Tuesday 21 August '07
On Monday, The Indian Express reported that the Mayawati Government has amended the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee Act, paving the way for private investment in agriculture.Monday 20 August '07
Ram Saran Verma in Daulatpur village of Barabanki district has won national awards for his innovations in agriculture.Sunday
19 August '07Mattel recalled its toys when tests revealed they had toxic lead paint. But are toys in India ever put through such checks?Saturday
11 August '07After the Prime Minister raised serious concerns over the mishandling of floods in Bihar, Assam and UP, the Ministry of Water...Saturday
11 August '07Can a business go green and yet make a profit? Professor Stuart Hart, a leading authority on sustainability and business strategy thinks...Friday
3 August '07What does fertiliser use have to do with climate change? It does, and the link was discussed in detail at a recent meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture.Saturday
28 July '07The Ministry of Environment and Forests has sacked one of its key lawyers who took an adversarial stance against the Supreme Court.Friday
27 July '07India got its first supercomputer during Rajiv Gandhi’s time in Mausam Bhawan for weather forecasting. Three decades later, with that becoming outdated, plans are afoot to buy another one for helping gauge impact of climate change...Tuesday
24 July '07Break started around July 10, no signs of revival over next week; fear: July breaks in ’02, ’04 led to droughtThursday
19 July '07The Government has revised its wheat estimates from about 73.7 million tonnes to 75 million tonnes.Saturday
14 July '07Somewhere in the Government coffers lie Rs 3,000 crore, to be used for forestry. Despite prodding from the Supreme CourtSaturday
14 July '07India has taken the first step towards developing a national plan to tackle the effects of global warming. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s new Council on Climate held its first meeting in a bid to come up with a national agenda.Thursday
12 July '07His survey in Andhra’s Guntur convinced Lalit Dandona there were less than 3.5 mn cases in India. Now, Govt revises number from 5.7 mn to 2.47 mnWednesday
4 July '07Hindustan Insecticide Ltd bags largest contracts this year after WHO allows use, US and NGOs open purse-stringsFriday
15 June '07Wednesday was a big day for tiger conservationists. One hundred and seventy-one member-countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...Thursday
14 June '07The food-versus-fuel debate in the global push for ethanol can take a little break — an institute has come out with new research that shows ethanol can be produced without...Wednesday
13 June '07India, faced with the problem of a shrinking tiger population, and China, the hotbed of an illegal trade in tiger parts, have always been on opposite sides of the table on the issue.Saturday
9 June '07It’s a race towards a carbon-free world with the use of renewable resources...Thursday
7 June '07In the G8 summit starting today, India is going to come under increasing pressure to cut carbon emissions. In the last few days, it has hardened its stand further and has figures...Tuesday
5 June '07On the eve of World Environment Day, the government committed itself to one green technology that may define the future — it has set 2020 as the target year to have 1 million carbon-free hydrogen vehicles on the road.Sunday
3 June '07Global warming is not a concept that is an era away. Visits a coastal village in Orissa to find that people’s lives are already changing irrevocably due to a change in the level of sea water. The villages of Satabhaya foretell the grim story of what the phenomenon could do to life and economySunday
20 May '07Try looking for an incandescent yellow bulb here in all the houses, shops and lanes and you will not find it. This is the first village in India where all the 98 households...Sunday
20 May '07There is good news on the energy front. The Government is likely to announce a policy that will make it easier to buy energy-friendly Compact Fluorescent Light...Sunday
20 May '07The government project to create a channel across the Palk Strait is being hampered by mythologyThursday
17 May '07Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today convened a high-level meeting to discuss the implications of the recent international reports on climate change. In less than a year, several policy...
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