Coir better than synthetics for making geo grids
COIR IS excellent for making the nettings or grids used on denuded hill-sides to fix soil and promote growth of vegetation, which, in turn, prevents landslides and improves the ecological balance in
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The nature of malaria
A new project is analysing several natural parameters that aid the spread of malaria
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Champions of a new cause
National political parties are often accused of neglecting the environment. Recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party began campaigning against two new industrial units in Maharashtra and demonstrated how it was able to garner popular support by exploiting gre
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Agra agitation falls flat
The impasse at Agra reflect poorly on the goverkment's efforts to relocate industries and save the Taj
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Spill over
Untreated domestic and industrial effluents is polluting Bangalore s Ballandur lake
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Shape up or ship out
Pollution control board sets November deadline for brick kiln manufacturers to clean up their act
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R Devendra
Kedar, Tamil Nadu
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Universal law
A mathematical relationship between planets in our solar system holds astoundingly true even for 3 distant planets orbiting a pulsar
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The burning inferno
.....After the earthquake, now the nightmare
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Environmentalists block waterway
Environmentalists have opposed a plan to transform the Paraguay and Parana rivers into a waterway linking the impoverished interior regions of South America with seaports
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Poisonous deeds
<I>Using copper sulphate crystals to catch fish in the waters of Kerala result in their greater mortality</I>
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Rain plays truant in Italy too
from Tuscany to the tip of Sicily, Italy is in the grip of its worst drought in decades. It has wiped out crops, killed livestock and changed the lives of thousands of people. Experts say that
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Urban plan for Sindh coastal belt will hit fisherfolk, biodiversity
The Economic Coordination Committee of the federal cabinet of Pakistan approved the proposal of the Diamond Bar Island City in October 2006. The project, to be built on the 4,856-hectacre (ha) Buddo and Bundal islands located off the southwestern tip of Karachi coast, is facing stiff resistance because it poses an environmental threat to marine life and the mangroves, besides being a livelihood issue for the fisherfolk. <br>
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From riches to rags
The wealthy people of Nauru face a future of poverty because most of their only natural resource, phosphates, has been exploited ruthlessly by Australia.
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Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation
a planning Commission expert group on groundwater recently released its report. Titled Groundwater management and ownership, the report suggests community-based groundwater management at the farm
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Foundries shun cleaner technology
A modified furnace reduces coke consumption and pollution, resulting in considerable savings.
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In court
Snail's habitat A court battle over an endangered West Coast snail is being heard by the Christchurch High Court, New Zealand. The lawsuit filed by anti-mining group Powelliphanta Augustus
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Dumping defects
Landfill sites linked to birth defects
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In Court
E-mail as PIL Treating an e-mail as a public interest petition, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently issued notices to the state government. The case resulted after the court's chief justice,
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Controversial bill
The proposed National Environment Tribunal bill has sparked off a debate in legal, environmental and industrial circles. The bill, expected to be tabled by the government in the forthcoming winter