Smuggled cinnamon worth Rs 25 lakh seized in Nagpur
Central Excise and Customs officials seized cinnamon worth lakhs of rupees near Pardi naka on Sunday morning. The consignment was being smuggled into Mumbai from China. Two persons were arrested in this connection. This is the biggest haul of cinnamon by Excise officials in the city.
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Sensors to spot pollutants in atmosphere developed
Two city physicists have developed indigenous solid state gas sensors, first of their kind in the country, to detect the concentration of carbon and sulphur oxide pollutants in air. These sensors, developed under a project granted by the Union forests and environment ministry, uses sulphate and carbonate based solid electrolytes and appropriate silver and lithium based reference electrodes.
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