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| Season of rejuvenation begins |
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| Deccan Chronicle , Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
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Kochi: When the Malayalam month of Karkidakam starts on Wednesday, it’s going to be boom time for ayurveda clinics as the tradition of rejuvenation begins.
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| Prez asks ICAR to bring clarity on safety concerns |
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| Hindustan Times , Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
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President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the introduction of genetically-modified (GM) crops would revolutionise the agriculture sector, while asking the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICA ...More
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| Science Express chugs into Visakhapatnam |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
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The Science Express – Bio-Diversity Special -- arrived here on a four-day visit to the city on Monday. The exhibition train stationed on Platform No. 8 (Gnanpuram entry) will be open for visitors till ...More
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| Go Green, former president Kalam exhorts industry |
| Hemali Chhapia, |
| The Economic Times , Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
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MUMBAI: Climate change and environment conservation are no longer armchair discussions, but have taken the prime slot in balance sheets of most companies. Most companies are closely monitoring their c ...More
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| Why nuclear when wind energy is better? |
| Malavika Velayanikal |
| DNA , Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
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Members of Parliament interact with renewable energy experts at the Climate Parliament meet in the city.
What happens when a bunch of intelligent and well-informed Members of Parliament get thrown in ...More
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| Allay fears over GM crop, Pranab tells farm scientists |
| Vishwanath Kulkarni |
| The Hindu Business Line , Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
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New Delhi, July 16:
In what could be music to the ears for supporters of genetically-modified (GM) technology, President Pranab Mukherjee, on Tuesday said that development and introduction of GM c ...More
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| Crosscurrents in India-U.S. ties |
| Kanwal Sibal |
| The Hindu , Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
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The growing convergence of views on many issues is not enough to iron out the divergence arising from different priorities, as Secretary Kerry’s recent visit proved
Doubts persist both in India and t ...More
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| Kalam roots for green buildings, efficient energy usage |
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| The Times of India , Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
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PUNE: Green buildings, sustainable design and green architecture can ensure that the impact of constructions and infrastructure development on the environment is contained, former President APJ Abdul ...More
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| Tocklai prepares for climate change |
| SMITA BHATTACHARYYA |
| The Telegraph , Monday, July 15, 2013 |
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Jorhat, July 14: Imagine Assam without a tea industry. Unimaginable? Well, that’s exactly what may happen 20 years later when, going by current indicators, high carbon dioxide levels and resultant hig ...More
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| Air pollution kills over two million people every year |
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| Business Standard , Sunday, July 14, 2013 |
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Human-caused outdoor air pollution is directly responsible for over two million deaths globally - many of them in South and East Asia - each year, a new study has claimed.
The study estimates that ...More
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| Aiming for Antarctica |
| Bincy Mathew |
| The Hindu , Sunday, July 14, 2013 |
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Climate change has been a much-contested topic, and the some of the colder regions of the world which are affected as a result of global warming lie at the heart of this debate.
While, on the one ha ...More
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| Air pollution kills over two million people each year |
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| The Times of India , Sunday, July 14, 2013 |
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WASHINGTON: Human-caused outdoor air pollution may be responsible for over two million deaths worldwide - a large number of them in South Asia and East Asia - each year, US researchers have said.
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| Disaster warning falls on deaf ears |
| Saikat Ray, Suman Chakraborti & Rohit Khanna |
| The Times of India , Thursday, July 11, 2013 |
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KOLKATA: The city is staring at a loss of over Rs 40,000 crore if a major flood hits, not to mention the incalculable loss in terms of loss of life and misery, the World Bank had warned after conducti ...More
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| Duo in demographic race |
| Abhijit Das |
| The New Indian Express , Thursday, July 11, 2013 |
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The cat is out of the bag! India’s population will overtake that of China around 2028. This was part of the first sentence of the UN press release on its report, World Population Prospects: The 2012 ...More
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| US, China agree to cut emissions from vehicles, coal |
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| The Economic Times , Thursday, July 11, 2013 |
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WASHINGTON: The United States and China, the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases, agreed to five initiatives on Wednesday to cut carbon output from the largest sources, including heavy duty veh ...More
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