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| Science Express arriving in Tiruchi on August 4 |
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| The Hindu , Sunday, July 28, 2013 |
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The Science Express – Biodiversity exhibition train will be stationed at Tiruchi Junction from August 4 to 7.
The special train, equipped with innovative exhibits covering various topics, is a coll ...More
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| SMEs urged to adopt climate friendly practices |
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| The New Indian Express , Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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A two-day conference on ‘Climate change mitigation - A serious issue for SMEs,’ organised by TFSC (TANSTIA-FNF Service centre), began here on Friday.
According to TFSC representatives, climate change ...More
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| At Chennai's transport hubs, a walk you’d rather forget |
| G. Ananthakrishnan |
| The Hindu , Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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From public health to climate change, walking is high on the list of solutions to a variety of issues. Most people, however, walk for a very basic reason — it is the first and last part of their commu ...More
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| Plans to mitigate disasters, floods |
| Gaurav Das |
| The Times of India , Friday, July 26, 2013 |
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GUWAHATI: The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) held a day-long inception workshop here on Thursday on its two collaborative projects with the Earth Institute of Columbia University ...More
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| Arctic meltdown to cost global economy $60 trillion |
| Kounteya Sinha |
| The Times of India , Friday, July 26, 2013 |
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LONDON: The melting Arctic is now being called an "economic time bomb". Economic modelling shows methane emissions caused by shrinking sea ice from just one area of the Arctic could come with a glob ...More
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| North Pole is now a swimming pool |
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| The Asian Age , Friday, July 26, 2013 |
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London: New photographs released by scientists have shown the ice cap at the North Pole melting away - and turning into a vast lake, sparking fears about climate change.
The images taken in Apr ...More
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| 'Uttarakhand floods a man-made disaster' |
| Papiya Bhattacharya |
| The New Indian Express , Monday, July 22, 2013 |
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Chairman of Divecha Centre for Climate Change and Professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, J Srinivasan was stranded for a night in his car during the Uttarakhand floods.
He sa ...More
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| Trees have 'body clocks' like humans: study |
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| The Indian Experss , Sunday, July 21, 2013 |
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Some trees have internal clocks that coordinate the activities of their cells with the cycles of day and night, just like the 'body clock' in humans, a new study has found. Leaves are known to possess ...More
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| How data centres can go 'green' |
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| The Times of India , Saturday, July 20, 2013 |
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WASHINGTON: Most big data centers, the global backbone of the internet, could slash their greenhouse gas emissions by 88 per cent by switching to efficient, off-the-shelf equipment and improving energ ...More
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| Our chemistry with nature |
| VIPUL SHAH |
| The Hindu Business line , Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
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Chemistry is the science of evolution, of change, of a process of internal combustion in all things in the material world. Whether it is through new chemistry for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, new ...More
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| Improve cold chain network: Pawar |
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| The Hindu Business Line , Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
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New Delhi, July 17:
Emphasising the need to reduce post-harvest losses in the horticulture sector, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said a robust cold chain network would help domest ...More
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| 'Minimize use of fertilizersto protect environment' |
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| The Times of India , Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
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NAGPUR: The ever-increasing environmental degradation can be attributed to various causes. But human or anthropogenic activities are the biggest culprits. Yet it is science and technology developed by ...More
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| No methane study on Cauvery Delta: J Jayalalithaa |
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| Deccan Chronicle , Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
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Chennai: Responding to Cauvery delta farmers’ plea, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday put on hold the coal-bed metha¬ne (CBM) project proposed by Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd (GEECL) ...More
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| Writing Green: A Guide to the Pen |
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| The Times of India , Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
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Book Review: A Handbook of Ecological and Environmental Reporting in India - for the Media, NGOs & People
Author: Santosh Shintre
Publisher: Sakal Papers Ltd.
Pages: 212
Journalism is obviously ...More
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