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Experts eats his words on gene-modified food

The scientist who caused a stir by announcing that rats fed on genetically modified potatoes suffered health problems, has now been dismissed from his job at one of Britain's premier research

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New method to lower production cost of plastics

Scientists have used combination of distillery wastes and microrganisms to make a low-cost method of producing biodegradable plastics. The simple technology which is awaiting transfer to industries

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Greenpeace warns of doomsday ahead

Warning that 25,000 species could die out before the new millennium, Greenpeace renewed its call on Thursday to protect ancient forests and depleted fish stocks and switch to cleaner energy. The

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23 fishermen feared dead in Bangla floods

Twenty-three fishermen are feared drowned as two boats capsized in stormy seas in the Bay of Bengal off the south-eastern coast of Bangladesh even as heavy rains renewed fears of fresh flooding

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Money from nothing

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13/12/1997

The narrow lane which suddenly branches out from the main corridor of Kona-Bagpara area in West Bengal's Howrah district, heads out towards what appears to be a nondescript slum. But 15 minutes and

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Clean public transportation in the Valley

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13/12/1997

The transport system in Kathmandu consists of a few thousand old and dilipidated buses and minibuses, hundreds of odd three wheelers those that emit more smoke than any petroleum vehicles. Private

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Rehabilitation of Hetauda power station completes

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13/12/1997

The rehabilitation of the Hetauda Deisel Power Station in Nepal, which has traditionally been used for standby and peak load duty when other power sources are unable to meet the consumer demand, has

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Govt. acted under pressure

Medha Patkar: The Narmada Bachao Andolan leader, Ms. Medha Patkar, has criticised the "last-moment" decision of the Central Government to stop the visit of the World Commission on Dams. The

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Next hearing unlikely to be in India

The postponement of visit to India by the World Commision on Dams come on the heels of the frenzied protests by Gujarati politicians of all hues at a special session of the Gujarat Assembly on Friday

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Digging up an eco disaster in Kullu

The Kullu valley faces serious ecological degradation because of large-scale, unscientific and illegal mining and quarrying. Despite the deployment of field guards to check this by the Department of

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