Court Rejects Move To Stop Calif Clean Car Program
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a challenge to the government's decision to allow California to cut greenhouse gas emissions from new cars sold in the state. The U.S.
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Desert triangle' to boost tourism
Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay on Monday said the Centre would spend Rs.50 crore on development of a
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Scientists Hope To Illuminate Universe's Dark Side
Everything scientists now know about the cosmos, from the Big Bang to black holes, has come from measurements of light rays. But Mother Nature speaks in particles too, and until now their instruments have been largely deaf to her second tongue. A device due to launch aboard the space shuttle Endeavour from Florida on Friday is designed to give scientists their first detailed study of the ele
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Select dams to get safety, efficiency upgrade
80 per cent World Bank aid for project covering 104 dams SALEM: The State has launched a massive exercise of improving the safety and operational efficiency of select dams with 80 per cent financial assistance from World Bank. This ambitious project, named
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Bengal undecided on ban, to re-examine impact of pesticide
Kolkata Although Kerala and Karnataka have asked for a ban on the usage of endosulfan, a broad spectrum pesticide, West Bengal is yet to make up its mind. The state will re-examine impacts of the pesticide before it takes a decision, state agriculture minister Naren De said.
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TVA Prepares Two Coal-Fired Plants For Flooding
The Tennessee Valley Authority said workers on Monday were taking precautions to reduce possible flooding at two coal-fired power plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. TVA said crews were preparing sandbags and inflatable coffer dams for possible use at the 1,369-megawatt Shawnee Fossil Plant west of Paducah, Kentucky, on the Ohio River, and at the 750-MW Allen Fossil Plant on the Mississippi River
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Coal sector reports zero output growth in FY11
New Delhi Environmental hurdles posed to mining ventures have exacted their toll on domestic coal production during the fiscal 2010-11.
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Citys development plan to be delayed by four years
The development plan (DP) of the city is set to get delayed by four years, according to corporators and officials in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The improvements committee on Monday gave its approval for a 30-month extension in the submission of the draft DP that should have originally been submitted by now.
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Wheat exports ruled out for now
The government has decided against wheat exports for now despite mounting pressure to allow farmers to benefit from higher prices overseas. The decision by the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food, which met on Monday, could firm up global wheat prices further, but force wheat farmers to bring their produce to mandis. The EGoM also decided to distribute 50 lakh tonnes of wheat and rice
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The Shell Way
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Cities hostage to Archaic land use policies: Nath
Moots cell on land economics to put scarce resources to best use & create efficient cities The government wants to frame principles for land use in urban India to help cities and towns cope with the pressures of growth and migration.
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NTPC to lose 10.4 cr/ day if contracts not placed in time
SC to start final hearing over NTPC plea from July 20 State-run NTPC told Supreme Court on Monday that the company would lose . 10.40 crore per day if equipment supply contracts for 5 projects worth . 53,000 crore are not placed in time. The apex court has turned down NTPC
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State does a rethink on Mithivirdi N-plant
GANDHINAGAR: The decision of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to come up with a nuclear plant along Saurashtra sea coast is likely to suffer a setback.
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Posco gets final nod for Orissa project
Ramesh OKs diversion of 1,253 hectares but says no to raw material export; Co to bear cost of regeneration of forest land Ending a year-long wait, the environment ministry gave final clearance to the South Korean steel maker Posco
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New Norms for Fuel Efficiency by Month End
The government will come out with new norms to determine the fuel efficiency of vehicles by the end of this month, seeking to encourage the use of eco-friendly vehicles to combat pollution.
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Adarsh scam: Bureaucrats should have adhered to norms, MoEF tells court
The Union ministry of environment and forests came to know about the irregularities in the Adarsh housing scam only after it was highlighted in the media, the Bombay high court was informed today during which the counsel for the ministry took a strong stand against bureaucrats who brazenly and knowingly violated the norms. "These are not innocent people.
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National mission on asthma launched in Pune
The National Asthma Control Mission (NACM) was launched on Saturday at the city-based Chest Research Foundation (CRF). Thirty doctors from across India attended a round-table conference to discuss issues related to the adherence of asthma therapy. CRF programme coordinator Dr Monica Barne told DNA the mission was launched to coincide with World Asthma Day on May 3.
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SC asks Karnataka to issue iron ore export licences
Exporters complain of not getting approvals despite orders of the court made earlier. The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Karnataka government to process the applications of iron ore exporters and grant approvals according to rules.
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An end to endosulfan? There are clear lessons from the controversy
India has decided to join a global consensus to end the production and use of endosulfan after being allowed 11 years to phase it out and promised financial assistance. This decision is not irreversible since India has to ratify its own decision.