ramakistayya, underscored the need for bringing about awareness among the masses to dispel fears of tapping nuclear energy. Speaking recently at a seminar

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• The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has constituted a committee to montor the implementation of the rules of hazardous waste management. M G K Menon, former minister for science and

A study distinguishes the bad fats from their more harmless cousins

india is on the verge of an ecological disaster, says a World Bank (wb) report. By the year 2020, the study predicts that sulphur dioxide emissions in the country would increase by 315 per cent.

Science wages war against the killer virus. But who will win?

the World Wide Fund (wwf for Nature has declared 1998 as the year for the tiger. It has also chalked out plans to counter increasing cases of poaching and illegal trade in major tiger range