Planet X
IS THERE a tenth planet in our solar system? Astronomers who have observed Uranus and Neptune deviate from their calculated orbits, attribute such irregularities to the gravitational pull of an
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Light without heat
DO YOU prefer the natural light that floods the room, but abhor the heat that it invariably brings along, especially on hot summer afternoons? Now, a system devised by a Queensland University of
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Ecological designs
FIVE cities in the Netherlands are participating in an innovative experiment to usher in healthier environs. They are building public housing geared to safeguarding health and protecting the
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Jaswant Singh keeps up the tokenism
Breaking with tradition, Union finance minister Jaswant Singh chose not to conform to the two part format while delivering his maiden budget speech on February 28. But there was no departure from practice in this year s Union budget as it was at the end o
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Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission
Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission was constituted on 31.03.1999 under the A.P. Electricity Reform Act, 1998. Since its inception, the APERC has taken several initiatives to improve the
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Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission
The Govt. of India had enacted the Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 (No.14 of 1998) on 2nd July, 1998 with the objective of providing for the establishment of a Central Electricity Regulatory
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Change power generation configuration to stabilise the grid
<p>Two consecutive days of grid collapse has left almost half of India’s population without power.</p> <p>Three major grids – northern, north-eastern and eastern – have crashed. Reportedly,
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South Asia Country profiles
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High and dry
India's energy supplies depend entirely on the vagaries of the market
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A robot for the deep
Scientists in the US have developed a device that would help search toxic wastes at seabed
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Time to wake up
The demand for water and energy is likely to increase at a geometrical rate in the coming years. What are the policy options for a better management of these resources?
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When bulls light bulbs
Bull power can be used to generate electricity, as an experiment conducted in Gujarat demonstrates
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Bangladesh State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, April 2014
<p>The Bangladesh government has launched Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project in a bid to reduce poverty in the vulnerable 12 coastal districts due to climate change. Read more in this April 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh.</p>
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Close relations
Understanding between humans and computers could develop with the emergence of interactive computers
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Thirsty islands
Islands in the Bay of Bengal have to contend with increasing scarcity of fresh water
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Fired by plants
The world s first biomass based power plant promises a cleaner alternative to coal fired plants
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The halo is hotter than the star
An astrophysicist tries to explain why, in violation of the laws of thermodynamics, the corona is hotter than the Sun.
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Winrock International
Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources.
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The wasted land
THE mythic origins of Jodhpur's water crisis go back to the time when the Rao Jodha clan laid claim to the rocky outcrop that was to be the-Mehrangarh fort about 500 years ago. But to do so, they
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Earth"s second cousin
SCIENCE fiction teleserials like Star Trek may not be gifts of over-stretched imagination, after all. Two independent sightings of a planet around a sun-like star dispel the notion that our solar