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Melkote temple jewel case: AC court recommends action against priest (Cached) 24.5.2013 Star of Mysore
Melkote temple jewel case: AC court recommends action against priest
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24x7 water for Panaji by 2015 24.5.2013 Goa News, News of Goa - Times of India
24x7 water for Panaji by 2015
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Restricted water supply on May 26 24.5.2013 Goa News, News of Goa - Times of India
Restricted water supply on May 26
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Hunt on for water sources 23.5.2013 Hindu: Cities
Drought prompts KWA to explore new options
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Residents' associations up in arms against sewerage project (Cached) 23.5.2013 TOI: All Headlines
Residents' associations up in arms against sewerage project
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India, US & Aus join hands to develop climate-resilient crops (Cached) 23.5.2013 Doordarshan
India, the United States and Australia have joined hands to develop new climate-resilient varieties of rice and wheat, two of the "big three" primary crops required to feed the world.
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Steady water supply’s a pipe dream 23.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Biodiversity galore 23.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Ignore biodiversity management at your own peril 23.5.2013 Hindu: Home
The United Nations designated May 22 as the “International Day for Biological Diversity,” to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. “Water and Biodiversity” is this year’s the...
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BU to tap Vrishabhavati to meet its water needs (Cached) 23.5.2013 Bangalore Mirror: City
With the Cauvery basin almost dry and Bangalore perhaps facing its worst ever water crisis...
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Russian delegates meet Sheila Dikshit (Cached) 22.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 22 : A five-member Russian delegation Wednesday met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit here and offered expertise in the area of water treatment.
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The farmed halibut that's better to eat than its wild brothers 22.5.2013 Guardian: Environment
Gigha halibut's sweet, oaky taste has high-end chefs queuing up – and its production is environmentally friendly There are stealth bombers cruising through the huge swimming pool, flat-fish the size of doors, changing colour as you watch, from matt black to pebble-and-sand. Fish farmer Bob Wilkieson pulls one up in a net. It is 7kg of dense, thrashing muscle, utterly alien with its twisted face and deltoid wings. These are four-year-old Atlantic halibut, and they may be the future of fish-farming: raised without chemicals and on organic feed. Unlike the flabby, slimy stuff we have come to accept as farmed salmon, this halibut is lean and far better to eat – in terms of ethics and taste – than its wild brothers. I went to Gigha, a little island off the Mull of Kintyre, for a taste. Smoked Gigha halibut , which has kept popping up on menus since its launch 18 months ago, is worth the trip. Sliced thin, with a little lemon, its sweet, gently oaky taste (Gigha's smoke-recipe using ...
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Pune bombs were wet hence could not cause mass casualty, say police 22.5.2013 Pune News, Pune City News | Cities News - Times of India
Pune bombs were wet hence could not cause mass casualty, say police
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Where does Bangalore get its water from? (Cached) 22.5.2013 Citizen Matters
How is the city’s water demand met? Why is it important to reuse water or not waste it? How can people make best use of treated water? Can treated water be used to recharge bore wells?

We all depend on groundwater. The single largest source of water that Bangalore has created apart from Cauvery, is actually a hole in the ground!

We are pulling water that has been down there for hundreds of years, that is somebody else's right as much as it is ours. Some use Cauvery water or groundwater to flush the toilets, while some others are not getting water even to drink.

Where does ground water come from?

We all live above common aquifers – spaces between soil particles and cracks, fissures and faults in the rocks. The spread of aquifer is…

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Detox getaways: Hot spots to heal mind, body and soul (Cached) 22.5.2013 Rediff: Top Stories (India)
From the mud baths of Turkey to the mineral springs in the Czech Republic, the author recommends some offbeat destinations for healing the mind, body and soul.
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Former Goldman Sachs group BoD Gupta seeks re-trial (Cached) 22.5.2013 Oneindia.in: News
New York, May 22: Former Goldman Sachs Group Board of Director Rajat Gupta's attorneys asked the Judge to reverse his insider-trading conviction, saying wiretap evidence used by the prosecution should not have been introduced at trial stage. Seth Waxman, lawyer
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Ministers rain promises ahead of monsoon 21.5.2013 deccanherald.com
Ministers rain promises ahead of monsoon
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Is your kitchen clean? 21.5.2013 Hindu: News
So, you want a spotless kitchen? Cecilia David, microbiologist-in-charge, Vivanta by Taj-Surya, says it’s simple
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How illegal salt making threatens Sambhar Lake's ecology (Cached) 21.5.2013 Rediff: Business
Even the sweltering heat of April does not deter the 10,000-odd tractors, mostly Ferguson-Masseys, from ferrying unrefined salt extracted from the brine of this largest inland saltwater lake in Asia.
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Water Treatment Plant allotment triggers Corporation's ire 21.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
Though 52 per cent of the water recycled at the Maradu Water Treatment Plant was to supplied to Kochi, the Corp fears that the KWA may divert it
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