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Stunning visually
New LCD screens are all set to revolutionise the visual world
New LCD screens are all set to revolutionise the visual world
Underwater versions of wind turbines could soon make it easy to tap tidal power potential
Smarter cards are here. And storing data on them is easy as child s play
American industry tries to power its way into the Indian renewable energy market
<b>DANISH FIRM IN INDIA: </b>A S Velfrost, a US $200-million Danish freezer and deep freezer manufacturer, is considering India as a possible manufacturing base, its first outside Denmark. According to executives, a deal is being negotiated with Blue Star India for a joint venture. However, the plans have not taken off yet because neither companies have found market conditions encouraging. "We would like to have a production unit with a minimum capacity of one lakh units per annum,' said Ole Miller Jensen, sales director of the Danish firm.
Instead of killing the bollworm, pesticides only push cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh deep into debt. For some cultivators, suicide was the only way out
When it comes to industries in Delhi, authorities seem to revel in working at cross purposes
Worried by rising flyash production in power plant- expected to touch 100 million tonnes today - the department of science and technology(DST) has initiated a project to dispose and utilise flyash.
A NUCLEAR plant in Punjab could be on the cards if chief minister Beant Singh has his way. Singh has prevailed upon the managing director of pig the Nuclear Power Corp (NPC), S K Chatterjee,
Canada and the US are going to investigate dioxin emissions from iron and steel plants
The Thailand government's ambitious plans of buying natural gas from Burma and transporting it home through pipelines have met with stiff opposition from the local residents and nature conservation
Composite materials, which can be tailored to specifications and strengths and ultimately replace even steel, have come of age in India.
Supreme Court issues notices against closure of final tunnels of Tehri dam; conditions unfulfilled
Improve the power situation or we won't vote for you. This is what people living in the semi-urban panchayat areas of Hooghly district have told the candidates of the CPI-M and other Left Front contestants during their door-to-door canvassing as a part of their poll campaign. Having been criticised for failing to improve the power situation, the CPI-M zonal committees have asked the West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) to ensure round the clock power supply to houses at least before the polls, scheduled for 14 May in the district, said a senior CPI-M district committee member.
The proposal to set up a 400 MW capacity hydro electric project in evergreen forests of Western Ghats in Hassan district of Karnataka has met with a lot of opposition from the locals and environmentalists. The Detailed Project Report of the proposal poorly backs up the project with many contentious issues. The
From New Year day, industrial units in Tamil Nadu will declare a two-day power holiday per week to tide over the power crisis. However, TNEB will provide uninterrupted power supply to the units for all the five working days. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting convened by Minister for Electricity Arcot N Veerasamy with industrialists at the State Secretariat here on Monday.
BALASORE: Industrialists of North Orissa have criticised the State Government for forcing the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) to enforce power cuts in the state citing shortage of power during summer. The North Orissa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) has opposed the decision of supplying 25 per cent less power to the industries.
Electric lighting has become an integral part of modern society. When such light is inefficient, annoying, or unnecessary, it is known as light pollution. Many environmentalists, naturalists, and medical researchers consider light pollution to be one of the fastest growing and most pervasive forms of environmental pollution.
FISH in the Sea of Japan have been found to have high levels of toxic chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBS) and dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT). A team of researchers led by
while the world is still debating the future of nuclear power, Sweden has decided to phase out its large nuclear power industry. The decision has sparked strong protests from citizens, opposition