Shakti Pumps (India) announced that the Government of India has announced a mega scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Uttham Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) with an objective to scale up use of
The World Summit on Sustainable Development come to a close today with spirited protests against the remarks of US Secretary of state Colin Powell. Some five US environmental activists and anti
The government is likely to push for greater protection for sensitive farm products in the ongoing World Trade Organisation negotiations on agriculture. "We are in the process of identifying certain
Kerala will next month witness a unique partnership between public institutions and private companies in promoting hygiene through washing hands, the World Summit on Sustainable Development heard
Maharashtra ended its monopoly cotton procurement scheme and permitted private players to purchase cotton directly from farmers, However the government has empowered the Maharashtra State Cooperative
There was not much expectation from the second Earth Summit that concluded at Johannesburg last week. But even what emerged from it showed that little progress was made. The marathon 10 day
How did the Pondicherry based Chemfab Alkalis Ltd. bag the award for the greenest caustic-chlorine company in the country given by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)? Obviously the award
The poverty line in a number of states is being reworked and the results show the situation in India's smaller states and Union Territories may be significantly different from what has been assumed
Even as India has appealed for a larger share of the global fund for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, a number of non governmental organisations (NGOs) have decided not to pitch for aid under the
After ratifying the Kyoto convention on climate change and the global plant varieties protection accord UPOV, 1978, the Cabinet has now decided in short order to sign the Cartagena protocol on the
Unlike the sleek and snarling Mercedes coupes screaming around DaimlerChrysler's test track, the lowly Chrysler "Town and Country" mini van consumes neither petrol nor diesel. It runs on soap. The
