First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Options for energy efficiency in India and barriers to their adoption
This study examines the economics literature on options for energy efficiency in India and barriers to their adoption. Interest in the topic reflects the importance of energy both in the development of the Indian economy and in India
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Krishna visiting Kazakh to add energy to ties
Talks Between Two Sides To Focus On Oil And Civil Nuclear Cooperation EXTERNAL affairs minister S M Krishna is going on a three-day visit to oil-rich Kazakhstan on Tuesday. The two sides will hold discussions on finalising an agreement on the Satpayev oil block.
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Ethanol production, food and forests
This paper investigates the direct and indirect impacts of ethanol production on land use, deforestation and food production. A partial equilibrium model of a national economy with two sectors and two regions, one of which includes a residual forest, is developed.
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Govt fuel hopes dashed as ministry cancels allocation of coal block
The Union Coal ministry has cancelled the allocation of a coal block in Singrauli to the Delhi government because, as per the government
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From rail to power, sops ready for Sri Lanka
A bouquet of pacts, including one on deep-sea power cables and another on a rehabilitation centre for Tamil widows, between India and Sri Lanka is likely to be announced when President Mahinda Rajapaksa meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House on Wednesday.
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Rel Power seals Indonesian mines buy
ANIL Ambani-owned Reliance Power has signed a share sale agreement with Indonesia
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Poultry firms eye better returns via environmentally controlled sheds
S Sujatha NAMAKKAL POULTRY farmers are betting on the advantages of the automated environmentally-controlled (EC) sheds as they suffer from manpower shortage, extreme climatic conditions and mounting feed costs. But many of them are worried about the high electricity costs as the sheds require uninterrupted power supply.
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A mixed blessing
India's consumers are greener due to necessity, not by choice
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Oil spill: Indian-origin scientist offers a solution
In the form of non-woven cotton carbon absorbent wipes Houston: As British Petroleum struggles to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an Indian-origin scientist from Texas University has created a special cotton fabric that can clean up crude oil up to 40 times its weight and help in cleaning efforts.