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Govt to throw open historic monuments even in nights
New Delhi: Tourism Ministry is contemplating throwing open historic monuments across the country in the night hours in a bid to promote tourism in the country.
'India not totally fulfilling Montreal Protocol norms'
New Delhi: Six months ahead of the January-2003 deadline, the country has effectively banned the use of highly dangerous ozone depleting substances like Chloro Fluoro Carbons (CFCs). But the job is yet to be over.
CIA opens 'Museum of Spookiness' to the public
Washington: A silver lipstick gun called the "Kiss of Death", a coat with a buttonhole camera, shoes with transmitters in their heels, ring pistols and poison syringes: They read like a prop list for a James Bond film.
El-Nino, heat wave cause bleaching of coral reefs
Madurai: The Coral reefs in Gulf of Mannar, which formed one of the most dynamic and productive marine eco system, are being slowly affected due to heat wave sweeping across the Southern parts of the country and El-Nino Southern Oscillation.
IIT experts discover secret behind Ashoka pillar
New Delhi: Experts at the Indian Institute of Technology have resolved the mystery behind the 1600-year-old iron pillar in Delhi, which has never corroded despite the capital's harsh weather.
US Navy permitted to deploy low-frequency sonar
Washington: The US Navy has been cleared to deploy active low-frequency sonar on two anti-submarine warfare ships after winning a five-year exemption from US rules aimed at protecting whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, US officials said on July 16.
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