Fish production in NE to be doubled by 2020
SHILLONG, Sept 11 – The Centre is planning to double the fish production in North-eastern region and aims at increasing its per capita availability to 15 kg by 2020. “We have a daunting task of achieving
Fisheries
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Country to view century's last solar eclipse
India is once again in the path of totality of the century's last total solar eclipse which will occur exactly a year later on this day, according to Birla planetarium
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Environment-friendly anti-explosion filler
Eco-Spirit International (Pvt) Ltd is to launch Deto-Stop, an environment friendly anti-explosion filler of international standard. The anti-explosion filler is the product of Deto-Stop which is made
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World panel on dams to hold public hearing next month
India's large dams will again be under public scrutiny as the newly established World Commission on Dams (WCD) holds its first public hearing on the experiences and lessons learnt with water and
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Dam panel
Irate CM calls meet: Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel has convened a meeting of all-party leaders of the Assembly here on Friday to protest against the four-day visit of the World Commission of
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CDA expedites work on Khanpur Dam project
Capital Development Authority in Pakistan has geared up its work on accomplishing Khanpur dam project in time and to ensure smooth supply of water to the residents of the twin cities of Rawalpindi
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Why so many beetles? It's all a matter of diet
Tracing the evolution of one major type of beetle, the weevils, shows how the number of weevil species exploded when some of them stopped eating primitive plants like cycads and conifers. Dr. Brian
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Venazuela
An earthquake that struck the north-eastern coast of Venezuela on July 10 left at least 46 people dead, 162 injured, and more than 500 families homeless. Most of the deaths occurred in the small
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Mexico
Confused reporting by emergency officials about the extent of danger and inadequate disaster management, brought to light official apathy recently in Mexico City, as the volcano Popocatepetl, spewed
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IN FOCUS
The vulnerability of Tokyo's bay front has been revealed when on July 2, the Japanese-operated super-tanker Diamond Grace , struck an undersea reef in the bay and spilt about 1,300 tonnes of
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BURMA
Green activists have pledged to intensify their struggle against the Burma-Thai gas pipeline project planned by the Petroleum Authority of Thailand which is threatening verdant tracts of