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Converting Acid Rain Chemicals Into Useful ProductsLondon UK (SPX) Oct 28, 2010 Power plants that burn fossil fuels remain the main source of electricity generation across the globe. Modern power plants have scrubbers to remove sulfur compounds from their flue gases, which has helped reduce the problem of acid rain. Now, researchers in India have devised a way to convert the waste material produced by the scrubbing process into value-added products. They describe details in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution. Fossil fuels contain sulfur compounds tha ... read more |
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  India blocks massive expansion of Vedanta refinery India on Thursday denied Vedanta Resources permission for a six-fold expansion of its aluminium refinery in Orissa state over environmental concerns, dealing a fresh blow to the British company. ... more | .. |
  Hylas-1 Satellite Readied For Launch From European Spaceport The Hylas-1 telecommunications satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Its next journey will be to space, on an Ariane 5 launcher towards its operational orbit nearly 36 000 km ... more | .. |
  India to build neutrino observatory India says it will build a more than quarter-billion-dollar underground facility to join the worldwide search for elusive neutrino particles. The country's Environment and Forests Ministry has gi ... more | .. |
  Maiden flight for Indian military drone: official India said Sunday it had completed a maiden test flight of an indigenously-built unmanned drone developed as part of the country's efforts to reduce military imports. "The aircraft was flown in ... more | .. |
  US takes up Pakistan military wish-list in talks The United States and Pakistan meet Wednesday in a new bid to smooth out an uneasy partnership, with Washington ready to offer fresh military assistance despite unease in India. The three-day t ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Oct 19, 2010Coral reefs in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean are dying from the worst bleaching effect in more than a decade, Australian marine scientists said Tuesday. The bleaching, triggered by a large pool of warm water which swept into the Indian Ocean in May, has caused corals from Indonesia to the Seychelles to whiten and die, Australia's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies said. Re ... more  
Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2010The United States said Tuesday it was in talks with Pakistan about new military assistance as part of a partnership against Islamic extremism, in a step sure to trigger unease in India. The United States and Pakistan on Wednesday open their latest "strategic dialogue," an initiative by President Barack Obama's administration to show Pakistan's skeptical public it is ready to take up its conc ... more  
Paris (AFP) Oct 20, 2010South Asia is the world's most climate-vulnerable region, its fast-growing populations badly exposed to flood, drought, storms and sea-level rise, according to a survey of 170 nations published on Wednesday. Of the 16 countries listed as being at "extreme" risk from climate change over the next 30 years, five are from South Asia, with Bangladesh and India in first and second places, Nepal in ... more |
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Indian panel advises scrapping clearance for S.Korean plantNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 18, 2010 The majority of an Indian government panel probing the environmental impact of a 12-billion-dollar South Korean steel plant said Monday that clearances for the project should be scrapped. Steel giant POSCO wants to build the plant in the eastern state of Orissa, in what would be India's largest foreign investment project since the country launched market reforms in 1991. Three of the four-member panel cited "many serious lapses and illegalities" in assessing the plant's environmental impact, inc ... read more |
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