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  • Wastewater treatment of textile industry

    Japan has overcome environmental issues through efforts of both public and private sectors and by faciliting positive introduction of environmental facilites as well as technological advancements. HP

  • Old lead batteries may be recycled

    In what is being described as a major step to control illegal processing of lead, the Union government may soon make it mandatory for lead-acid battery manufacturers to take back as many used

  • Discovery releases Hubble telescope

    The US space agency NASA gave the world scientific community a much appreciated Christmas present as the Shuttle Discovery released into orbit the newly repaired Hubble telescope. At 2303 GMT,

  • Thus makes breakthrough in online calls

    Thus has become the first company in Europe to implement a new technology that will enable it to offer full voice communications over the internet. The move opens the way for big cuts in the cost of

  • Paradeep Phosphates denies any leakage from plant

    Paradeep Phosphates Ltd (PPL), in its bid to counter the propaganda against the company, made it clear that the abnormal increase in acidity level in water following the super-cyclone had nothing to

  • Centre rejects cement plant proposal

    The Union Ministry of Forests and Environment has rejected the proposal for the setting up a cement plant at Sundernagar on the ground that the site was too close to protected wild life areas.

  • A confident Europe in countdown to Y2K

    Action 2000, the British government's bug-busting agency, predicts Y2K related problems with perhaps 5 percent of data-related functions, a rate that is comparable to what large companies experience

  • Robots coming to life in Japan's laboratories

    Aibo, Tama and other emerging pet robots represent the latest chapter in the history of robots, which began in U.S. factory floors in the 1960s. Japanese scientists are intent on bringing more robots

  • It's all right now

    Asian region's modern countries are declaring that the vast majority of systems have been repaired to escape from the millennium bug. But problems are expected, in the form of isolated electrical

  • Reliance gets top ratings in FEER

    It was the number one position for Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) all the way, according to the 1999 annual readership survey conducted by the Far Eastern Economic Review(FEER). The survey, 'Review

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