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Using simple household items, an Indian scientist, Anand Karve, director of the Pune-based Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI), has developed a low-cost and efficient method of making biogas from regular kitchen waste.
It can match the amount of energy created in 30 days by existing systems, in just 2 days !
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It can match the amount of energy created in 30 days by existing systems, in just 2 days !
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Five persons were killed and 14 injured when an under-repair single-storeyed building collapsed in Borivali today after one of the supporting structures gave way.
The building, occupied by labourers was located in the Shimpoli area of Borivali and was abandoned by most residents due to its dilapidated condition, the police said.
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The building, occupied by labourers was located in the Shimpoli area of Borivali and was abandoned by most residents due to its dilapidated condition, the police said.
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I guess many of you might have already got this mail in your inbox :) But for those who haven't seen this check it out how apun ka Mumbai looked in 1930. Cheers !!!
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Indian Railways has a “gift” for Mumbai’s harrowed commuters this new year.
It will be installing and operationalising 350 Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs) for the city’s western and central railway lines on January 1.
What sweetens the deal is the fact that the gift comes free of cost to the Railways.
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It will be installing and operationalising 350 Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs) for the city’s western and central railway lines on January 1.
What sweetens the deal is the fact that the gift comes free of cost to the Railways.
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The biggest employers of children in Mumbai until a few years ago may have been brutal, profiteering, sweatshop owners, but the biggest users of child labour today go by a much more innocuous name: the average Mumbai householder.
With an estimated 11,000 children still working in the city, the largest single segment using child labour is considered to be domestic households. There are an estim read more »
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With an estimated 11,000 children still working in the city, the largest single segment using child labour is considered to be domestic households. There are an estim read more »
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has proposed six multi-storeyed car-parking towers in the Zaveri Bazaar-Mumbadevi belt, one of the city's busiest commercial districts.
The towers will be 25 storeys high and will be able to accommodate 300 cars.
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The towers will be 25 storeys high and will be able to accommodate 300 cars.
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110 years old bandra station will be restored to its authentic looks which we couldn't see because of hoardings and later constructions. Mumbai Heritage society after gateway and the toilet of historical importance under VT station has moved to Bandra station built in 1880.
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जगात पुन्हा एकदा मराठी गुणवत्तेचा झेंडा फडकला आहे. जगातील सर्वात मोठी बँक असणा-या सिटीग्रुपच्या सीईओपदी मूळ नागपूरकर असणा-या एनआरआय विक्रम पंडित यांची भारतीय वेळेनुसार मंगळवारी रात्री निवड झाली आहे. उल्लेखनीय बाब म्हणजे पाकिस्तानचे माजी पंतप्रधान शौकत अझीज तसेच अनेक मान्यवरांची दावेदारी मोडत पंडित यांनी हा बहुमान पटकावला आहे.
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India's urban shoppers, attracted more by wider choices than lower prices, are overwhelmingly in favour of letting in more branded retail chains, a sign of looming trouble for the nation's tens of thousands of small shopkeepers.
In a significant finding, the survey shows large, branded stores are seen by low-income shoppers as providing the largest amount of savings on their daily shopping i read more »
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In a significant finding, the survey shows large, branded stores are seen by low-income shoppers as providing the largest amount of savings on their daily shopping i read more »
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Has anyone tasted flamingo meat ?
You can get a dead flamingo in Nhava Sheva's JNPT area for a ridiculous Rs 40. Chicken, meanwhile, sells for a royal Rs 60 per kg.
The migratory birds, who grace the city during winter in the marshy mudflats, are shot by locals who use various innocuous methods.
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You can get a dead flamingo in Nhava Sheva's JNPT area for a ridiculous Rs 40. Chicken, meanwhile, sells for a royal Rs 60 per kg.
The migratory birds, who grace the city during winter in the marshy mudflats, are shot by locals who use various innocuous methods.
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"Situation is grave, especially for children. Vehicular pollution is on the rise and major victims are children below 14 years who are suffering from asthma and other respiratory problems. It is a cause of concern as the growing generation will suffer in long term," said a punekar.
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After the movie "OM SHANTI OM" set cash registers ringing, Khan is said to have received extortion calls from gangster Bunty Pandey.
Khan was reportedly told to cough up Rs 2 crore. He received several phone calls in the last few days from Pandey, it’s learnt. Pandey, the police have found out, has sent six goons to “speak” to Khan personally. read more »
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Khan was reportedly told to cough up Rs 2 crore. He received several phone calls in the last few days from Pandey, it’s learnt. Pandey, the police have found out, has sent six goons to “speak” to Khan personally. read more »
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पश्चिम रेल्वेवर बहिष्काराचा 'गांधीगिरी'चा सोमवारचा प्रयोग अपेक्षेबाहेर यशस्वी झाल्याने मिरा रोड ते विरारपर्यंतच्या सामान्य नागरिकांमध्ये वेगळेच स्फुरण चढले आहे.
आता स्वत:च्या सार्मथ्याचे भान आलेली भाईंदरपलीकडची, लोडशेडिंगने त्रासलेली नागरिकशक्ती यापुढचा 'झटका' वीज कंपनीला देईल, अशी दाट शक्यता आहे.
वेगवेगळ्या पक्षांच्या झेंड्यांखाली विभागलेली नागरिकशक्ती मतभेद बाजूला ठेवून एखाद्या प्रश् read more »
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आता स्वत:च्या सार्मथ्याचे भान आलेली भाईंदरपलीकडची, लोडशेडिंगने त्रासलेली नागरिकशक्ती यापुढचा 'झटका' वीज कंपनीला देईल, अशी दाट शक्यता आहे.
वेगवेगळ्या पक्षांच्या झेंड्यांखाली विभागलेली नागरिकशक्ती मतभेद बाजूला ठेवून एखाद्या प्रश् read more »
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The Twenty20 World Cup triumph may have brought cheer to a billion Indians, but in Mumbai schools, this most recent and extremely popular format of cricket is suddenly tugging at the worst fears of its school-masterly maidan coaches.
With youngsters already smitten by the new format, city coaches feel the Twenty20 bug now needs a remedy.
Such has been the effect that recently during a thre read more »
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With youngsters already smitten by the new format, city coaches feel the Twenty20 bug now needs a remedy.
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After BMC got thrashed with their superb caretaker policy, they are acting little funny (like villians in old marathi movies). First their procedure for their profiling of land is not streamlined and then they have condition that if land adopters (NGO's) don't submit their proposal's in 30 days they will hand over the land to Caretakers (builders) for development.
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