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New bird flu strain emerges
The Chinese Government denies the existence of the new strain, Fujian-like, found by researchers


Mobile networks ready for 3G
THE LATEST buzzword in the mobile industry is `3G'. Every mobile service provider is eager to exploit the situation to develop his network capability to incorporate lot of value added services and more specifically to extend Wireless Broad band ...
Did warmer climate increase insect numbers?
YET ANOTHER consequence of global warming seems to be emerging. It is the rise in insect populations in response to warmer temperatures. While this may be welcome in the case of say, butterflies, can we say the same about mosquitoes? It is an ...
New property of matter
PHYSICISTS AT the University of California, San Diego have for the first time observed the spontaneous production of coherence within `excitons,' the bound pairs of electrons and holes that enable semiconductors to function as novel electronic ...
Information Technology

Salaam Bangalore!
The steady flow of intellectual property has seen over 5,000 patents filed from India

Agriculture

FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Hand-operated equipment for removing amla seed
The entire machine has been electroplated to avoid blackening of parts
Control of spotted podborer on pulses
The pest also causes severe damage to other pulses such as blackgram, cowpea and redgram throughout India. Incidence of the attack can be noticed by the presence of numerous adult moths briskly flying close to the plants for egg laying. Young ...
Amla cultivation
Where can I obtain information for establishing an amla farm in my eight-acre land, which has a good facility for irrigation? R. Aman
Hisar, Haryana You may contact Narendra Deva Agricultural University, Faizabad, U.P. 224229, ...
Pruning sapota
Is it advisable to prune the sapota trees in our five-acre garden as they seem to be infested with leaf spots? S. Rangaraju
Chennai It is not the right season in Tamil Nadu to prune sapota as the harvest is due on the current ...

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