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More About Cracks in India

After the drought-hit Hamirpur, Jalaun and Orai districts in Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand region, wide cracks have now developed on the earth in several other districts including Rae Bareilly, Allahabad and Kanpur, officials said Monday. see more photographs read on

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Mysterious Cracks in India

On Earth_Science_India group on Yahoo Rameshji posted photographs of  cracks in banda, Hamirpur, and Allahabad in India. These cracks are widespread, they are wide and also up to extent of 100 m or so. It will be intersting to find … Continue reading

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Weather channel on cards for India

India – The Indian Meteorology Department has plans to launch a dedicated weather TV channel through public-private partnership, said director-general of meteorology Air Vice-Marshal Ajit Tyagi. Briefing the reporters here about IMD’s modernisation plans, Tyagi said the proposed weather channel … Continue reading

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Visit to Sun

For more than 400 years, astronomers have studied the sun from afar. Now NASA has decided to go there. “We are going to visit a living, breathing star for the first time,” says program scientist Lika Guhathakurta of NASA Headquarters. … Continue reading

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