Andhra cashew producers see red over green plans
Cashew producers from Palasa and Kasibugga, the two biggest cashew markets in Andhra Pradesh, have decided to close down their units if the government insists on implementing pollution control
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Manmohan's New Year resolutions
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got down to the business of implementing various ambitious schemes encompassing the employment guarantee scheme and focussing on the direly needed infrastructure in the
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SC notice to Centre on population policy
The Supreme Court issued notices to Central and state governments on a petition pointing out their "failure' to implement the National Population Policy (NPP), 2000, which was bound to have an
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Units sealed for discharging effluents
The Haryana Pollution Control Board has taken a series of steps to make this district pollution free. Stating this, Mr R.K. Sharma, Executive Engineer, Environment, told that he had visited certain
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Madras Cements plant voted greenest in India
The Alathiyur (Tamil Nadu) plant of Madras Cements has been rated the greenest cement plant in the country by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which has awarded it four leaves as part of
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SRF, Subhash Kabini among 17 cos to get UN validation for carbon trading
Seventeen projects from India have been registered by the UN panel as clean development mechanism (CDM) projects as on date with projects of Subhash Kabini Power Corporation, SRF and Tamil Nadu-based
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12 killed as tribals, Orissa police clash
A mob of over 500 tribals, protesting against the setting up of a steel plant in Jajpur district of Orissa, clashed with police at the project site. While one policeman was hacked to death, 11 were
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Only 400 own shatoosh shawls
In Jammu and Kashmir around 1.5 lakh people are associated with shahtoosh trade but only 400 people officially own the shawl. This was revealed after the Wildlife Department's recent drive to
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Indian Science Congress to focus on rural development
The 93rd Indian Science Congress will come out with a 'Hyderabad Plan of Action' on the role of science and technology in the integrated rural development, and its recommendations will be
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Man's prescription for future
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the future of India lies in integrating its economy with the global economy. Addressing the students from Colombia, Wharton and Stanford universities, on
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Rajasthan seeks central aid for drought relief
The Rajasthan Government has sought financial and material assistance from the Centre for the drought-related relief work. In a memorandum to the Union Government, the State Government has said it
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Rajasthan seeks central aid for drought relief
In the current (tenth) Plan period, Indian agriculture has had very little to cheer about. With average growth rates of barely 1.3% in the first three years, agriculture output is nowhere near the
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Plan Panel okays Rs 39,000 cr for states
States are replicating the Centre's developmental strategy. While, being aggressive on implementing various developmental plans, they are also confident of mobilising their share of resources through
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413 villages declared scarcity-hit
The Gujarat Cabinet decided to declare 413 villages of Kutch and Jamnagar districts as scarcity-hit. An official note issued at the end the unscheduled Cabinet meeting said, of these, 373 villages
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Pirana waste dump could be hazardous for residents
On the outskirts of the Ahmedabad city in Pirana village in Gujarat, there are 30 metre high hillocks of waste dump
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Concern over move to permit stone quarrying
The Assam State Forest department, condemned last year for allowing quarrying operations at Behora, has again taken steps to permit quarrying for stones near Mikir Chang. Surprisingly, the area
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Deforestation ruins rich fauna of Bhutan border
Defying the Supreme Court ban on felling of trees, some unscrupulous persons have allegedly started destroying the forest areas along the Indo-Bhutan border under the very noses of Forest Department
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Central project to tackle floods, erosion, soon'
Minister of State for Forest Pradyut Bordoloi said that the Central Government is planning to take permanent measures to solve the flood and erosion problems in South Kamrup district of Assam. The
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Fictional King Kong mirrors odd island facts
King Kong may be a far-fetched creation of Hollywood but scientists say the big ape has some basis in biological fact: Animals on islands often evolve into gigantic versions of their mainland kin.
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GPS for garbage disposal
The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) will introduce Automatic Vehicle Tracking System (AVTS) to improve garbage disposal. AVTS is an integration of various technologies: GPS-based Vehicle