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A RECENT study of the sea defences around the Gulf of Tonking in northern Vietnam highlights the role of mangroves in strengthening the coastal defences. Researchers from the University of

Caught in a paradoxical situation, Hotel Maurya Sheraton retracts its plan of installing a pyrolator

Mexican vulcanologists are trying to track the path that destructive mudslides, the fallout of an impending volcanic eruption, might take

A naturally occuring bacterium in milk can save the losses incurred by mal1scale dairy farmers who do not own refrigeration facilities

• The Indian Oil Corporation will be penalised by the Calcutta Port Trust for the oil spill at Haldia barge jetty on May 30-31. The port authorities said that the incident was not an

A soil bacterium produces a lethal toxin which kills insects as they chew their way into a plant

THE nonchalance of salt manufacturers as well as the government is causing destruction to the wild ass sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. The Kutch is also home to the

Proctor and Gamble (P&G) is launching Febreze, a new spray that permanently removes garment odours, such as cigarette or pet smells, without having to wash or dryclean the cloth. P&G

THE Indian Proctology Society in Orissa has succeeded in finding an ayurvedic cure for filaria and elephantiasis. Lakhs of people are afflicted by these two deformities in the coastal regions

Jute fibres and wastes can help make different grades of special papers and board, thus cutting down on the use of precious wood, say researchers from the Calcutta-based Jute Technological