Punjab's agri challenge
The Punjab govenment's move to seek World Bank assistance for its proposed a Rs 640-crore agriculture diversification programme needs to be viewed as a small step int he right direction. Much more is
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Greenply plans Rs 80-cr plant in Uttaranchal
Greenply Industries Ltd announced plans to set up a greenfield facility in Uttaranchal with an investment of Rs 80 crore. The plant would be located at Uttaranchal to capitalise on the fiscal
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UK warnings against Indian herbal products
Manufacturers of ayurvedic and unani medicine in India have started feeling the ripple effect. After Health Canada issued warnings against certain products, Britain's Medicines and Healthcare
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Centre plans development fund, bank for food processing sector
The Government is exploring possibilities of setting up an export market development fund and a dedicated financial institution, an agri-business Processing and Development Bank of India, to support
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Nabard sets Rs 3,570-cr target for agriculture in Bengal
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has estimated a potential of nearly Rs 8,000 crore for ground-level credit flow in West Bengal for the current fiscal. A target of Rs
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Indian herbal remedies not safe , says UK
Indian herbal remedies, like karela tablets and churan, may contain dangerous levels of heavy metals. The UK's medicine and healthcare products regulatory agency warned these products may have
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Legal aid for the environment comes under fire in New Zealand
A fund set up to help cash-strapped groups fight legal battles in New Zealand's Environment Court has been accused of appearing to 'launder money'. A report criticising the Environmental Legal
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Floods devastate Bulgaria as UN stands by
Floods have continued to ravage Bulgaria this week after further heavy rainfall has forced a state of emergency to be imposed across 15 cities. Bulgaria has been devastated by floods this week. So
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EU ups packaging recycling targets
Targets for recycling waste from packaging have increased across Europe as member states write the latest EU directive onto their statute books. New targets have been set for recycling packaging.
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EPA proposes new wastewater bacteria tests
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed testing for the presence of four types of bacteria in wastewater and sewage sludge. It centres on culture-based approaches to detecting
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E-waste still causing havoc in the East
A new study from Greenpeace provides a reminder of the terrible toll pollution is taking on the environment surrounding the crude electronics recycling plants of China and India. A worker in a
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Consultancy survey 2005: Who is top of the boffins?
The 2005 edie.net and Environment Business Environmental Consultancy Survey has now been completed with another overwhelming response from 1557 individuals, 1194 (77%) of whom are edie users and 954
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Carbon Trust boss 50,000 bonus despite delay in emissions cuts
Carbon Trust chief executive Tom Delay has faced criticism in the press after being awarded a
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SITA recycler killed by baler
A worker at a recycling plant near Swindon has died after falling into a carboard baling machine. Paul McGuire, 33, died of multiple injuries at around 7.30am on Tuesday, August 16 at SITA's
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Equity fund planned to start new agro and food processing units: D.P. Singh
The Union Ministry of Food Processing is holding talks with the chairperson of NABARD and Exim Bank and the Department of Banking, to set up an equity fund for starting up new agro and food
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Villagers demand closure of polluting plant
The villagers of Chennakuppam village, near Chennai, demanded closure of the highly polluting Tamil Nadu Waste Management Limited (TWML), a division of Hyderabad-based Ramky Engineers. The
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Floods devastate Bulgaria as UN stands by
Floods have continued to ravage Bulgaria this week after further heavy rainfall has forced a state of emergency to be imposed across 15 cities. Bulgaria has been devastated by floods this week. So
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EU ups packaging recycling targets
Targets for recycling waste from packaging have increased across Europe as member states write the latest EU directive onto their statute books. New targets have been set for recycling packaging.
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SE Asia Seeks Cooperation with China, Japan, South Korea on Environmental Protection
Southeast Asian countries will work with China, Japan and South Korea to combat ecological problems like the forest fire-generated smoke haze that recently hit Indonesia and Malaysia, officials said
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Scientists Try to Save Rare and Randy Warbler
Europe's rarest songbird is facing extinction, despite being the most promiscuous and energetic lover in the avian world, and concerned scientists are looking urgently for ways to save it. The male