- Electronic gas detectors have retired canaries from a dangerous job they had been doing in the coalmines, introducing state-of-the-art handheld gas detectors with sensors and alarm systems for deep excavation, the birds are no longer called in to play the role of an early-warning system for carbon monoxide and other toxic gases in the mines.
- Sunderbans on the edge as tiger numbers rise, Residents fear more conflicts with big cat .
- RSS opposes climb-down on Art. 370, AFSPA
- Mamata-led delegation to visit Dhaka.
- AAP to launch ‘Jai Kisan Abhiyan’ in Haryana.
- UNSC meet to discuss situation in Libya.
- Ukraine on Tuesday accused rebels and Russia of destroying a fragile three-day-old ceasefire after insurgents armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a flashpoint town and engaged thousands of troops there in intense combat.
- Mine allotment process for PSUs to start today , Govt. will now allot 43 blocks, instead of 36 announced earlier.
- Growth in export of agri products slides. Though in absolute terms, agri products exports have increased to Rs.1.96 lakh crore in 2013-14 from Rs.1.74 lakh crore in 2012-13, it is significantly lower than 68.4 per cent growth (y-o-y) registered in 2011-12 (Rs.1.33 lakh crore in 2011-12 against Rs.78,854 crore in 2010-11).
Feb 18, 2015
News Bits - 18 Feb 2015
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