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Discovering Mars, a tantalisingly vast oilfield beneath the waves of the Gulf of Mexico, is petroleum giant Shell's big achievement, and the affordable way to tap its oil riches is a technological marvel in offshore drilling
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Tall Blunder
In 1996, industries in Delhi were hit by a series of court orders requiring them to take measures to reduce pollution 1,328 industries were closed down; 90,000 units were notified for relocation; and all factories in 28 industrial estates were asked to j
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Spirit of Mandate 1996
Although women did not figure prominently in this year's elections, women power definitely proved to be a very heady potion for aspiring candidates
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Crying out for aid
With one of the highest growth rate of AIDS cases in the world, India sees a boom in 'opportunistic infections' baffling doctors
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"Bad TV is better than no TV"
'Welcome to tomorrow' seems to be ARTHUR C CLARKE's motto in life. He was the first to hit upon the notion of global broadcasting networks using communication satellites comsats in geostationary orbits. Clarke, the versatile visionary par excellen
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And quiet flows the poison
The Bichhri order has meant nothing for the polluter, O P Agarwal. A visit to his Vapi plant showed what can happen if courts issue orders only against individual units and not against the polluting process
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There's something rotten...
Despite judicial activism in the environmental field, despite the failure of the regulatory system, the courts have rarely awarded compensation to the victims
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Weapons of the weak
In the current election, campaign, mainstream parties were once again caught napping on their environmental commitments, spurring a novel people's protest
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In the pay of plastics
India s biggest public sector unit is out to ape the West s fashion for unsustainable living
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Thailand's sorrow
Swamped by a surge in tourist population, Thailand has but to turn towards alternative tourism
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Scuttling scabs
The days when the word leper was almost an invective, and the disease itself considered a scourge, are over. Patients, voluntary workers and ordinary villagefolk are labouring shoulder to shoulder to, root it out through an eradication programme
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Last chance for the big cat
Several countries are getting tough with tiger poachers and traders in what may be the final attempt to save the magnificent beast:
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It's too darned hot!
As global temperatures seethe, the earth is no more a cool haven
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A fused scheme
A short circuit in consumer acceptance and a punctured technology compels California to backtrackfiom launching electric cars in the state
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All gold and hellish litter
Beyond all that glittering in the congested streets of Calcutta's sex districts, is defiled environment and morbid health conditions
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Sanctuary in peril
Maharashtra villagers and environmentalists see red as the Radhanagri Sanctuary becomes yet another victim of industrial onslaught
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More reasons for efficiency
Resource efficiency improves the quality of life. We can see better with efficient lighting systems, keep food fresher in efficient refrigerators, produce better goods in efficient factories,
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Killing fields
The Congress wields the butcher's knife, and environment is the casualty
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Plagueing policies
Since rats cannot be totally exterminated, keeping a watch on wild and domestic rodernt plays a critical role in plague control, and this can be easily done by making rodent watch a part of the regular studies of zoology students in
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Traditional knowledge: Let the people decide
With the help of the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, a premier scientific research organisation, the Patriotic and People-Oriented Science and Technology Foundation (PPST), a science-based