SDSN Networks in Action 2020
<p>SDSN’s National and Regional Networks promote the localization and implementation of the SDGs, develop long-term transformation pathways, provide education for sustainable development, and launch
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India to become world's 5th largest economy by 2020
Moving past the global economic powerhouses like the UK, Germany and France, the Indian economy would become the world's fifth largest by 2020, a major jump from its 10th rank currently, a report has said.
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France assists Sri Lanka to reconstruct 46 bridges
The French Government has pledged Euro 22 million (Rs. 3.3 billion) of assistance to develop infrastructure of Sri Lanka. The France funded project involves widening and reconstruction of 46 bridges.
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U.K women plan suits over cancer fears from breast implants
More than 250 British women with silicone breast implants, manufactured by a French company, are to take legal action after eight women in France with similar implants were found to have cancer sparking
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Renewables Need Not Cost More: EU Energy Chief
A shift to renewable energy would ultimately cost around the same as business as usual and the EU needs to make progress on setting a 2030 target for greener fuel soon, the bloc's energy commissioner said.
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Nuclear liability rules ultra vires'
Just when the government felt it had sorted out all the wrinkles in the Nuclear Liability Act, eminent jurist Soli Sorabjee has said the crucial rule restricting the liability of supplier to just five
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WHO warns of measles spread in Europe
The World Health Organization on Friday warned that Europe faces an explosion of measles cases next year unless it takes urgent steps to contain the viral respiratory disease. In the first nine months
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Greenpeace Activists Break Into French Nuclear Plant Near Paris
French police Monday arrested four environmental activists who had managed earlier in the day to break into France's Nogent-sur-Seine nuclear plant, near Paris. "We can confirm there was the intrusion
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Bringing the grid together
If Europe is to achieve its renewable energy goals, its power grid will have to grow accordingly. New studies point to a need for expansion on land and at sea. The greatest challenge lies in coordination
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France welcomes India n-liability rules
Almost two weeks after India announced its much-awaited rules for nuclear liability, France on Tuesday expressed satisfaction that the new rules put responsibility on all the stakeholders, foreign as well
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French nuclear chief bats for EPR technology
“You cannot start a reactor if you don't have full confidence of local people” Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission of France Bernard Bigot on Monday said the controversial European Pressurized