Topic: South Asia
Australian scientists exploring areas of the Indian Ocean said Thursday they had found sunken parts of the megacontinent Gondwana which could offer clues on how the current world was formed.The two "islands" were found on the remote sea floor in international waters ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hate mornings, especially on Mondays? You may be surprised to know that much of the world doesn't share that grumpy feeling.Twitter shows people are more cheerful in the morning, get gloomier as the day wears on and rebound in ...
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The unbridled manufacture and use of pesticides in Asia is raising the spectre of "pest storms" devastating the region's rice farms and threatening food security, scientists have warned.Increased production of cheap pesticides in China and India, lax regulation and inadequate farmer education ...
A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an "unrecognizable" world by 2050, researchers warned at a major US science conference Sunday.The United Nations has predicted the global population will reach seven billion this year, and climb ...
New Delhi endured its coldest day in 40 years on Sunday as temperatures fell to three degrees Celsius (37.4 degrees Fahrenheit) during a cold snap across northern India.As thousands of homeless people sought places in temporary shelters, more than 80 people were ...
2010's natural and other disasters extra deadly, often weird, and we have ourselves to blameThis was the year the Earth struck back.Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 — ...
Cholera is caused by the comma-shaped bacillus, Vibrio cholerae and is endemic in South Asia but has been found in many areas of the world. In 1851 Filippo Pacini a bacteriologist from Florence, isolated V. cholerae from the bodies of those who ...
The Nature Conservancy This outfit protects the lands and waters of more than 30 countries, including the United States, Indonesia, and Panama. Reading Is Fundamental This group hands out free books and runs courses that promote literacy in all 50 states. Doctors ...
Gemology is the practice of identifying, studying and evaluating gemstones. A few families in Belgium, Holland, New York, Israel, Africa, Brazil and India have been involved in most of the trade of large stones. Furthermore, buying one of the rarest materials on ...
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WORLD TRAVEL.- SOUTHEAST ASIA
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