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Fact Box: Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG)

June 8, 2013

IIT-Madras develops new technology for mass housing Researchers in the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) have developed a method of design and construction to make use of Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG) panels to construct rapid, cost-effective mass housing. ..

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Obesity and poor nutrition costs world economy $1.4 trillion: FAO

June 7, 2013

As per the latest report of the Rome based U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), obesity and poor nutrition cost dearly for the global economy and suggested the governments that investing in food health would bring big economic as well as social ..

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Japan conducts successful test of new Maglev Bullet Train

June 7, 2013

Japan has successfully performed the first successful test of new generation L0 Series Trains (maglev bullet trains) designed to travel at speeds of 311 mph. These trains have latest Magnetic levitation technology (maglev) instead of the conventional wheels. The commercial services of this series ..

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PSC seeks public views on Agriculture Biosecurity Bill, 2013

June 5, 2013

The Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) on Agriculture which is headed by Basudeb Acharia has sought public opinion on Agriculture Biosecurity Bill, 2013 that envisages for the setting up of an Integrated National Biosecurity System which will cover plant, animal, marine ..

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Fact Box: induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC)

June 1, 2013

Scientists improve Yamanaka’s invention to make iPSCs Scientists at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, China have claimed that they have improved the efficiency of Shinya Yamanaka’s invention of producing induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) which won Nobel Prize ..

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Sale of ammonium nitrate brought under control in Delhi

May 31, 2013

Delhi Police has notified that by May 31, 2013, all traders of Ammonium nitrate will have to apply for a licence. With this, the buyer will have to furnish his identity and purpose before purchase of ammonium nitrate. However, schools, ..

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India, US & Australia will collaborate to develop climate-resilient crops

May 31, 2013

Three nations- India, the United States and Australia have come together to collaborate on developing new climate-resilient varieties of rice and wheat, two of the “big three” primary crops essential to feed the world. The key agencies/organizations which are part of this effort are the United ..

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Frozen plants from Little Ice Age revived

May 31, 2013

Scientists were amazed to find that the 400-year-old plants known as bryophytes showed new growth under laboratory conditions. The researchers are studying Teardrop Glacier region high in the Canadian Arctic which is receding at rates that have sharply accelerated since 2004, ..

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Carbon dioxide causing increase in the acidity of Arctic Ocean

May 31, 2013

As per the findings of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), Carbon dioxide emissions are making arctic seas more acidic and even if the emissions are completely stopped today it would take tens of thousands of years to reverse ..

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Japan restarts operating Dreamliner flights

May 30, 2013

Japan’s biggest airline- All Nippon Airways (ANA) has resumed Boeings 787 Dreamliner flights. It is for the first time for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when its flights were resumed after the planes were grounded worldwide after two incidents on Japanese-owned ..

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