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UP all set to have automatic weather stations
Uttar Pradesh (UP) is all set to acquire automatic weather stations equipped with sensors thereby making weather forecasting farmer friendly. The unique facility will be put to use for the first time in India on the lines of Australia and USA.
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- 12/03/2010
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- Pioneer (Lucknow)
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NMDC consortium pitches for $230-mn buyout of Aussie mine
As part of its overseas expansion plans, state-run miner NMDC, along with two other companies, has submitted a $230-million non-binding bid to buy 70 per cent stake in an Australian mine owned by Perth-based Atlas Iron.
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- 08/03/2010
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Reserves ‘win–win’ for fish and fishermen
Although fisherman routinely fight bans on fishing, studies indicate that the creation of protected marine reserves in key areas can both raise the profits of fishermen and boost fish populations. Marine reserves could help to make nearby fisheries profitable by acting as nurseries for fish larvae that are later spread by ocean currents, for example.
- Date:
- Feb 2010
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- Nature Vol: 463 Issue: 7284 pp: 1007
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Vancouver world’s most livable city: Survey
Canadian city of Vancouver has been named as the world's most livable city, while Delhi and Mumbai are being placed at 113th and 117th position, respectively, in an annual survey of livability that assesses living conditions in 140 global cities.
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- 15/02/2010
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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In just 60 yrs, world may lose all its topsoil
Due To Overfarming & Warming, Fertile Layer Is Vanishing Faster Than It Can Be Replenished, Say Experts
We might be stripping “mother earth” of the ability to feed millions, say scientists while reporting that fertile topsoil could vanish in about 60 years if drastic action was not taken soon.
- Date:
- 06/02/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Hot air in rich nations’ pledge
COMMITMENTS by major nations to put curbs on greenhouse gas emissions appear to be insufficient in limiting the increase in global temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius. Many of the developed countries have submitted emission reduction targets that are lower than those they had announced in the run up to Copenhagen summit.
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- 01/02/2010
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- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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Homeopathy: Overdosing on nothing
An international protest against homeopathy aims to demonstrate the truth – that there's literally nothing in it, says Martin Robbins. AT 10.23 am on 30 January, 2010 more than 300 activists in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US will take part in a mass homeopathic "overdose".
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- Jan 2010
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- New Scientist Issue: 2745 pp: 22-23
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Blogs :: Sunita Narain: Climate/Politics
Copenhagen Accord: US, China submissions and more
29 January 2010 : Posted by Sunita Narain
Copenhagen Accord: country submissions
By now, Australia, US, China and EU have all sent their letters to UNFCCC secretariat regarding their ‘willingness to support’ the Copenhagen Accord or not. It is interestingly to break down the communication and to read between the lines.
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Australian company to commence coal mining in India
KOLKATA: Australian mining company India Resources Ltd. (IRL) is set to enter the Indian coal sector following an agreement entered into with Bankura DRI Ltd., a consortium of six sponge iron manufacturers who have been allocated a coal block in Ranigunj in West Bengal, IRL managing director Arvind Mishra said. An investment of around Rs 100 crores has been earmarked for this venture.
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- 26/01/2010
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Woodside Hits Obstacle in East Timor Gas Project
Amid reports that the former East Timor planned to block its development proposal, Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd. said it is finalizing a plan for its Sunrise liquefied-natural-gas project that will deliver "significant" benefits to the country.
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- 14/01/2010
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- Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)
