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Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button? PDF Print E-mail

Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, according to a comprehensive study of fossil records.

 
How parched villages save water in Rajasthan PDF Print E-mail

Neem Singh's daily bread comes from water. He draws water from a kuin  (small well), fills a metal container reminiscent of the trunk used for storing clothes, and takes it back to the village pulled by his camel-cart -- the tyres of which are the same as used in jets.

 
Bengal villages offer lessons in water self-help PDF Print E-mail

Join hands to clean water, ensure regular testing at little cost. Banashree Bera and Alaka Jana are no ordinary women. Together, the two housewives from Chakrimulia village in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district can dismantle and reassemble a tubewell in minutes.

 
Rural BPOs are successful businesses PDF Print E-mail

Setting up of rural BPOs is no longer being perceived as just corporate social responsibility. These are viable businesses.

 
Washington State Future Home To One Of The World's Largest Solar Projects PDF Print E-mail

In a landmark decision for the city of Cle Elum, Kittitas County, Washington state and the nation, the Kittitas County Board of Adjustment Wednesday night approved a permit for Teanaway Solar Reserve (TSR). The 75-MW project, located 90 miles east of Seattle, will be one of the largest photovoltaic solar facilities in the world.

 
Is Any Country Already Able To Meet All Of Its Energy Needs From Renewable Sources? PDF Print E-mail

A growing volume of energy originating from renewable sources is being used right around the world - from Europe to America to China. This trend is especially widespread in the electricity-generation sector.

 
Excellent Perseid Meteor Shower Expected Aug. 11-13 PDF Print E-mail

Every August, just when many people go vacationing in the country where skies are dark, the best-known meteor shower — the Perseid meteor shower — makes its appearance.

 
Argentine lake may offer clues to life on Mars PDF Print E-mail

A lake in Argentina's remote, inhospitable northwest may offer clues on how life got started on Earth and how it could survive on other planets, scientists say.

 
India ninth most attractive investment destination: UN agency PDF Print E-mail

India climbed four notches to be ranked the ninth most attractive investment destination in 2009 with a total foreign direct investment inflow of $34.61 billion, a UN report revealed on July 22, 2010.

 
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