In limbo
Will a disaster take place before strong laws are adopted to protect the world against irresponsible introduction of <a c>gmo</a c>s?
Will a disaster take place before strong laws are adopted to protect the world against irresponsible introduction of <a c>gmo</a c>s?
At the Human Rights convention in Vienna, quick UN approval was sought for the Universal Declaration of Indigenous People
Canadian engineers develop a no effluent discharge technology
The Union government's ineptness in dealing with technology finds a new victim: Delhi's metro rail project
The Jammu and Kashmir Land Acquisition Act, 1934. This Act may be called the State Land Acquisition Act No.10 of 1990.
Strict US legislations are forcing cigarette companies to shift business to developing countries, where they are helped by lax laws and political reluctance to deal with the menace
this book is a rather bold attempt at exploring the complex relationship between man and nature on a larger plane, and conservation programmes and well-being of local people as a specific focus. It
A few hundred dollars is all you need to borrow the services of world s first commercial spy satellite
A book by Adam Rome
DID AKBAR, the great Moghul (1556-1605), relish dam aalu? Probably not, especially as one doesn't have firm evidence he did. The record kept by his minister, Abul Fazl, of crops grown in India in
An Indore engineer has solved the problem of waterlogging in the city's slums by building sloping roads that lead excess water to the nearest nullah.
The biggest garbage dump in Mumbai will be closed now, courtesy the Supreme Court. Acting on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the resident welfare association of Chincholi Bunder area
J&K project through: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently granted a stay on a decision by the state government to cancel a contract for the 1,200-MW Sawalakote hydroelectric power project. The
• Kochi has been selected as one of the centres for a major study, undertaken by the US-based Oakridge National Laboratory, to measure the phenomenon of global warming. • An
Karnataka gets jitters as Goa clamps down
The government is planning to create a multi-billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund to invest in energy assets such as oil, gas and coal across the world. "The plans are at a very initial stage. A decision on this would be taken after the budget,' Planning Commission energy adviser Surya P Sethi said here. "The fund, if set up, will invest in overseas oil, gas and coal assets.' Sethi did not give any idea of the possible size of the fund, but said: "It has to be in billions of dollars.' According to the latest data available with the Reserve Bank of India, the country's foreign exchange reserves stood at about $290.8 billion for the weekended February 8, up 57% from a year earlier. A sovereign wealth fund comprises assets such as stocks, bonds and other financial instruments, which is owned and managed by the government. The funds are deployed overseas for higher returns. The fund will be on the lines of Temasek Holdings, a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Singapore government. Officials are of the view that low returns on investments in US treasury bills and other sovereign securities did not cover the costs of maintaining huge forex reserves, and justified establishing a fund that could deliver higher returns. Last year, state-run India Infrastructure Finance Co Ltd set up an offshore unit in London to use part of the country's reserves to help local Companies import equipment for infrastructure projects. The corpus of this fund is $5 billion. The central bank has previously expressed reluctance at using forex reserves to set up an investment fund as it said the build-up in reserves was largely to insulate the Economy from the impact of huge capital inflows, which could be reversed at short notice.
A minister warns environmentalists to stay away from power projects
The move to exempt certain categories of industry from a public hearing is anything but laudable
Financial institutions may soon lend a helping hand to the environment sector, says the Indian environment minister
The concern over protecting the Asiatic lion relegated forestdwellers to secondary status in Gir