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First phase of Hindon cleaning a success’
After exactly a year and over Rs 1 crore, the Municipal Corporation of Ghaziabad (MCG) claims to have brought down the pollution levels of the Hindon river.
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- 15/03/2010
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At IGI, plans afoot to turn down sound on Runway 29
Control measures including different landing procedures and land use management considered
As the Delhi High Court provided a six-month relief to the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) by lifting the ban on use of new runway (29-11) at night, the IGI Airport authorities have drawn up plans to reduce noise pollution caused at the runway.
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- 15/03/2010
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Snubbed at Copenhagen meet, says Wen
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday disclosed he was snubbed at the Copenhagen climate change conference in December last year as he was not notified of a key meeting of a group of countries on the eve of the summit of leaders.
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- 15/03/2010
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Food security: Govt will give cash if it can’t provide grains
The Centre has decided to ask the states to set up a Food Security Fund from which they will have to mandatorily pay eligible below-poverty-line (BPL) families an allowance were they not to get their quota of food grains as specified in the Food Security Act.
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- 15/03/2010
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Indus water: Facing heat at home, Pak looks to pin blame outside
With Pakistan raising the river water sharing issue during the Foreign Secretary level talks over a fortnight ago, officials here are trying to get to the bottom of the reason behind Islamabad’s move as New Delhi awaits the visit of the Pakistani Indus Water Commissioner later this month.
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- 15/03/2010
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Mine licences may be given to 'first in line'
Like the Telecom Ministry, the Ministry of Mines plans to hand out licences for minerals other than coal to those “first in the queue” with a right to sell them off at a premium.
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- 15/03/2010
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In Faridabad, water table up after mining was stopped, says study
Mining of silica sand, quartzite and other construction material in Faridabad has resulted in massive damage to the region’s fragile ecology, especially groundwater.
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- 12/03/2010
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UN launches independent review of climate panel
The United Nations launched an independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which has come under much criticism in the recent months.
The decision was announced by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri in the wake of a report by the body which erroneously claimed that Himalayan glaciers would melt away by 2035.
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- 11/03/2010
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Energy-efficient lights in MCD buildings
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to replace all existing bulbs and lamps across various municipal buildings with energy-efficient T-5 lamps and CFL lights.
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- 11/03/2010
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Parekh to head panel on slum redevelopment
The government has decided to refer the draft guidelines of its ambitious Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), a scheme to make India slum-free, to an independent panel. The eight-member expert panel, headed by HDFC Bank chairman Deepak Parekh, has been asked to give its recommendations within a month from its first meeting.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
