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India 'microtags' snakes to snare illegal charmersNew Delhi (AFP) April 13, 2011 Officials in New Delhi have injected microchips into snakes used by snake charmers in a bid to regulate the basket and flute performers who have long been a favourite with tourists in India. The chips, which contain a unique ID code, will effectively act as name-tags, allowing officials to ascertain whether individual snakes have been registered by their owners, Delhi's forest department chief Deepak Shukla said Wednesday. India implemented laws in the late 1990s proscribing the commercial use o ... read more |
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  India court hears call for harsher Bhopal sentences India's Supreme Court began hearing a government petition on Wednesday seeking harsher sentences for seven company managers jailed last year over the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. ... more | .. |
  BRICS urges 'early' WTO accession for Russia The leaders of China, India, Brazil and South Africa on Thursday threw their support behind Russia's 18-year-old bid to join the World Trade Organisation, urging an "early accession" for Moscow. ... more | .. |
  World's major emerging powers to meet in China The world's major emerging powers - Brazil, Russia, India and China - welcome South Africa into their fold this week at a summit in China that will seek to give developing nations greater global clout. ... more | .. |
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  Transocean claims record sea depth for oil drilling Offshore oil drilling group Transocean claimed Tuesday that it had a set a world record for deep water drilling at an ocean depth of 3,107 metres (10,194 feet) off the coast of India. ... more | .. |
  Asia's star ever brighter in space Asia's extraterrestrial ambitions have rocketed from nowhere in the 50 years since the first human space flight, with China shooting for the moon while India and Japan fuel up their own programmes. ... more | .. |
  NGO sues to save forest for Paraguay natives An NGO supporting the rights of native Paraguayans said Monday that it filed complaints with environmental authorities over the destruction of forests in the northwestern Chaco region. ... more | .. |
  Indian navy ponders new minesweepers The Indian navy is keeping its options open for replacing its aging fleet of Pondicherry and Karwar class minesweepers, including building ships in South Korea. ... more |
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  Clinton urges China to free activists US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged China to free dozens of government critics rounded up this year including a prominent artist and said Beijing's rights record was worsening. ... more | .. |
 China speaks better English than India: study Emerging market giant China has pipped neighbouring rival India in English language proficiency skills, despite the South Asian nation's strong anglophone tradition, according to a new study. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan frees Indian prisoner after 23 years An Indian national held in Pakistan for 23 years returned home Thursday in a sign of easing tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals who resumed peace talks last month. ... more | .. |
  India inches closer to major aircraft deal India's air force won't accept any last-minute offers from bidders in a 126 medium-multi-role combat aircraft deal expected to be worth around $11 billion. ... more |
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  Emissions Trading Does Not Cause Pollution Hot Spots Programs that allow facilities to buy and sell emission allowances have been popular and effective since they were introduced in the U.S. two decades ago. But critics worry the approach can create h ... more | .. |
  New theory of Tibet geology put forward U.S. researchers say they have a new theory of the geology underlying the Tibetan plateau, long thought to be floating on a hot crust moving like a liquid. ... more | .. |
'Super Sherpa' on Everest cleaning climb A top Nepalese mountaineer who holds the record for the number of successful summits of Everest left for another attempt on Wednesday on a mission to clean garbage from the world's highest peak. ... more | .. |
  India's GSAT-8 Delivered To French Guiana A dual-purpose Indian satellite to be orbited on another of Arianespace's Ariane 5 missions during 2011 arrived in French Guiana today. GSAT-8 - which also is known by the INSAT-4G designation ... more |
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NISAR radar view maps surface changes in Mississippi Delta
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  India-Bundesbank Iran deal is off: German source India has called off plans that have irked Washington and Israel to channel oil payments to Iran through the German central bank, a German source said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  First ban on all Japanese food over nuclear crisis India banned all food imports from Japan Tuesday, the first country to impose a blanket block over radiation from a stricken nuclear plant, as shares in its operator plunged to an all-time low. ... more | .. |
  'Skype school' brings knowledge to Indian village The electricity keeps cutting out, the Internet connection is crackly and the speakers don't always work, but Santosh Kumar knows that 20 pupils far away in eastern India are relying on him. ... more | .. |
India bans Iran nuclear-related trade India has banned trade in all goods and services with Iran that could help Tehran pursue development of nuclear weapons, a government statement said. ... more |
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 Gurkas in first wave of British military job cuts Debt-laden Britain said Monday that 2,600 troops would lose their jobs in a first wave of redundancies forced by defence cuts, with 150 Nepalese Gurkha troops among the first to go. ... more | .. |
 India's maverick environment minister who likes to annoy India's maverick environment minister Jairam Ramesh is more than a little smug that at one time or another he has raised the hackles of big business, cabinet colleagues and environmentalists. ... more | .. |
  Japan crisis fuels India nuclear safety concerns Japan's nuclear crisis has fuelled public unease in India over ambitious government plans to ramp up nuclear power capacity to feed the country's growing, energy-hungry economy. ... more | .. |
  Blood Simple Circuitry For Cyborgs Could electronic components made from human blood be the key to creating cyborg interfaces? Circuitry that links human tissues and nerve cells directly to an electronic device, such as a robotic lim ... more |
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Desert sand mix points to new path for greener concrete
Neem seed biochar turns waste into thermal energy storage medium
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  Spanish navy delivers suspected pirates to Seychelles The Spanish navy on Saturday handed over 11 suspected pirates to authorities in the Seychelles, four days after they were arrested while allegedly pursuing a fishing boat in the Indian Ocean, Spain's defence ministry said. ... more | .. |
Germany under fire for Iranian oil deal In a move that has drawn the attention of the U.S. government, Germany reportedly helped Iran strike an oil deal with India in return for the release of two German journalists arrested last year by Iranian authorities. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN disunity weakening China relations An Indian think tank sees the Association of Southeast Asian Nation's lack of a unified front as weakening member states' negotiations with China over numerous maritime disputes. ... more | .. |
 Top Indian scientist calls for nuclear moratorium A top Indian scientist and government advisor has called for a moratorium on all future nuclear projects following the nuclear crisis in tsunami-hit Japan. ... more |
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  India's 'digital divide' worst among peers: study Most Indians are missing out on the "digital revolution" due to dismal Internet access for the poor with the nation lagging far behind its emerging market peers, a study found Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Global Clean Energy Investment Reached Record 243 Billion Dollars In 2010 Global clean energy finance and investment grew significantly in 2010 to $243 billion, a 30 percent increase from the previous year. China, Germany, Italy and India were among the nations that most ... more | .. |
  India, Pakistan agree to 'terror hotline' India and Pakistan agreed Tuesday to set up a "terror hotline" to warn each other of possible militant attacks, a move to build trust as the two nuclear foes get their peace process back on track. ... more |
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