Since the discovery of large offshore oil and gas reserves in 2014, Senegal has set its hopes on fossil fuel export revenue to help fund its plans to become an emerging economy by 2035. Senegal is actively seeking investors to help develop its offshore oil and gas reserves – both …
Recolonization of benthos following dredging operations was studied in Mormugao Port Trust Harbour, Goa. Six stations were fixed for sampling within the radius of the dredging site. Three samples each were collected during dredging and after dredging.
Baja California, Mexico, wants to become the first Mega Region energy warehouse-producing, storing and exporting renewable energy to the US and Canada.
IT’S yellow, sweet, large, uniformly sized and firmly textured. For almost everyone the Cavendish variety is the banana. But it was not so until the 1950s when a fungus knocked out its predecessor, Gros Michel, the sweetest variety known so far. The Cavendish, once a littleknown Vietnamese variety, successfully resisted …
Ludhiana: Many bee-keepers in danger of losing livelihood, warn industrialists The ban on export of honey has led to a massive crash in the prices of honey, which has hurt the bee-keepers of the state. Expressing concern about the state of affairs, Kashmir Apiaries Exports/ Little Bee Impex CMD Jagjit …
The Karnataka government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that following the Rs 50,000-crore loss it suffered due to the iron ore export ban from the state, it has drafted new rules to plug leaks and the new system will be notified shortly. The government contradicted the allegations of the …
The Supreme Court today gave two more weeks to the Karnataka government to respond to a plea against its ban on transportation of iron outside the state for exports. A bench comprising Justice R V Raveendran and Justice A K Patnaik gave two weeks more time to the state government …
Giyasilal Saini is a marginal farmer who has market savvy. It comes from experience. Living in a semi-arid area like Alwar in Rajasthan, he always knew he could not depend on farming alone. So he would keep some goats, like others in village Jaitpura. Then three years ago the pond …
Goats give good returns only as long as fodder is free. Unlike cattle that are fed crop and crop residue, goats and sheep graze in wasteland, common grazing land and forests. In western Rajasthan, where degrading farm land and feed shortage forced people to abandon farming and cattle and turn …
Iron ore exports from Karnataka are likely to fall 67 per cent in the year to end in March 2011 due to a ban on exports that has hit supplies to the global market and hardened prices, according to a trade body official.
Indu Bhan Sesa Goa on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging the ban imposed by the Karnataka government on transport and export of iron ore. A bench headed by Justice R V Raveendran sought reply from the state government as to why it should not be asked to revoke the …
With Pakistan all set to allow commercial cultivation of Bt cotton, Indian seeds firms are planning to cash in on the growing demand for genetically-tweaked item for its field-trial purpose there. In the last six months alone, at least three Indian firms have got nod from the country's bio-tech regulator, …
Today, goats ensure income to five million households in India. But goat rearers face an opportunity and a threat as the demand for goat meat is set to shoot up, while grazing land is shrinking. If India does not secure its pastures, goats might turn from an asset to a …
This report highlights the dramatic disparities in life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of crudes produced from different oilfields, and points to significant reductions that could be achieved by infrastructure improvements, technology upgrades, and other measures. It provides detailed estimates of the carbon intensity of crude oil down to the level of …
