The population living in urban slums grew more slowly than the overall urban population between 1991 and 2001, suggesting an exclusionary nature of urban growth. This was also revealed in the form of massive slum evictions and a low incidence of rural-urban and urban-urban migration among classes with low monthly per capita consumption expenditure.
DESIGNED especially for city and suburban motoring, this handsome automobile is smooth, quiet and easy to drive, and being powered by electricity it can be charged up at home. Tempting?
This document contains the draft proposal by the Chair to facilitate preparations for climate negotiations. This has been prepared during the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol - Fourteenth session Tianjin, 4
This study of the functioning of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme between February 2006 and July 2009 in Birbhum district, West Bengal reveals that in order to serve as an effective
At least 200 fishermen were missing after 15 fishing boats capsized in the Bay of Bengal during a storm, boat operators said Thursday. A wall of water whipped up by strong winds also flooded coastal areas, forcing about 150,000 people to flee their homes, officials said.
National coordinating body under the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works launched a
The Swedish government has decided to extend its cooperation to Bangladesh in developing solar energy for helping the country in reducing its power shortage through using renewable energy. Newly appointed Swedish ambassador to Bangladesh Anee Margarete Anneli said this after presenting her credentials to president Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban on Thursday. Zillur urged the Swedish entrepren
Federal officials have denied the state
With wounds still raw from the chaotic United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen last December, negotiators are making final preparations for next month
Gautam Dheer The hill state of Uttarakhand is silently scripting a
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A school dropout, 28-year-old Simarjeet Singh Aulakh from Punjab
Producers of heavy trucks protested on Thursday at European Union plans to impose strict curbs on emissions of carbon dioxide from the vehicles, saying they were unrealistic and ill-designed. The chiefs of Volvo, Fiat's unit Iveco and DAF said they had asked the European Commission and the European Parliament to redesign the planned law, warning them of chaos in an industry employing 250,000 pe
Behind the swaying green coconut trees that form 38 per cent of Kerala
Corn that is genetically modified to resist pests benefits neighboring crops as well, U.S.
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) Thursday suspended manufacturing and import of the anti-diabetic drug Rosiglitazone. The US FDA too had recently restricted its use after data suggested continued use of rosiglitazone (Avandia) could increase the risk of cardiovascular problems.
Lithium miners are reaping the benefits of a political and industry push to get more electric vehicles on the road, with shares in some Canadian-listed miners up more than 50 percent in the past two months. Four major producers have long dominated lithium output and demand is likely to double in the next 10 years as automakers roll out hybrid and electric cars using lithium-ion batteries. Th
A report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on greenhouse gas emissions has listed Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir as separate countries along with India. The 2010 report by the FAO, published in collaboration with the International Dairy Foundation, has been brought out to
China said on Thursday it will not bow to pressure to rethink a key climate change treaty and was preparing to cope with a "gap" in the pact after 2012 if rich nations fail to add new greenhouse gas goals in time. Envoys from 177 governments are holding week-long talks in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin on the shape of a successor pact to the Kyoto Protocol, the U.N.'s main weapon in the f
The steel ministry has said that the royalty to be paid by a coal block allocatee to the concerned mineral-rich state should be based on the actual reserves of the allocated block or on the quantum of coal extracted from it as a measure to discourage non-serious players from taking part in the process. In course of a recent meeting convened by the coal ministry to discuss various issues on fina
