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India's top court steps in to help thirsty tech hub![]() ![]() New Delhi (AFP) Feb 16, 2018 India's water-starved tech hub Bangalore received a much-needed boost on Friday when the country's top court altered a river-sharing arrangement in its favour, ruling on a bitter dispute that dates back more than a century. The Supreme Court said a 2007 ruling by a special tribunal on river-sharing had failed to take into account Bangalore's growing water needs, and awarded a greater share to the southern state of Karnataka. Bangalore was once known as India's garden city for its many lakes and ... read more |
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![]() Aye Ywar , Myanmar (AFP) Feb 18, 2018 A free app on farmer San San Hla's smartphone is her new weapon in the war against the dreaded stem borer moth that blighted her rice paddy in southern Myanmar for the last two years. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Water makes up more than 70 percent of our planet and up to 60 percent of our bodies. Water is so common that we take it for granted. Yet water also has very strange properties compared to most othe ... more ![]() ![]() Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Sydney's iconic harbour has played a starring role in the development of new CSIRO technology that could save lives around the world. Using their own specially designed form of graphene, 'Grap ... more ![]() ![]() Maputo (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 Mozambique authorities on Wednesday introduced water rationing to more than a million residents in the capital Maputo due to a severe drought. ... more |
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Philippine lawmaker quits top job as graft probe moves forward
Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab Landslides kill 12 after eastern Malaysia deluges Philippines president says corruption scandal protests justified Philippines commission to probe widening flood project scandal Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian Far East, tsunami warning lifted Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian Far East, tsunami warning issued S.Sudan flooding displaces 100,000 in matter of weeks: UN Afghan deputy PM visits earthquake hit area Death toll from Indonesia flooding rises to 23 |
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![]() Paris (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 Before man-made climate change kicked in - and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May - the global water crisis was upon us. ... more ![]() ![]() Dabafayed, Ethiopia (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 Down a sandy track past a desiccated animal carcass lies a cluster of half-built huts that Ethiopia's government and aid agencies hope will blunt the worsening toll of repeated droughts. ... more ![]() ![]() Cape Town (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 South Africa on Tuesday declared a "national disaster" over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country and threatened to leave homes in Cape Town without running water. ... more ![]() ![]() Logan UT (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 With an ever-growing human population and its inherent demand for water, there is a critical need to monitor water resources. New technology could make it more feasible than ever to measure changes ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 The world has abundant freshwater but it is unevenly distributed and under increasing pressure, UN agencies say, as highlighted by the severe shortages in Cape Town. ... more |
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![]() ![]() Bordeaux's 'magnificent' lost vintage pushes small growers to the edge ![]() ![]() Cape Town (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 At Cape Town's Nazareth House, a care home for dozens of vulnerable, disabled and orphaned children, feeding time is executed with military precision. ... more ![]() |
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![]() Halle-Wittenberg, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 Chemists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have found out how stubborn pollutants in water can be disintegrated easily and cost-effectively. To do so researchers only need a green ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Feb 6, 2018 Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have found experimental evidence of superionic ice - a first. ... more ![]() ![]() London (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 History enthusiasts with strong stomachs can now come face-to-face with part of the 130-tonne "monster fatberg" found last year clogging a Victorian-era sewer, in a new London exhibit. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 US online giant Amazon on Thursday unveiled plans to launch grocery delivery to a number of US cities for its Prime subscriber using its recently acquired Whole Foods supermarket chain. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Feb 8, 2018 Scientists have confirmed the first case of stem rust in Britain in 60 years. In a new study, published this week in the journal Nature Communications Biology, researchers warn of the risks posed by a resurgence of the forgotten plant pathogen. ... more |
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Tracking a typhoon's seismic footprint Princeton NJ (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Why Russia is one step ahead of US Army's plans for future GPS Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 12, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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A theory of physics explains the fragmentation of tropical forests Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Fungal enzymes could hold secret to making renewable energy from wood York UK (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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United Sun Systems and DoE launch new super cheap solar battery system Aiken, SC (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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World's first floating wind farm put to the test Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Australia won't fund mega Adani mine rail link Sydney (AFP) Feb 4, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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MGM China to open mega resort in Macau as high rollers return Macau (AFP) Feb 15, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Can a cockroach teach a robot how to scurry across rugged terrain? Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Philippines resorts given two months to clean up 'cesspool' island Manila (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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NASA Covers Wildfires from Many Sources Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Drought forces Mozambique capital to ration water Maputo (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Lightning storms less likely in a warming planet, study suggests Edinburgh UK (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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US eyes heavy tariffs on China, Russia to counter steel, aluminum glut Washington (AFP) Feb 16, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Towards a better prediction of solar eruptions Paris, France (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Indonesia Sumatran elephant found dead from suspected gunshots Jakarta (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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