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Mines staff to update state maps
Aug. 22: The state mines department has decided to address the root cause of illegal mining — discrepancies in the allotment process and base maps determining the area allotted to each applicant.
23/08/2010
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
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Uniform criteria for declaring drought soon
New Delhi: The government is developing a uniform set of scientific criteria for declaring drought in any part of the country to overcome the problems arising out of divergent parameters used by different states.
23/08/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
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Twenty per cent of Mizoram is degraded land
Aizawl, Aug 12: A total of 20.64 per cent of Mizoram has been identified as degraded land due to jhumming or slash and burn method of shifting cultivation, which was alarming, according to official findings.
13/08/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Feature Articles
Century of phytoplankton change
Phytoplankton biomass is a crucial measure of the health of ocean ecosystems. An impressive synthesis of the relevant data, stretching back to more than 100 years ago, provides a connection with climate change.
Jul 2010
Nature
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Century of phytoplankton change.pdf
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756 flood hotspots in city, reveals laser mapping Flood control work to begin in Cauvery
THE Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University on Thursday identified 756 vulnerable pockets in the city in areas like GN Chetty Road, Virugambakkam, MKB Nagar, East-Velachery and Porur as areas with high risk of flooding, after it had conducted a flood-risk mapping of Chennai and its suburbs using ultra modern technology called Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping.
23/07/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
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Mumbai will be mapped & tracked
MUMBAI: Sting may have famously penned the song 'Every breath you take, every move you make...I'll be watching you' in the 1980s, but it's Mumbai's town planners who are humming the tune now.
13/07/2010
Times Of India (Mumbai)
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PSLV launch successful, 4 more satellites placed in orbit
SRIHARIKOTA, 12 JULY: In a textbook launch, India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) today successfully placed into orbit remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B and four other satellites after a perfect lift off from the spaceport here.
12/07/2010
Statesman (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
What drives the increased phytoplankton biomass in the Arabian Sea?
The seasonal variability of phytoplankton biomass in the Arabian Sea, though a well researched topic, its inter-annual variability is less explored and understood. Analysis of the satellite-derived chlorophyll pigment concentration in the Arabian Sea during 1997–2007 showed a weak increasing trend.
Jul 2010
Current Science
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State forest cover dwindling
The size of the total forest cover of the State has shrunk. In 1988-’89, the size of the State’s forest cover was 21.98 per cent of its total land area of 78,438 square kilometers (kms). Against this, the forest cover of the State is now found to be 21.02 per cent of its total land area.
09/07/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Call to tap iron ore in Assam, Meghalaya
In view of surging demands of iron ore in India as well as in neighbouring countries, Assam and Meghalaya should pitch in for better prospecting and also come up with policies which would bring in much needed focus on the mineral.
08/07/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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