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• Amended noise action plan of Goa

  Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The

  • 02/05/2024

  • Government of Goa
  • • Noise Pollution
    • Noise Rules 2000
    • Noise Pollution Control
    • Goa

• Entrepreneur honoured

  The President of DevelopmentAlternatives, Ashok Khosla has been selected as one of the world's most "Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs" by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in Geneva.

  • 13/12/2002

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• India blocks Cancun agenda

  The Cancun WTO ministerial appeared to be going the Doha way as India, along with several developing countries like China and Brazil, stalled the talks as the revised draft declaration failed to meet

  • 15/12/2002

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Germany's heat wave killed 7,000

  Europe's blistering summerheat wave claimed far more lives in Germany than previously thought, with the death toll possibly high as 7,000 news weekly Focus

  • 15/12/2002

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Australia, US set to reach pact

  Australia and the US are making progress in resolving nagging agricultural issues, and a free trade deal between them by years' end was increasingly likely, the trade minister said. Australia's Mark

  • 15/12/2002

  • • Environment

• 'Pollution levels in Ganga alarming'

  In spite of the massive Rs 1,500 crore plan launched in the '80s to clean up the Ganga, the pollution levels in the mighty river continue to be alarmingly high and are contributing to about nine to

  • 15/12/2002

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Delhi happy if Cancun can't

  Many people prayed for the failure of the Cancun talks as the Indian team led by commerce minister Arun Jaitley waged a grim battle against a

  • 15/12/2002

  • • Environment

• Rs 1,000 fine or 1-month jail for carrying plastic

  After failing to implement the first ban order on the plastic carry bags Tripura government is now all set to issue a fresh notification with more stringent measures including penal provisions. The

  • 15/12/2002

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Be prepared for Cancun-II

  The continued hardening of positions on day two at the Cancun ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation points to a stalemate. However, one must not take excessively exaggerated reports of

  • 13/12/2002

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• The rich hardsell, poor don't buy

  Talks on trade negotiations at Cancun finally collapsed after nearly 100 of the 146 countries participating in this WTO round refused to play ball with developed countries to include discussions on

  • 16/12/2002

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Jaitley's Cancun

  Ever since Seattle, the ministerial meetings of the World Trade Organisation have acquired a dramatic edge that may harm the cause of economic liberalisation and globalisation in the long run more

  • 16/12/2002

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment