SDSN Networks in Action 2020
<p>SDSN’s National and Regional Networks promote the localization and implementation of the SDGs, develop long-term transformation pathways, provide education for sustainable development, and launch
France
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French lose out on fish ban, gain price hike
French demands backed by violent agitations for a ban on the entry of cheap fish into France has fallen on deaf European Community ears.
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Marketing abortion pills
THE ABORTION pill RU486 developed by French drug company Roussel-Uclaf may be available soon in the US market, following meetings between Rous-sel-Uclaf president Edouard Sakiz and US food
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Protecting elephants
The West Bengal government has begun work on developing an elephant sanctuary in the contiguous forest areas of Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia. The state government's decision has been prompted by
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Continued cooperation
FRENCH willingness to share space research and nuclear power expertise with India is considered a welcome and viable alternative coming as it does in the wake of a US ban on the Indian Space
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Trial, at last
Finally, France's former Socialist prime minister Laurent Fabius, secretary of state for health Edmund Herve and social affairs minister Georgina Dufoix are to be tried in a parliamentary court in
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All eyes on Akatsuki Maru
As the world follows the Akatsuki Maru and its 1.3 tonnes of plutonium oxide on its controversial trans oceanic journey from France to Japan, Tokyo has to decide whether it will continue its trade in this highly toxic material.
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FRANCE
Coffin nail
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Plutonium power
Despite widespread international criticism, Japan has decided to go ahead with shipment of 30 tonnes of reprocessed plutonium from France and Britain over the next two decades to enhance its nuclear
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Musical DNA
The latest rage in the West is products like music, ink and cards based on DNA's atomic structure. A French biotechnology company has developed Le Biopen, a special writing instrument that uses ink
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AIDS 'victims'
AIDS HAS claimed another victim -- this time one who is serving a four-year prison sentence after paying 500,000 franc (Rs 3.1 lakh) fine. The trial on a charge of distributing HIV-tainted blood