State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Environment
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India to push for fresh WTO talks
India's stand in the post-Cancun scenario would be to push for fresh negotiations. "The expiry of the peace clause in the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture in December this
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No gas: emissions trading kicks off
Emissions trading, or trading of rights to emit greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide, has started talking off. The latest news on that front is the Chicago Climate Exchnage
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UK keen to invest in country's power, environment sector
Addressing a function organised by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the visiting member of House of Lords of England Lord Swaraj Paul said that Britain is currently focussing its
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CFC users can help reduce pollution: Siraj
Speakers at a workshop underscored the need for extension of training for the technicians of the unorganised sector and strengthening monitoring component of Refrigeration Management Sector in
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Tornado lashes Patuakhali
A powerful tornado lasting about one minute lashed the coastal char areas causing huge losses to property. About 150 thatched and tin shed houses were destroyed by the tornado that battered Ratandi
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The public always comes last in trade talks
Twenty years ago, few people could have told you that the initials GATT stood for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Today its successor, the World Trade Organisation, is front-page news.
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8 killed in Orissa flash floods
Even as the low pressure system in the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast reportedly weakened and the fury of the rains abated in most of the coastal districts on thursday, over 15 lakh people
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Flood stares at Bengal's face
A spectre of flood looms large over West Bengal after depression-induced incessant rain, tidal waves in coastal areas and release of water from barrages in Jharkhand marooned parts of six districts.
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WTO talks: India assures help to make it success
World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general Supachai Panitchpakdi has sought India's cooperation for successful completion of the on-going WTO negotiations. In a phone call made to commerce
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Kashmir set to go Taj way
What do you do when you want to trash paradise? Build an amusement park, complete with duck-shaped paddle boats and crocodile-headed rotating chairs and diesel generators spewing smoke under the pine