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Ramar Sethu, a world heritage centre?

The Rs 2,427.40-crore Sethusamudram canal project aims to create a navigable channel of 152.2 km from the Gulf of Mannar to the Bay of Bengal through the Palk Bay and Palk Strait. The project that......

'Widening Ramar Sethu can amplify tsunamis'

Ramar Setu, or the Sethusamudram Project coming up in the Gulf of Mannar separating India and Sri Lanka, has evoked strong reactions both from those opposing the project as well as those in support......

Why the Ram Setu must not be destroyed

Sethusamudram, a project to create alternative shorter route for ships to cross the Gulf of Mannar, is a wonderful idea -- one which is more than 150 years old. The channel, originally an idea of a......

Hope for paradise of biologists

Will the Gulf of Mannar, the 'Paradise of Biologists', be lost or saved due to indiscriminate fishing? This is the question often posed by environmentalists.Hope has emerged in the form of Gulf of......

Ram Sethu: SC seeks expert report on alternative shipping route

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to place before it the report of prime minister-appointed expert panel on the feasibility of building an alternative shipping channel through......

Sethusamudram controversy back in the spotlight

There seems to be no end to the 16-year-old war over the controversial Sethusamudram project. The project involves dredging the stretch of water between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka to make it......

India to start power trade with Sri Lanka by 2014

The two countries are likely to sign an MoU for a Rs 2,500-crore (Rs 25 billion) project.The government's initiative to have trading of electricity with Sri Lanka is likely to bear fruit by......

'Bio resources:India wants legally binding treaty'

India plans to play a larger role in protection of forests and biodiversity, especially in the 10th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to be held in Nagoya, Japan, in......

India-Sri Lanka power link by 2013

The government's initiative to set up a high-capacity power transmission link between India and Sri Lanka is likely to be completed by 2013. The 285-kilometre power link, including submarine cables......

Reliance on oil hunt in Lanka

Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries is drawing up plans to invest in oil and gas exploration, production and refining in Sri Lanka.Seismic surveys have indicated that the island nation has......

People speak for gulf of mannar

QNA

Q. Which one of the following area has been declared as a Biosphere Reservea) Nilgirisb) Gulf of Mannarc) Nokrekd) Manas
Iqbal Seth: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-one-of-the-following-area-has-been-declared-as-a-biosp/24086593/answers/

Q. Which waterbody seprates the Andaman Islands from the Nocibar Islands ?(A) Palk Strait(B) Gulf of Mannar(C) Nine Degree Channel(D) Ten Degree Channel
Rajan: A. b) Gulf of Mannar more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-waterbody-seprates-the-andaman-islands-from-the-nociba/21846951/answers/24086608

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Coast Guard inducts warship INS Vaibhav in operational service

New Delhi: The Coast Guard on Tuesday inducted its latest warship INS Vaibhav, which was involved in a mishap in which more than four fishermen... ...

http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/coast-guard-inducts-warship-ins-vaibhav-in-operational-service_850040.html

It's not just another day

Whenever Savithri, a resident of south Chennai lifts a drink of water she sends a silent "thank you" to the sea near her home. "This is the latest... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/its-not-just-another-day/article4732899.ece

One for the record

Director Mohamad Issac's (he is also the co-producer with Rasiyabi Mohamad) first venture, Agadam, has entered the Guinness World Records. "The... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/shotcuts-one-for-the-record/article4689139.ece

Rs 50 crore for plastic roads in state

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday announced that Rs 50 crore would be allocated from the Environment Protection and Renewable Energy... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Rs-50-crore-for-plastic-roads-in-state/2013/05/03/article1572625.ece

Ask Centre to go by Pachauri report, scrap Sethu project, Tamil Nadu urges SC

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday sought a direction from the Supreme Court to the Central government to accept the recommendations of the Expert... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/nation/Ask-Centre-to-go-by-Pachauri-report-scrap-Sethu-project-Tamil-Nadu-urges-SC/2013/04/30/article1567824.ece

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Ramar Sethu, a world heritage centre?

'Widening Ramar Sethu can amplify tsunamis'

Why the Ram Setu must not be destroyed

Hope for paradise of biologists

Ram Sethu: SC seeks expert report on alternative shipping route

Sethusamudram controversy back in the spotlight

India to start power trade with Sri Lanka by 2014

'Bio resources:India wants legally binding treaty'

India-Sri Lanka power link by 2013

Reliance on oil hunt in Lanka

People speak for gulf of mannar

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