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Fact box: Kishenganga Project

March 28, 2013

Recently, India won the legal battle against Pakistan regarding construction of Kishenganga Hydro Electric Project in North Kashmir. What is the issue? Pakistan had pleaded before the Court of Arbitration at The Hague that India’s construction of Project over Kishenganga ..

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ISRO prepares palaeochannel map of River Saraswati

March 28, 2013

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has prepared an integrated palaeochannel map of River Saraswati from the origin in Himalayas to Rann of Kutchch. The origin of the mapped course of the River Saraswati palaeochannel in North West India was linked ..

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Green Tribunal prohibits roads construction, cutting of trees in Aravallis

March 28, 2013

The National Green Tribunal has ordered ban on construction of roads and cutting of trees in the Aravallis directing the parties concerned to restore the area to its original condition. The Tribunal also set up a three-member panel comprising Haryana ..

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National Tourism Award to Fatehpur Sikri monuments

March 20, 2013

The Fatehpur Sikri group of monuments in Agra has been conferred with the prestigious National Tourism Award 2011-12 for “the best maintained and disabled-friendly monument”.

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North Island of New Zealand hit by worst drought in 30 years

March 15, 2013

A drought has been announced in the entire North Island of New Zealand. The government has described it as the worst drought in 30 years spell. The capital Wellington is assumed to have just 18 days of water left, and ..

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Falkland islanders choose to stay with Britain

March 15, 2013

In a referendum in which people of Falkland Islands were asked whether they wished to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, 99.8% of voters have chosen to stay as British Overseas Territory. What ..

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Fact Box: ‘Gwadar Port’ and ‘Chabahar port’

February 22, 2013

China assumes control of Gwadar Port China has taken control of Pakistan’s Gwadar Port located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf just outside the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. Previously, the control of the port was with Port of ..

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Fact Box: Dongria Kondh tribe

February 21, 2013

MoEF justifies cancellation of environmental clearance to Vedanta The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has held that its decision of cancellation of the environmental clearance granted to Vedanta for the Lanjigarh Bauxite mining project in Odisha was right and ..

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