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Neutrino observatory
Aug 11 2008, Madhuri Katti

A cutting-edge neutrino observatory is slated to come up in Singara in the Nilgiris, bang in the middle of a biodiversity hotspot and the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. There are sound geophysical reasons for this choice of location. But there is no doubt that.

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