World energy prices 2019: an overview
This overview presents a selection of data from the second release of the World Energy Prices database of the International Energy Agency (May 2019). This database includes annual energy prices data for
India
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Sudev Barar on open source software
Nuchem is a company in Delhi that develops and sells water/effluent treatment technologies, chemicals and laminated panels. Sudev Barar, its owner, has adopted a Linux-based open-source computing
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Row over uranium mining in Meghalaya
the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (moef) cleared a controversial mining project by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited in Meghalaya last month, triggering fresh protests by local
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Engine trouble
The Indian auto industry has got stuck with obsolete engines. It needs a jump start
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Mining blues
THE state of Rajasthan evokes images of camels loping over lifeless sand stretching to the horizon, without the welcome punctuation of green cover. So the state government's bid to denotify
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INDIA
• A grant of US $172,000 for cataract research has been extended by the US-based National Eye Institute to an Indian research group consisting of D Balasubramaniam and Mohan Rao of the Centre
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An issue against the law
CONTROVERSY surrounds the illegal mining for gems and other precious stones that has been reportedly going on in Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. According to Renuka Chowdhury, a mem@er
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Precariously perched
THERE may be hope yet for the swiftlet, a small Indian bird found only in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, which is in danger of becoming endangered. TRAFFIc-India. a branch of Twmc-international
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MINING WOES
The Shimla High Court has put the brakes on mining activitiesatKaljot, Naswana and Yol in Kangradistrict ofHimachal Pradesh. The court has already banned mining at Khaniara and Jaolidhar in
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NO TO MINES
Foreseeing the threat posed by mining to the Surajkund and Badkallakes in Haryana, the Supreme Court has ordered the closure of all mines on May 13. No mining operation will be allowed within a
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In Focus
Aqua farmers in the country are oscillating between despair and hope. A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court (SC) dashed their hopes when it dismissed petitions seeking a review of its December 1996