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Junk food: curbing direct marketing to children
Strong evidence has been found to show that marketing greatly influences children's food preferences and consumption pattern


Towards a quantum computer
IN A computer, with three bits, there are eight possible combinations of 1 or 0. But three bits in a digital computer can store only one of those eight combinations at a time. Quantum computers, would be based on the strange principles of ...
Preventing post-partum maternal mortality
IN ITS battle to reduce maternal mortality rate in the country, the government will have to consider seriously post partum haemorrhage, stated to cause 30 per cent of maternal deaths in India. Ensuring ...
Depleted uranium: health effects and controversies
THE USE of depleted uranium (DU) containing munitions in the Gulf war, the Balkan conflict and more recently in Iraq has provoked intense controversy. Depleted uranium (DU) contains less concentration (0.2 to 0.4 per cent) of uranium-235. It ...
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Printer or copier: which holds the edge?
HP's upcoming `Edgeline' technology may be an inflection point for imaging technology

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FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Thornless bamboo varieties stand tall as alternative crops
Non-availability of good planting material is a major limiting factor
Controlling red hairy caterpillar in groundnut
The larvae feed on the leaves
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Orchid cultivation
You may contact Prof. P.K. Rajeevan, Head, Department of Pomology and Floriculture, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, P.O. Thrissur, Kerala, Ph: Office: 0487 2370822 or 2371652 for information and cultivation techniques on ...
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Flowering in rose
Potted rose plants require plenty of sunlight and the soil has to be changed once every six months. Regular manure application and spraying of flowering hormones such as planofix may be done. * * * Readers are invited to send their ...

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