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India granted 'observer' status in Arctic Council
Issue Date: May 16, 2013
India has been granted the status of an observer in the Arctic Council, an organisation of global nations that coordinates Arctic policy. With the melting of Arctic ice, new waterways are emerging, creating opportunities for countries to tap the region’s so far inaccessible resources. There is growing competition over the untapped oil, natural gas, minerals and fish resources of the region.
The oil bully
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2013
In 2009, a US court of appeals ordered Exxon Mobil, the largest publicly traded oil company, to pay $1 billion to the victims of 50,000 tonnes of oil spill in Alaska in 1989. But the US Supreme Court reduced the fine to $500 million following appeals by Exxon. The oil spill had damaged 2,100 km of the Alaskan coastline.
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Issue Date: Sep 30, 2012
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Thin yet tough
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Issue Date: May 15, 2012
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Star-eating monsters
Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Feb 29, 2012
Technology
Mr Gum gets it right too
A popular rapid oral test for detecting HIV is as accurate as traditional blood tests, according to a Canadian research. Although previous studies have shown that OraQuick HIV 1/2 has great promise, this is the first study to evaluate its potential at a global level.
Oilfree, naturally
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2012
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Issue Date: Oct 31, 2011
Environmental sciences
Slipped into deformity
Drilling by ONGC stopped in Mizoram
Issue Date: May 15, 2011
THE Mizoram State Pollution Control Board has asked the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to suspend exploratory drilling for flouting environmental norms.
More muck on BP spill
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2011
A New York Times investigation has revealed that months before the BP disaster, some Congressional officials in the US were pressing federal regulators about numerous safety concerns related to offshore drilling, potential oil spills and BP itself.
