State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Environment
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Revise drought aid norms: State to Centre
The Karnataka Government has appealed to the Centre to revise the guidelines for providing assistance to the drought-hit states. In a letter to Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, who also heads the
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India wins as Cancun fails
India by all reckoning has emerged a winner from the ruins of the collapsed WTO talks in Cancun night. Ministers failed to strike a deal, but India and the developing countries it led in two issue
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Flood situation grim in Bihar
The flood situation in Bihar continued to remain grim with major rivers in full spate while the natural calamity claimed 162 lives in the state so
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20 districts declared flood-affected in UP
The Uttar Pradesh government declared 20 districts as flood affected in the state and has sought financial aid from the centre for the relief works. The government will send a detailed report to the
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Special teams to curb pollution mooted
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board will constitute special teams to inspect pollution control devices set up by industrial
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WTO talks failure disapppoints sugarcane producers
The collapse of world trade talks in Mexico is disappointing for big cane sugar producers who had been looking for a new deal as part of farm trade reforms, industry sources said. Instead of coming
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Greed vs Equity
Cancun was the place to be
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Free trade won't help third world farmers
The World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico has highlighted a surprising new cause, promoted by a surprising new alliance. The new cause is the campaign to reduce or eliminate agricultural
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China moves quietly to push trade goals
China, the world's newest export juggernaut, tiptoed into the World Trade Organisation talks in Cancun, Mexico, determined to be assertive but not ruffle any feathers. Despite the failure of the
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Bush is forming team to battle unfair trade
Aiming to address mounting complaints from the nation's manufacturers about unfair foreign competition and its impact on the sector's continued erosion, the Bush administration is establishing an