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The National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995

An Act to provide for strict liability for damages arising out of any accident occurring while handling any hazardous substance and for the establishment of a National Environment Tribunal for effective and expeditious disposal of cases arising from such accident, with a view to giving relief and compensation for damages to persons, property and

Publication Date: 
17/06/1995
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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National Environment Tribunal Act 1995, India
India

 Top quirk

It took almost 2 decades of squinting at the microverse to finally pin down, on March 2, an accomplished atomic escape artist, the top quark

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Shobhit Mahajan
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Physical Science, Research, Scientific And Technical Development
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 "India's health infrastructure was never something to be pround of"

The panic created when the plague rippled out from Surat and threatened other parts of the country exposed India's complete lack of resources for crisis control management. In order to combat such emergency situations in future, the government appointed V

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
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Epidemics, Plague, Surat (D)
India

 Brushing up

India's good old neem tree could be used by industry if it stands by its assurances of research and resources

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Rajat Banerji
Down to Earth
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Pesticides, Neem, Patents, India
India

 Deceitful dilemma

A theory developed to study chess and poker offers an insight into why some animals cheat

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Down to Earth
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Life Science, Research
India

 The crux of matter

Over 200 subatomic (or fundamental) particles have been detected so far. Each appears to have an antiparticle, which possesses the same mass as the particle but manifests the opposite side of one

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
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Physical Science, Research, Scientific And Technical Development
India

 Of human bondage

The international decade for indigenous peoples has just been ushered in with the usual brouhaha that accompanies all such gala events. vips will make speeches, money will be asked for and perhaps

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
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Community Groups, India
India

 Parasite expunger

Scientists claim to have identified the constituent of human blood that destroys a parasite which plays havoc with livestock

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Down to Earth
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Livestock, Blood, Life Science, Research
India

 Echoes from the dying biosphere

The emergence of AIDS, Ebola, and any number of other rainforest agents appears to be a natural consequence of the ruin of the tropical biosphere. The emerging viruses are surfacing from ecologically

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Down to Earth
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Viral Diseases, Global
India

 New horizons

Is there physics beyond the Standard Model?

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
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Physical Science, Research, Scientific And Technical Development

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