Burn horns, save rhinos
Paula Kahumbu: Enlightened conservation efforts are needed to save the world’s rhinos, combined with a total ban on trade in rhino horn Today, September 22, is World Rhino Day. Rhinos were once widespread
Czech Republic
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Pharma FDI proposals worth Rs 1,800 crore get clearance
The government has allowed 100 per cent FDI in brownfield pharmaceutical projects. To encourage the needed foreign investment in the sector, the finance ministry has cleared eight projects worth over Rs
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MoU for 50MW wind power with foreign firm
The Sindh government has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Czech Republic company, WIKOV Wind, for the generation of 50 megawatts of electricity at the so-called wind corridor in Gharo-Jhimpir
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Vermont Poised To Be First State To Outlaw Fracking
Vermont will be the first state to outlaw a controversial oil and gas drilling method known as fracking when Governor Peter Shumlin signs a bill banning the practice, a largely symbolic move given the
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Czechs Eye Moratorium On Shale Gas Exploration
The Czech Environment Ministry is planning to put up to a two-year moratorium on granting licenses for shale gas exploration until new legislation is put in place, the ministry said. During the moratorium,
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Plantings Of Biotech Crops Grow Globally In 2011: Report
The United States remained the primary backer of biotech crop technology in 2011, but adoption spread internationally as the total global planted area of genetically modified seeds grew 8 percent from
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Slovak Nuclear Power Plants Pass Stress Tests
Slovakia's four nuclear reactors have passed so-called stress tests against potential severe accidents, earthquakes, floods and other extreme events, the country's nuclear regulator reported on Tuesday.
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Global Nuclear Generation Capacity Falls
Due to increasing costs of production, a slowed demand for electricity, and fresh memories of disaster in Japan, production of nuclear power fell in 2011, according to the latest Vital Signs Online (VSO)
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Radiation detected in Europe may be coming from Hungry not Pakistan: IAEA receives information from HAEA
The nuclear radiation detected in some parts of Europe that were earlier supposed to be coming from Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Kanupp), might have emitted from Hungry, according to the information received
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India, Czech Republic confer coal sector cooperation
The Coal Minister Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal met visiting Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic Mr. Martin Kocourek here on Tuesday. The issues discussed include the scope for technical cooperation
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Czech Cabinet Approves Free CO2 Permits
The Czech government approved a plan on Wednesday to allocate a part of carbon dioxide emission allowances for free to electricity producers in 2013-2020 and will raise energy taxes to make up for the