 | Animal activists have criticised the Elephant Festival organised here by the state government, saying it was cruel to the animals.
Tug of war, elephant beauty contest and elephant polo were the major attractions of the weekend... More |
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 | China will send three astronauts into space in 2008 on board Shenzhou VII, but only one of them will walk in space, the Beijing Times reported Monday.
Chinese scientists are working on the space suits for the astronaut, key part for space... More |
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 | Alarmed over the massive degradation of its lush green cover, Kerala is to launch an ambitious social forestry project aimed at instilling a love for nature in the student community, labourers and coastal inhabitants.
The programme, conceived by... More |
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 | Leather tanneries in Agra, accused of polluting the environment and causing health hazards to city dwellers, are in trouble after a court issued notices asking why they have not been shifted to a safer area.
The Allahabad High Court has issued... More |
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 | It's called RadioVeRVe, it's hiding out there in cyberspace and can come to you via your mobile phone. The Internet radio, you might not even be aware of, sees itself at the forefront of the "Indian independent music revolution".... More |
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 | From Karnal to Coimbatore, genetically modified (GM) crops are becoming a matter of great concern for Indians worried about safety as well as loss of biodiversity.
Various groups in Tamil Nadu, such as Pasumai Thayagam, an NGO supported by... More |
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 | If Kolkata and its vicinities are an area of surging humanity, they are also a happy hunting ground for langurs (long-tailed monkeys) these days -- courtesy the rapid urbanisation and rampant deforestation of rural areas.
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 | In a bid to create awareness among people to save sloth bears that face torture in the name of public entertainment, a group of hotels and tour operators in Delhi and Agra have joined a campaign initiated by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI).
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 | CMP Technology, a $3 billion targeted US media and marketing solutions company, plans to publish two of its leading channel and enterprise properties - CRN and Network Computing - in India from April.
CMP Technology will create magazines,... More |
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 | The use of air conditioners to cool the inside of buildings can make cities hotter, said researchers who studied the summer temperatures of a Japanese city.
Yukitaka Ohashi of the Okayama University of Science and colleagues compared the summer... More |
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