World energy outlook 2018
The World Energy Outlook (WEO) is the gold standard of long-term energy analysis. The 2018 edition provides updated analysis to show what the latest data, technology trends and policy announcements might
India
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Monumental victory
A Kerala High Court order quashes quarrying operations which had dealt a bodyblow to megalithic tombstones in the state
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Save our soil
The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a non-governmental organisation providing agricultural scientists a forum to Interact on important agricultural issues, released a policy paper
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Fast order
The Madras high court seeks to evolve a mechanism for the quick settlement of environmental disputes
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Succour for AIDS hit
aids-afflicted people across the country are expected to benefit from the Union government's free anti-retroviral treatment project. The first phase of the plan will commence from April 2004 and
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Unputdownable
Star-studded campaigns, millions spent and 20 new cases of polio to show for it. The reason being offered by Uttar Pradesh (up) is lack of adequate routine immunisation. The affected districts are
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Private affairs
The invitation was innocuous. The Confederation of Indian Industry <font class='UCASE'>cii</font> the grouping of the large and most powerful industries was convening a meet on forests. The purpose, said the invitation which reached us by chance ,
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Union ministries clash over SEZ
the plot around special economic zones (sezs) in India thickens with a recent decision of the empowered group of ministers (egom) on sezs to remove a cap of 150 on the number of such zones in the
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SEZs get a social face
in orderto allay fears of tax evasion and land grab, the Board of Approval (boa) for special economic zones (sezs) recently issued fresh guidelines for building social infrastructure, hospitals,
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Saltpan workers in Gujarat served eviction notice from sanctuary
thousands of saltpan workers, called Agarias, from 107 villages in Gujarat's Rajkot, Surendranagar, Patan and Kutch districts face displacement with the Gujarat forest department serving them an
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SC permits conditional field trials of GM crops
the Supreme Court has permitted conditional field trials of genetically modified (gm) crops approved by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac) in 2006. The anti-gm lobby in India,