Anti-tank missile test fired
The sophisticated anti-tank missile, Nag, was successfully test fired at the interim test range (ITR) a Balasore on Saturday. The test was conducted around 10 a.m. and the missile with a range of
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Steeper descent into airport mooted to curb noise over NT
A steeper and potentially more hazardous descent into Chek Lap Kok is being considered by aviation chiefs to reduce noise nuisance to New Territories South residents. Hong Kong's Civil Aviation
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More global firms seeing profits from environment-KPMG
More big multinational firms are seeing the benefits of improving their environmental performances, an expert with accountancy firm KPMG said. Firms are saving money and boosting share performance by
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Used battery recovery is increasing
More used batteries are being recovered in Beijing as the public is becoming more aware of the contamination they could cause if not disposed of properly, officials with Beijing Environmental
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Brazil farmers tap black market for GM soy - group
Brazil's farmers are skirting a ban on genetically-modified (GM) crops and turning to the black market for illegal soybean seeds smuggled in from neighbouring
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Dry-cleaning with carbon dioxide
A U.S. firm has commercialised the first ever process to dry clean clothes using liquid carbon dioxide - an environment-friendly alternative to perchloroethylene (PERC), the dry cleaning solvent
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Global expert urges India for strong patent regime
New drug will not be launched and big investments would not flow into India unless there was a strong patents regime in the country, according to an international expert on
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Guangzhou top for acid rain
Guangzhou and the Zhujiang Delta region in Guangdong have the most acid rain in southern China, according to a report in the Beijing Morning Post. The Guangdong province Environmental Protection
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Measles may be wiped out in U.S.
The United States has all but stamped out measles, recording only 100 cases last year--the lowest number on record--with most of the infections brought into the country from abroad, the government
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EU must slash fishery subsidies-environment group
The European Union must slash subsidies to its fishing industry to halt the inexorable growth in fleet capacity and the continuing decline in vital fish stocks, a leading
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Tropical timber production takes root
New forests in the Darien region of Panama are being planted, but not like those that once covered the Darien. Instead plantations of teak - a non-native species - are becoming a regular sight as
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Political parties and green promises
How tightly does environmental consciousness figure in the manifestoes of political parties preparing for the next gedal election? Not much. Even though words like "sustainable development" and
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Dumping site likely by next millennium
If things go as planned, the capital of Nepal will soon have a new dumping site beginning new millennium. The Mulpani VDC-based Gokarna dumping site-where about 300 tonnes of garbage produced by
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Treat effluents
It is unfortunate that it has become virtually impossible for aquatic life to exist in Kathmandu valley's thirteen different rivers. A number of studies conducted by various governmental and
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King cobra et al coming under increasing threat
The illegal trade in venomous cobras, included in the protected species list of World Conservation Union (IUCN),has become a profitable source of income for many in Nepal. A king cobra costs around
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AIDS vaccine tests to begin
British researchers will begin safety trials in the spring on a new vaccine to fight the HIV virus that causes
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Save the children
The side effect of the "safe drinking water campaign" to save people from water-borne diseases that were rife in Bangladesh, resulted in the sinking of millions of shallow tube-wells but, as we know,
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Debate raging over release of wild animals
A debate is raging in Costa Rica over what to do with the estimated hundreds of wild animals a year rescued from the clutches of poachers and exotic-pet dealers. Some argue that
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Dengue 2 sparks a red alert
The Ministry of Health declared a "Red Alert" in the Pacific coastal region of Puntarenas this week, when it was discovered that a strain of dengue previously detected only sporadically in Costa Rica
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Rains fail, Rajasthan faces drought, famine
Insufficient rains in a large part of Rajasthan have resulted in drought conditions and there is a likelihood of famine in several districts. The government was reported to be planning a drastic