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- Arsenic problem in Bangladesh

That the persisting arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh was possibly one of the largest mass slow poisoning cases in the world was brought to sharp focus during the recently-concluded

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- Eco-friendly fuel filling station coming up

A filling station to dispense propane, a clean automotive fuel, will start functioning in about six weeks. Set up under a pilot project being implemented by SHV Energy India Ltd, a fully-owned

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- What the scientists say

India's leading rice breeder, Dr. E.A. Siddiq, has said that the use of 'basmati' name by the US Rice Tec Inc to its variety was "unacceptable." Dr. Siddiq and co-researchrs developed the world's

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- Goshree project

Govt given time to table alternative plan: A full bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted time till March 31 to the State Government to file the final report with regard to alternative

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- Ministry recommends CNG-based buses for Delhi

The ministry of environment and forests has proposed to introduce a parallel public transport network, running on compressed natural gas (CNG), in Delhi. THis is to lower the use of petrol and diesel

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- World panel on dams gives Narmada tribals a voice

For tribals struggling for survival in the Narmada basin in Gujarat, the World Bank may have brought a new lease of life. The Asmal-Jain commission, set up by international agencies, will allow

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- India, US to exchange satellite data

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India and the US have agreed to swap sensitive data gleaned from their satellites. Specific areas of cooperation identified under an MoU signed in Washington include weather analysis and forecasting

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- Indian envoy on world dams panel

The Indian High Commissioner to South Africa, Mr. Lakshmi Chand Jain, has been named as the Vice Chairperson of the World Commission on Dams (WCD). The announcement was made in Cape Town yesterday by

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- First Asians crossed US over 40,000 years back

The first humans crossed a land bridge from Siberia into the Americas 40,000 years ago, about 30,000 years earlier than had been thought, according to new research. A study of Native American

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Headaches looming on software

The introduction of a common European currency as the world's computer programmers are trying to defuse the millennium bomb in 2000 ranks as "one of the worst public policy decisions in history",

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