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Burdened by mines

Unscientific mining in Bellary has caused environmental devastation

Tribal affairs ministry gets cracking on apex court’s order on Vedanta

Odisha government gets a slew of orders to ensure the order is properly implemented

Gorilla tactics

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Chinese checkers

Newspapers>>Hacking ÔÇó US/China

Scare tactics

Violence mars Bihar’s efforts to empower women, promote self-governance

Pesticide guard

Plant hormone can protect rice from toxic effects of chemicals

Vectors go on a rampage

Despite large funds released by the Centre, India struggles to control diseases

Virtual autopsy

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A pecking order falls

The veil of civilisation and Hurricane Sandy

Identity crisis

Classification debate hurts conservation of Himalayan wolf

From the blurbs

Predicting eruptions

New equipment could provide ample warning of volcanic activity

Weather on order

A new technology could render weather forecasts redundant

Earth’s energy budget is not in balance. Should we be concerned?

The Earth will continue to warm as long as this energy imbalance persists

India needs 2.5 countries’ resources to meet its demands

Earth dwellers have used a year’s worth of resources in seven months

Book says climate change will affect global food security and trade

In several regions of the world, water scarcity will reduce the capacity to grow crops

Disturbance from West ceases, mercury set to rise

Relief in sight for states in the grip of swine flu

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto on Oxford University Press ban over mention of pigs

GreenPHABLET developed to help small holder farmers

It provides farmers with services to improve productivity and find better prices

Another 5,700 villages on Maharashtra’s drought list

Twice as many villages as in 2012 affected this time

Loss of Arctic ice forcing walruses to take shelter on shores

35,000 walruses were seen resting on a sea shore in northwest Alaska

Latin America in grip of chikungunya

Around a million people are reported to have been infected with disease in 34 countries

ISRO successfully test-fires vital engine; Mars orbiter on final lap

Why flawless functioning of the LAM engine was pivotal to ISRO’s Martian Odyssey

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