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The burning question

A recent study dispels all that your mother told you about recycling. It says that incineration is the best way to manage waste paper

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Eaten hollow

The sal heartwood borer

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Hotter and hotter...

scientists in the us say that 1997 was the hottest year. Global temperatures increased by an average of 0.083

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Hazy picture

The agriculture ministry and the Indian Meteorological Department have given contradictory statements on how crops have failed in the past year

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A flowery tale

Phytotech, a company based in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, USA, has come out with a technique to purify water contaminated with radiation. Interestingly, the technique uses sunflowers. It works by

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Creeping death

according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the " Rift Valley fever' that broke out a month back in northeast Kenya is out of control. The fever along

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Stink in the northeast

Unscientific coal mining is threatening the pristine beauty of Meghalaya while affecting the lives of many people

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Treating sewage

Rapid rise in the number of visitors at the National Audubon Society's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, southwest of Florida, USA, has resulted in an alarming increase in the amount of waste generated. But

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Cutting off the umbilical cord

The white-bearded, wiry Baiga tribal of Chada village in Mandla is a sad man. " Dukh to hota hai, per kuch kar bhi nahi sakte " (It hurts, but we cannot do anything about it), he says helplessly.

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Oil spill

a large oil slick is threatening marine life and birds along the United Arab Emirates (uae) coastline. The slick was caused by a stricken barge that spilled about 4,000 tonnes of crude oil into

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