Gaps in action
An alternative plan to clean up the river Ganga at Varanasi has been submitted by a local NGO
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Major flare up
Multinational oil giants Chevron Texaco Oil Company, Shell and Total Fina Elf have shut down operations in Nigeria's trouble-torn southern Delta region. The companies estimate that the disruptions
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Feeling jumpy
Amphibians at risk even from low pesticide concentrations
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INDIA
One of the four captive bred Siberian cranes released in the Keolandeo National Park near Bharatpur last year has died. The carcass of the dead bird has been sent to the agriculture university at
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The aftermath
The ravages of the 1991 Gulf War
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The right move
Clean technology gets a boost
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Monsoon prediction model
a new method that used the Bangladesh monsoon to make a monsoon prediction model could end the woes of millions of farmers. The method was used for the first time to produce forecasts of 20-25 days
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We do not know which way to go
<font class=UCASE>Sheila Dikshit</font>, <b>chief minister of Delhi, told</b> <font class=UCASE>Lopamudra Banerjee</font><b> that CNG is not a tried and trusted technology. Excerpts</b>
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Cast away
The decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau is heading for India after being released by the Egyptian authorities. It is to be dismantled at the ship-breaking yards of Alang in Gujarat
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Dolphin remains
Gangetic dolphins may get a new lease of life with Uttar Pradesh government's decision to save the river dolphins
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Adapting lizards
Twenty years ago, evolutionary biologists transplanted small poplations of Anolis sagrei lizards from Staniel Cay in the Bahamas to several nearby islands, in the hope that the reptiles would go
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Green taxes won't leave taxpayer in the red
Environmental protection will work only if it makes economic sense. And, one good way of making sure it does is by introducing a comprehensive system of environmental taxes.
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"Polluters pay"
For the first time, the Chinese government will charge Shanghai citizens for treating waste water
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City blues
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHANUSINGHA GHOSH out of a world population of 5,384 million in 1991, about 43 per
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No more filth
A wastewater treatment system promises to rid Indian cities of disease and pollution
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It’s money, honey
Auto drivers in Delhi will soon realise that CNG makes for good economics
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Not softer
ASEAN makes its point
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Bytes
smelling cancer: Resea rch conducted in the US presents astonishing evidence that man's best friend, the dog, may help in early detection of cancer. Led by Michael McCulloch of the Pine Street
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PHILIPPINES
Even as dolphin parks are going out of vogue in the West, they are becoming a craze in South-east Asian countries, much to the dismay of conservationists. These countries are keen on boosting
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UNITED NATIONS
The contentious issues of governance of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) was resolved at the resumed 19th session of the Governing Council which ended in the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi,