Bhubaneswar: The Union Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) on Tuesday approved improvement of the balance 600-km of State Roads in order to develop, in a phased manner, the entire 1,632-km-long Maoist-dominated Vijayawada-Ranchi corridor at an estimated cost of Rs 1,200 crore. The project, which would be completed in next three years by March 2014, would also provide a good communication
The United States and EU said on Wednesday that U.N.
Rajiv Tikoo New Delhi: Whether it's steelmaker ArcelorMittal, biscuit major Parle Products or global bank HSBC, big businesses across sectors are increasingly partnering with millions of schoolchildren on green corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives and strengthening their brands. The world's largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, is supporting probably the biggest campaign worldwide
They've banned gay marriage and are poised to blow off a chance to legalize marijuana, but California voters are remaining true to one stereotype -- their commitment to the environment. A measure to suspend the state's vanguard climate change law is heading for failure, by a margin of 49 percent to 37 percent, because voters see the law doing more economic good than harm, a Reuters/Ipsos poll r
Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide risk overshooting by a third the threshold beyond which dangerous global warming looms, the environment group WWF said on Wednesday, urging climate talks in China to tackle the gap. Negotiators from 177 governments are meeting this week in the north Chinese city of Tianjin trying to agree on the shape of the successor to the current phase of the Kyoto Protocol
The White House in the spring blocked release of government worst-case estimates of the amount of oil spewing from BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico, the presidential commission looking into the accident said on Wednesday. The commission said government officials told its staff that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) wanted to release some of its long-term, worst-case spil
China is to help sub-Saharan Africa tackle schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, a disease that kills some 280,000 Africans each year, by improving treatment of human waste and perhaps even replacing water buffalo with tractors. Management of excrement is important to control the disease as it is caused by worms, called schistosoma, that are shed in stools and end up in irrigation drains,
LUCKNOW: Even as the suspected dengue patients continued to pour in in city hospitals on Wednesday, the health officials prayed for the early onset of the winters to save them from the disgrace of not being able to tackle the huge pressure.
CHENNAI: It was a battle of wits among the five schools that vied for Green-I Contest 2010 in implementing their green ideas on their school campuses. In the end, Indore-based Daly College bagged the trophy as well as a grant of Rs.7.5 lakh from Carrier on Wednesday. Karan Grover, architect, Karan Grover & Associates, distributed the award.
Stockholm: An American and two Japanese scientists won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing chemical methods widely used to make potential cancer drugs and other medicines, as well as slimmed-down computer screens. Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki were honored for their development four decades ago of one of the most sophisticated tools available to ch
COIMBATORE: Seedlings of the drought-tolerant coconut variety
Untreated effluents discharged into water channels Units in BP Agraharam,and Kaniravurtharkulam found guilty Revenue officials conducting raid in a tannery unit at Mamarathupalayam in Erode on Wednesday. ERODE: A team of officials from the revenue department and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) conducted surprise checks at the tannery units in few parts of the district on Wednes
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: Financial assistance from developed countries for projects to combat climate change in the developing world has emerged as a key sticking point at the climate meet in Tianjin, which is the last round of negotiations before the year-end Cancun conference. Negotiators from India, China and other developing nations have called on the West to step up commitments with p
Declan Walsh Ali Hussain's sun-beaten face cracked into a broad smile, revealing a set of ferociously rotten, red-stained teeth corroded by years of chewing tobacco and betel nut. He had been asked his opinion of this year's flood.
Hiroko Tabuchi It has become important, especially after a diplomatic spat with China. Two decades after global competition drove the mines in this corner of Japan to extinction, Kosaka is again abuzz with talk of new riches. The treasures are not copper or coal.
London: Constant noise at workplace can significantly increase your risk of serious heart problems and also make you weigh and smoke more, says a new study published in the British Medical Journal. Researchers have found that working in a consistently noisy environment more than doubles the risk of serious heart problems
Washington: Space agency Nasa announced it has given the green light to a mission to Mars aimed at investigating the mystery of how the
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: The first fruits of India's civil nuclear agreement could become visible by the end of the year, despite local protests. The final agreement for the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, to be set up with French-made reactors, could be signed during French President Nicolas Sarkozy's India visit this December, according to Minister of State for Environment and Forests Ja
New Delhi: Delhi witnessed a light haze all through Wednesday and a slight nip in the air towards evening. Chances are that the haze will also engulf the city on Thursday.
Hazaribagh, Oct. 6: National Thermal Power Corporation
