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Biofuel or raw material?

More than 60 per cent of the paper in Sweden is recovered and used to make new paper. By international standards, this is a very high figure, which is remarkable given the fact that Sweden is a

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No sign of completion of Teesta Barrage in near future

The amount of construction cost of Teesta Barrage Project (TBP) is increasing with the passage of time but there is no sign of completion of the project in the near

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Environmental crisis in South East Asia is far from over

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According to United Nations sources, the rainfall in East Kalimantan, Indonesia is very localised and the intensity varies considerably throughout the province. Fires are still burning in many

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Magnetic refrigerator

At last a refrigerator without an ice-cube maker or the standard compressor has been developed by researchers in the U.S. What it has are just two cylinders of powdered gadolinium - a dense, grey,

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Einstein proved right,once more

After exactly 82 years, scientists have finally found evidences of yet another exotic Einsteinian prediction called "frame dragging." Using National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA)

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Filthy water supply to be Cong's poll plank

Former Union Minister and Congress leader Jagdish Tytler has accused the BJP Government in Delhi of supplying "filthy and untreated water" to the Capital's residents and said it would be a major

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- Rs 2.9 crore for soil conservation

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The Central Government has sanctioned Rs 2.9 crore for Yamunanagar district to check soil erosion. The Chutang Nala created havoc in 27 villages would be checked now because the government has

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- $375-m ADB loans for road, port projects may be in dock

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14/05/1998

Asian Development bank (ADB)-funded soft loans worth $375 million currently under negotiation for many road and port projects may be in jeopardy with Japan, the largest donor to the bank, imposing

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- Hinduja's Vizag project unfazed by Japan's economic move

Hinduja National Power Corporation Limited (HNPCL), a joint venture between Hindujas and National Power of UK, developing the 1,040 MW Visakhapatnam power project in Andhra Pradesh is unfazed about

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- Water a rare commodity in Gujarat villages

Nearly 1,200 to 1,500 villages in Gujarat are facing acute drinking water shortage this summer. The Chief Minister, Mr Seshubhai Patel, who openly acknowledged this said his government was making

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