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Computers to map the human genetic code

Indian scientists have developed a computer programme that transforms a huge quantity of genetic data into an easily understood graphic on a computer screen.

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Bickering scuttles power saving project

Two non resident Indians blame inter organisational rivalry for the rejection of their proposal to use compact fluorescent lamps, which will reduce the load on energy generation.

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Tokyo changes prescription to cut drug bill

The Japanese government is trying to keep the people from consuming too many medicines, in order to cut down its expenditure on health care.

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Putting trees before human life

On a single day in 1731, more than 350 persons 69 of them women sacrificed their lives to protect their trees from being felled in Jalnadi village, near Jodhpur.

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Rising against liquor

The people of Bhansoj, 50 km from the district headquarters town of Raipur in Madhya Pradesh, are up in arms against liquor, and achieving results. Until last year, Bhansoj was notorious for severe

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A dot for a nucleotide

The computer programme maps the sequence of nucleotides constituting the genes as an arrangement of dots on the computer screen.

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Farmers give silver lining to famine clouds

A country where millions have died of starvation can now hope to achieve self sufficiency in food, with the UN predicting record harvests of pulses and cereals.

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Howrah, the polluter

Howrah railway station is facing closure because the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) says a huge volume of sewage from the station is discharged untreated into the Hooghly river. WBPCB

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The halo is hotter than the star

An astrophysicist tries to explain why, in violation of the laws of thermodynamics, the corona is hotter than the Sun.

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Timber producers seek equity in trade accord

At a recently held conference on tropical timber, producer nations demanded temperate forests be included in any agreement on international timber trade.

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