Water monitoring kit
A low-cost water quality monitoring kit has been developed by Technology and Action for Rural Advancement. This kit can test 14 parameters including temperature, chlorides, fluorides, dissolved
A low-cost water quality monitoring kit has been developed by Technology and Action for Rural Advancement. This kit can test 14 parameters including temperature, chlorides, fluorides, dissolved
west bengal is sitting on a malaria time bomb. According to the deputy chief medical officer of health of Purulia district in West Bengal, Asit Biswas, over 17,000 people in Purulia are carrying
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Telephone directory inquiries in Britain will use computers that converse with inquirers
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Poor rural women in India need easy access to and control over forests
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We live in a world where nobody wishes to yield an inch
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There is enough genetic diversity in Asian lions and tigers for populations to be healthy
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