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Expert backs cane toad eradication plan
A far north Queensland cane toad expert says a Federal Government plan designed to tackle the cane toad scourge is simple but has merit.
The $2 million draft plan has been released for public comment.
The plan will try to coordinate efforts across the nation to manage the effects of cane toads on the environment.
It identifies the [...]
Pack of dogs stalks council workers
The Palmerston City Council says Parks and Wildlife has rejected its application to be allowed to remove packs of aggressive dogs that have been stalking council workers.
The Palmerston Mayor, Robert Macleod, says a pack of about 12 dogs, which look like a dingo cross breed, has been stalking council workers at the local tip and [...]
Himachal Pradesh Govt. moves to produce IT friendly business landscape
New Delhi, Sep.18 (ANI): Recognizing the enormous potential of Information Technology in acting as a catalyst for the Tier – II growth of Suburban India, The Government of Himachal Pradesh (GoHP) is moving to produce an IT friendly business landscape.
To close the technological gap [...]
Climate change is faster in Arctic than in any other location on Earth
Washington, September 13 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland have participated in two new studies, which indicate that climate change is progressing faster in Arctic areas than in any other location on Earth.
The study results indicate that the Arctic eco-system has experienced immense changes in the last twenty years.
At many levels, the [...]
Even a simple road can turn subsistence communities into commercial hunting camps
Washington, September 13 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have found that even a simple road can turn subsistence communities into commercial hunting camps that empty rainforests of their wildlife.
The study was carried out by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the IDEAS-Universidad San Francisco de Quito at Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park.
The researchers, [...]
Cities trap more CO2 than rain forests
Washington, September 9 (ANI): A surprising new study has found that cities trap more carbon dioxide (CO2) than rain forests.
According to a report in National Geographic News, compared with tropical rain forests, cities store more carbon, acre for acre, in their trees, buildings, and dirt.
“Everyone thinks about the tropical forests, [...]
Ancient mystery of red hats on giant Easter Island statues solved
London, September 7 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has solved the ancient mystery of why the odd-looking statues on the Easter Island statues wear red hats.
Up to one thousand years ago, the islanders started putting giant red hats on the statues.
According to a report by BBC News, the research team, from the University of [...]
UK film industry facing most hostile environment in years, say insiders
London, Aug 25 (ANI): The stupendous success of Danny Boyle’s ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is unlikely to be repeated, say insiders.
The ongoing credit crisis has hit independent film companies quite hard, as 59 such companies have wrapped up in past 18 months, while others are struggling for funds.
According to the report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers, indie [...]
Archaeologists to explore how prehistoric Italians made their living at end of the Ice Age
Washington, August 25 (ANI): Archaeologists at the University of Bradford are all set to lead an exploration into how prehistoric people made their living in Italy at the end of the Ice Age.
According to a report in Bradford Telegraph and Argus, the research aims to find out how hunter-gatherers in Mediterranean Europe survived before [...]
Chinese govt. office “too busy to fuss with” public
Beijing, Aug. 24 (ANI): A Chinese citizen who filed an online complaint to a government department was told: “Our office is too busy to fuss with you. Come to the office and face us.”
The shocking reply from the city landscaping office in Yingcheng, Hubei province came albeit a new set of regulations binding government departments [...]
Selja to inaugurate workshop on world class tourism infrastructure today
New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja will inaugurate a one-day workshop on World-Class Tourism Infrastructure here today.
The objective of the workshop is to develop world class tourism infrastructure in consultation with architects, the engineering organisations, tourism managers and consultants.
As a capacity building workshop, focused to sensitise the various stakeholders [...]
Delhi Stock Exchange teams up with IBM to re-start its operations
New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): IBM today announced that it has signed a 10-year information technology (IT) services agreement with Delhi Stock Exchange, one of the leading stock exchanges in India. As part of this Rs 11 crore agreement,
IBM will provide [...]
Prehistoric dwelling unearthed at Isle of Man 3,000 years older than Stonehenge
London, July 14 (ANI): A prehistoric dwelling, which is 3,000 years older than Stonehenge, has been unearthed during construction of the runway extension at Isle of Man Airport.
According to Isle of Man newspapers, dating back an astonishing 8,000 years [...]
Giant Martian egg cups could be used to trace the Red Planet’s climate
London, July 14 (ANI): A new study has suggested that craters embedded on pedestals that tower above the Martian landscape like giant egg cups could be used to trace the planet’s climate.
‘Pedestal’ craters were gouged out by impacts, like other craters, but stand out because they sit atop plateaus that loom an average of 50 [...]
‘Hotspots’ of human impact on coastal areas ranked
Washington, July 10 (ANI): A new study has ranked ‘hotspots’ among coastal marine ecosystems that are at risk worldwide as a result of human activities.
The study, by scientists at UC (University of California) Santa Barbara, US, is the first integrated analysis of all coastal areas of the world.
“Resource management and conservation in coastal waters must [...]
List of Architecture Colleges in Delhi ~ Architecture Colleges at Delhi ~ Architecture Colleges Details
List of Architecture Colleges in Delhi ~ Architecture Colleges at Delhi ~ Architecture Colleges Details
1 . College Name Faculty Of Architecture
Address Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar NEW DELHI-110 025
Email : hod_arc@jmi.ernet.in, smakhtar@sancharnet.in
Phone : 011-26983169, 26981717,2472,2470
Courses Architecture.
2 . College Name Jagan Nath Institute Of Communication & [...]
Success of Inca civilization a result of global warming that lasted for 400 years
Lima (Peru), July 2 (ANI): In a new study, a team of scientists have determined that the success of the Inca was boosted by a period of global warming that lasted more than four centuries.
The new study is called “Putting the Rise of the Inca within a [...]
Indigenous JF-17 Thunder aircrafts to start flying by year-end: PAF chief
Islamabad, June 28 (ANI): Pakistan’s Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, has said that indigenously made JF-17 Thunder fighter aircrafts would start flying by this year-end.
Speaking at a function at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base in Mushaf in Sargodha, Air Chief Marshal Suleman said the JF-17 Thunder programme is [...]
Buddhist Mount Wutai in China listed as World Heritage site
New Delhi, June 27 (ANI): Buddhist Mount Wutai in China has become the country’s 38th site to join UNESCO’s World Heritage List as a cultural landscape.
“We’ve been through a rough path, full of suspense,” said Tong Mingkang, deputy chief of [...]
Land management practices in agricultural watersheds can affect carbon losses
Washington, June 20 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that specific land management practices in agricultural watersheds, such as manure application, can affect carbon losses.
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) losses from tile drains are an underquantified portion of the terrestrial carbon cycle.
This is particularly important in the eastern corn belt where tile drainage [...]
