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The groundwater level in north India declined at a rate of 2 cm per year during the period 2002-2013, while in north-central and south India it increased by 1-2 cm…
The water table has either been stable or rising between 2000 and 2012 across 70 per cent of the aquifer in the Indo-Gangetic Basin that is spread over more than…
A crash of a comet (icy body) on rocky surfaces or rocky body on icy surface may be all that is required for seeding planets or satellites with amino acids…
Published in The Hindu on February 4, 2013 Mars might have been cold and dry with a transient presence of water at the surface some four billion years ago —…
Published in The Hindu on September 12, 2011 The latest fossil finds of microscopic life about 3.4 billion years ago in sedimentary rocks in Western Australia suggests that life began…
Published in The Hindu on March 24, 2011 How safe are nuclear plants located in countries that have faults cutting across them or located close to tectonically active regions? How…
Published in The Hindu on August 8, 2015 Despite the April 25, 2015 Nepal earthquake being 7.8 magnitude, shallow focus, most of the vulnerable, regular, four-storey buildings escaped damage while…
