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How and why tobacco multinationals are scrambling into Third World markets
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Comets cataloging
Several comets, especially the brighter ones, have been discovered not by professional astronomers, but by amateurs using simple telescopes or even binoculars. The comets found by professional
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Caught on the wrong chair
Two ministries of the Union government have been left with considerable egg on their faces for exulting prematurely on reports that N K Singh, the colourful additional secretary of the department of
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A bend in the Ganges
This is a river straining against captivity
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Interest in metals rekindled
Scientists have found a metallic mix that allows superconductivity at higher temperatures than before
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Intelligence defined
Scientists have long felt the lack of an adequate mathematical definition of intelligence as a major hurdle in the creation of genuine artificial intelligence. Last fortnight, 2 Bangalore-based
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The burning of black gold
Fires of Kuwait (36 minutes, directed by Michael McKinon) and Tides of War (52 minutes, directed by David Douglas, produced by the National Geographic Society), 2 documentaries screened in New Delhi
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Patented panda
The panda, recognised the world over as the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), has just been saved from a doom of another kind. Justice P K Bahri of the Delhi High Court passed an order
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Farming trouble
Prawn farming, touted as a high-value investment, appears to be generating controversies all over the country. In Tamil Nadu's coastal Quid-e-Millat district, it has become a flashpoint for violent
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Panchayat power
The people of Sheregaon village in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra heaved a sigh of relief early this month when the Bombay High Court sealed the fate of the Rs-700-crore Sterlite Copper Smelting
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Petition seeks to protect Bhopal evidence
Three voluntary organisations working among the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have moved separate applications before the court of the chief judicial magistrate in Bhopal, Alok Jha, seeking an
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Conform, or else...
Cement plants in Andhra Pradesh have been warned that no leeway will be allowed to firms violating the stipulated 114 SPM (suspended particulate matter) norm. The warning came from the secretary of
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Ajanta, Ellora threatened
The famous paintings of the Ajanta and Ellora caves are rapidly deteriorating, according to a study by Megha Deshmukh of the Government Institute of Science in Aurangabad. The caves were excavated in
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Patent applied for protein gene
The department of biotechnology (DBT) and a team of researchers at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have filed India's first international patent on the amaranthus gene that could help
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Of dams and earthquakes
Little has been done in India to study dam-induced seismicity despite a lot of environmental heat and dust. To bridge the gap, B K Rastogi and R K Chadha of the National Geophysical Research
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Siberian setback
The much publicised multi-nation effort to save the near-extinct Siberian Crane received a setback with the death of one of the pair of first-ever artificially hatched and bred crane chicks. The
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The sweet scent of hard cash
Several Indian firms, eyeing easy profits, are cultivating exotic varieties of flowers for the Dutch market but paying little heed to ecological consequences
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Rogue elephants in the backyard
A study explains why peaceful pachyderms go on rampages that leave crops and humans devastated
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Exit, green fences
Hedgerows, reservoirs of biodiversity, quietly fade into extinction in Kerala
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We want to ensure an NGO in every village
Anna Hazare"s name is synonymous with rural development and people"s power. Hazare had once again hit the headlines in May by undertaking a fast at the Sant Dyaneshwar temple in Alandi, Maharashtra, to protest against the government"s apathy in tackling t