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Climate change causes water shortage in Pakistan
Two years of deluge and prolonged winter have caused water shortage in Pakistan The authorities of Southern Sindh province of Pakistan informed the agriculture community a few days back that there would be acute shortage of water in the coming days in the country in general and the province in…
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What we learnt from Fukushima
A Japanese nuclear engineering on a speaking tour of several Asian capitals to clear the cloud of controversy over the Fukushima accident was thrown this double-sided question: What is the cost to Japan of using nuclear energy and of not using it? It is a question that could apply…
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NK will launch ‘satellite’ despite sanction threat
In this March 20, 2012 file satellite image taken and provided by GeoEye, a satellite launch pad in Tongchang-ri, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea, is shown. <File photo: AP/Newsis> So, it seems to be fairly certain: in near future North Korea will launch what they describe as a…
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China: Rebalancing or end of miracle?
High-rise buildings in the central business district are seen in the backdrop in Beijing, China. China lowers growth target to 7.5%. What does it say about the economy? China’s downgrade of its 2012 real GDP growth forecast to 7.5 percent from 8 percent, the target for the previous eight years,…
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The Nuclear Dinner!
What could the chef prepare for the ‘Nuclear Dinner’ in Seoul Nuclear Security Summit? The menu should mention the precautions to “have” some content or another of the vast choices available. The table must be operated with nuclear power, to distribute the amounts of uranium dishes with justice. The chairs…
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Lakes dry up in eastern Nepal
This is the Tal Pokhari Maimugha Lake being dried up. ILAM, Nepal – Beautiful lakes of Ilam district in eastern Nepal, important in terms of bio-diversity and cultural significance, are drying up in absence of much needed conservation measures. Out of a total of 42 lakes and ponds located at different…
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A journey to meet people in memories
LOOK AT MY INDIA from SPOTFILMS by PRAMOD MATHUR, DIRECTOR & NEELIMA MATHUR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Whatever it maybe, there are people one cannot forget. Again and again, as I travelled across India, I have seen abject poverty and compulsions that have induced a kind of fate with no choices in…
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Why nuclear security matters
THE Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) will be held in Seoul next Monday and Tuesday. Leaders from 57 countries and international organisations, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore, will attend. The concept of so many world leaders meeting to discuss such a specialised issue as ‘nuclear security’ was probably…
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‘Nuclear weapons don’t help deter war’
As 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, is going to be held on March 26-27, with participation of heads of state and different organizations of over 53 countries, to discuss international cooperative measures to combat the threat of nuclear terrorism, protection of nuclear materials and related facilities and prevention of illicit…
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Solar project brightens remote village in Nepal
MAKAWANPUR, Nepal – While much of the urban areas are suffering due to increasing load shedding, a small remote village in Makwanpur glows brightly. Until recently Thingan was a village which was not receiving any attention from the local and central authorities. Local Development Officer (LDO) of Makawanpur Yuva Raj…
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