Global Gender Gap Report 2024
<p>The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and
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Antarctic mission gets Germanys nod
Amit Bhattacharya | TNN New Delhi: Ending days of suspense and anxiety for the Indo-German team of scientists sailing in the cold and desolate waters off Antarctica, the German government on Monday gave the go-ahead to a controversial ocean-seeding experiment that experts say could lead to a way of fighting global warming.
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Antarctic mission runs into protests
HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, JAN 18
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China is now worlds 3rd largest economy
Associated Press Posted: Jan 15, 2009 at 0231 hrs IST
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Ocean study draws ire
A German research ship laden with 20 tonnes of iron sulphate has whipped up a storm of protest as it sails towards the Antarctic, where it intends to dump its cargo into the ocean late this week.
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Mega Indian experiment to sink carbon could help fight warming
Amit Bhattacharya | TNN Can tossing tonnes of iron powder into the ocean help the world fight global warming? A team of Indian scientists, along with their counterparts from Germany and elsewhere, is embarking on an ambitious 70-day ocean expedition on Wednesday to find answers to that.
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Dust explosions in process industry: A case for greater awareness in India
The paper describes, with the help of several representative case studies, how 'dust' explosions commonly occur in process industry all over the world and the devastation they cause to life and property. Dust explosions also pose serious risk of environmental contamination.
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Associations between PM2.5 and heart rate variability are modified by particle composition and beta-blocker use in patients
It has been hypothesized that ambient particulate air pollution is able to modify the autonomic nervous control of the heart, measured as heart rate variability (HRV) . Previously we reported heterogeneous associations between particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter < 2.5
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Climate protection pays off: opportunities for innovation, growth and employment
Germany has already implemented numerous climate protection measures
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Skulls returned
A German medical museum will return the skulls of nine Namibians killed in uprisings against German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908. It will also return the skulls of 18 Australian aborigines that were taken from the continent more than a century ago. The skulls are part of a sprawling but poorly organized anthropological collection at the Medical History Museum at Berlin
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Science & Technology - Briefs
life sciences It is the small ones Smaller mosquitoes are better at transmitting diseases than larger ones. Researchers in the US fed mosquitoes blood contaminated with dengue virus and tested them for infection. Smaller-sized mosquitoes showed higher infection rates and greater potential to transmit the virus. Even a slight difference in the body sizes of Asian tiger and yellow fever