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China's SEZs protect environment well while economy grows

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China's eastern coastal city of Ziamen, in a time of rapid economic growth, has still managed to maintain a fine environment, with the quality of air and sea water up to first grade of the national

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China enhances efforts in biodiversity protection

China has scored rich achievements in biodiversity protection after a decade of efforts, according to the country's latest environmental report. The annual report, issued by the State Environmental

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Kaziranga witnesses decline in poaching

Despite serious financial crisis things seems to be looking up for the Kaziranga National Park as the number of incidents of poaching of rhinos in the park has started declining in the last couple of

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Rs 100-cr damage due to floods

About Rs 100 crore-worth of property has been damaged in the State in the current wave of floods and the state government will soon urge the Centre to release Rs 100 crore from the natural

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Flood water endangers life in Kaziranga National Park

Flood waters have forced hundreds of endangered wild animals to flee their sanctuary in India's north eastern state of Assam. Waters of the mighty Brahmaputra, which is in spate, have engulfed the

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Dust-retaining chute

A British company has developed a loading chute that eliminates dust emission and minimises degradation and segregation of bulk materials, such as cement, seen here being loaded on to a

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P&G defends Olestra

Consumers who switch to potato chips with the fat substitute olestra are no more likely to have diarrhoea or cramps than people who munch on conventional chips, according to new studies given by

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NGOs bring warmth to cold Ladakh

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17/06/1998

A dozen foreign funded voluntary organisations are aiming to change the lives of the people in Ladakh. And if their initial efforts at ecological perservation, illiteracy eradication and health

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Anandpur park gets the nod

The Punjab Wildlife Department has recieved the green signal from the Centre to start work on the Rs. 4.53 crore Sri Anandpur Sahib Project which aims to set up a nature park three km from Anandpur

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'Terminator' seeds won't sprout in India

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17/06/1998

The country will block the entry of genetically-engineered seeds containing the newly-patented Terminator gene that switches off the reproductive cycle of a plant after a generation.A provision to

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