New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Wednesday said that the bodies of two Malayali nurses, who had died in a road accident in Saudi Arabia, will be brought to Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.
Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) scientists have developed a nanorods-based oxygen sensor which can detect oxygen gas concentrations in places such as underground mines, at higher altit.
Backers of pesticides crackdown receive police protection following death threats. Report: Jonathan Matthews
In the run-up to a June 13 referendum in which voters will decide whether to support two measures that crack down on pesticide use in Switzerland, leading supporters of the two proposals have been on the receiving end of not just an avalanche of abuse, but even death threats.
As a result, Céline Vara, a lawyer and Green Party politician who helped initiate the proposal for a ban on synthetic pesticides, is now under police protection. Franziska Herren, who initiated a clean drinking water initiative, which, if passed, would stop farmers who use pesticides from claiming state subsidies, has also received death threats.