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  • Cracking the cancer code

    Cracking the cancer code

    In recent years, scientists have closed in on cancer, pinning down precisely how its hellish manifestations are caused and spread. Their findings mean a whole new way of looking at and treating the killer disease

  • Snuffing out lives with pollution

    Snuffing out lives with pollution

    Premature deaths and disease caused by a polluted environment is the most pressing problem in the world today, says a WHO report prepared for the Earth Summit

  • Struggle for existence

    Struggle for existence

    Large scale habitat loss and massive encroachment of the forestland have escalated the instances of wildlife human conflict in recent times

  • The African legacy of animal care

    The African legacy of animal care

    This continent throws light on how to blend animal care with traditional wisdom

  • The small big polluter

    The small big polluter

    Small-scale industries: Where regulations are meaningless and pollution control an unaffordable luxury. Can they leapfrog to cost-effective technologies and find shelter in policies that provide reservation in pollution-free sectors?<p> <font face=arial

  • 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&#39;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&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=bangladesh&amp;aq=&amp;sll=20.984928,82.752628&amp;sspn=45.458666,56.513672&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Bangladesh&amp;t=m&amp;ll=23.684774,90.351563&amp;spn=3.42031,3.724365&amp;z=7&amp;output=embed" width="330"></iframe><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Bangladesh is located between 20 &ordm; 34 to 26&ordm; 38 north latitude and 88.01 &ordm; to 92.42 &ordm; east longitude, with an area of 147,570 sq km). With a population of 164.000 million, Bangladesh is one of the world&#39;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>

  • What is Aam Aadmi Party’s new deal on transport?

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