New raj wars the old
Its high time the panchayati raj institutions in India reviewed their actual role in spelling out developmental processes
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Unhearthed
Human encroachment has created imbalance in the avian ecology. Better management practices are needed for the conservation of species diversity
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MONEYMAKER
CLEAN UP TIME: Pollutec Operations, Australia, has come up with a technology to extract litter and other solid debris from urban stormwater drains. The process, known as Continuous Deflective
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MONEYMAKERS
BLUE IS GREEN: The Ahmedabad-based Arvind Mills is buoyant about a new eco-friendly trademark that has been awarded to it for its blue denim. It is the first Indian manufacturer to get the Eco
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Galileo says
The six year long wait for the Galileo trip to Jupiter started paying off scientific returns last fortnight, as the data sent by the probe was analysed and NASA scientists released the first results
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Flight to fame
A joint consortium by 3 Asian nations to build a passenger aircraft may shake the Western stranglehold
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Bangladesh
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="210px"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#363636" colspan="2" height="26px" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; padding-left:5px;"> Editor's Pick</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="380" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/bangladesh/bangladesh_iframe.htm" style="border-width:0px; border-color:#333; background:#FFF; border-style:solid;" width="555"></iframe></p> <hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="210px"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#363636" colspan="2" height="26px" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; padding-left:5px;"> Country Overview</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 540px;"> <tbody bgcolor="#F0F0F0"> <tr> <td> <p><iframe align="right" frameborder="1" height="310" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://maps.google.co.in/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bangladesh&aq=&sll=20.984928,82.752628&sspn=45.458666,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bangladesh&t=m&ll=23.684774,90.351563&spn=3.42031,3.724365&z=7&output=embed" width="330"></iframe><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Bangladesh is located between 20 º 34 to 26º 38 north latitude and 88.01 º to 92.42 º east longitude, with an area of 147,570 sq km). With a population of 164.000 million, Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated countries.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">It has a border on the west, north, and east with India, on the southeast with Myanmar, and the Bay of Bengal is to the south. Geologically, Bangladesh is a part of the Bengal Basin, one of the largest geosynclinals in the world.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The Basin is bordered on the north by the steep Tertiary Himalayas; on the northeast and east by the late Tertiary Shillong Plateau, the Tripura hills of lesser elevation, and the Naga-Lusai olded belt; and in the west by the moderately high, ancient Chotanagpur plateau.</span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
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Saboteurs Unlimited
The key actors in the government responsible for implementing the Supreme Court order do not share the vision to safeguard public health. An incredible effort is being made to secure the diesel market for the state owned refineries, a segment of bus manuf
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The Enron short circuit
The Enron case is important as it was the first of the fast track projects and has been responsible for modifications to the government guidelines. Enron, General Electric (GE) and Bechtel jointly
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Inviting the plague
With all its wealth and affluence, Surat remains the least concerned about health and hygiene
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Half truths and damned lies
Using flawed arguments,The government is blackballing experts' warnings
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Going bananas
New genetic techniques to introduce disease resistance and other traits in banana plants
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Tracing truth
The Sherlock Holmeses of today have moved from the familiar confines of Baker Street to the esoteric climes of biological labs
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Plastic path to information
A new type of plastic cable developed in Japan could flood individual homes with information
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Power struggle
Nepal's controversial Arun III dam becomes the first World Bank bankrolled project taken up for re scrutiny by the Bank's new Inspection Panel an ombudsman body with teeth
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Panel inspected
The inherently flawed investigation of Nepal's Arun III dam project has undermined the credibility of the World Bank's new Inspection Panel
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Damned bodyblow
The proposed Rathong Chu dam in Sikkim is a potential threat to the state"s environment
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The price of power
As political parties, environmentalist banner-holders and indigenous industries cry themselves hoarse over the entry of the Cogentrix facility, moot ecological issues seem to take a backseat
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A taste of honey
For the small farmer, beekeeping is the new buzzword, as honey presents itself as an alternative source of income
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Mucking around the Taj
Is there any point in keeping an architectural beauty radiant while the rest of the city goes to pot?