Europe threatens carbon tax on Third World
the European Union (eu) is mulling a "controversial' greenhouse gas reduction plan, through which it will impose a carbon tax on goods imported from countries with no emission curbs under the
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Erratic weather in Jammu and Kashmir
the Srinagar-Leh highway opened 45 days ahead of schedule
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Biocharcoal helps check global warming
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Owner's mine
Regulating mining in Meghalaya is tricky. Since Meghalaya is a Sixth Schedule state, the state government and the mining department do not have a direct control over its mineral resources; it is
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IMO addresses ship emissions
The Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (imo) has recommended tough and potentially costly regulations to curb harmful pollutants emitted by ships.
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New stick to beat developing countries on GHGs
until now, it was believed that methane, from cattle dung and paddy cultivation, was the second biggest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. A recent review says soot is the second
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Pollution affects flower's fragrance
the attractiveness of a flower diminishes when it does not emit fragrance. And not just we human beings, insects also stop taking interest in such a flower. Researchers from University of Virginia,
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Call for ban on food colours
The uk food watchdog, the Food Standards Agency, has called for a voluntary ban on six artificial colours from food and drink by 2009 saying that the additives have possible side effects on
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Rampant food adulteration in Mysore
a survey conducted recently in Mysore in Karnataka revealed some of the common adulterants found in food products: metanil yellow and lead chromate, both inorganic dyes used in leather, paper and
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Uttarakhand bars Van Gujjars from enetering state forest
in the second week of April, 200-odd Van Gujjar families were stranded in Uttarakhand after the state forest department barred them from entering their summer homes. The Van Gujjars move to
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No food
<font class="UCASE">palaniappan </font> Chidambaram, India's finance minister, is angry about the global food crisis. This senior member of the international
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South Asia
Lanka warns rice hoarders: In the face of soaring food prices, the Sri Lankan government has said it would come down heavily on rice hoarders and traders flouting a price control order on rice
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Food prices spur inflation
in the first week of April, thousands of people stormed the presidential palace in Haiti, throwing stones and demanding the resignation of President Rene Preval over soaring food prices. In
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Steel wears thin
Steel prices have risen by 49 per cent in the last one year. The government is contemplating a ban on futures trading of iron and steel to curb the spurt. Union steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan
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EU's biofuel vacillation
In the first week of April, EU's Scientific Committee called for the suspension of the region's biofuel targets citing food crisis and unavailability of arable land. But on April 21, EU officials
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Chhattisgarh's ration stocks run dry
The claim
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Municipal commissioner fined over pollution
the Sirsi district court in Karnataka has sentenced A H Gurumurthya, former municipal commissioner, to 18 months of imprisonment for releasing untreated sewage into two tanks in 2001-02. The
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Do water related issues really matter in Parliament?
Parliament, the highest legislative body in India, plays a significant role in formulating national policies. It is, therefore, pertinent to find the
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Changing climate Jharsuguda to seattle
Orissa reeled under an intense heat wave in the third week of April with unofficial death toll due to sunstroke reaching 36. Several places in Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Anugul and Talcher districts
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Villagers see reason in protesting against POSCO
Little did I know that the seven of us would be branded "Maoists' when we set off for a protest rally against <font class="UCASE">posco</font> in Orissa on April 1. We had reached Bhubaneswar a day earlier and booked a taxi to Dhinkia, a hamlet 10 km off Paradip port. A local boy travelling with us sounded out the prospect of having to walk down the last kilometre by the coast to "avoid trouble'; he had information that a police vehicle was doing rounds of the area. <br>