A report published on Monday by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) said power plants to be added after 2023-24 could be completely renewable energy-based. Reiterating the government’s draft electricity plan finding that current installed and under-construction capacity would be able to meet demand till 2026, TERI also estimated that …
Gurgaon: With a view to developing India as a hub of innovations, the Centre is planning to create a knowledge pool in the country. As per the plan, top 1 per cent science students of classes X and XII will be selected and their studies will be funded by the …
Our Bureau NEW DELHI IT started with an idea that struck a veteran professional of 54, barely six years away from retirement. Darbari Seth had spent a lifetime in one of the most polluting of industries
Making a point-by-point rebuttal of allegations of financial impropriety against its director general R K Pachauri, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) on Wednesday said the charges published in London
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI Dr R.K. Pachauri, chairman, The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri), on Wednesday issued a lengthy denial about having misused his position "to amass a huge fortune" as had been alleged in an article written by climate sceptic Christopher Booker and recently published in the Telegraph, UK. …
Contrary to the claims of Sikkim Glacier Commission that there has been no significant decrease in glaciers in Sikkim due to global warming and climate change, an international media house has published a news item asserting evidence that glaciers in Sikkim and other Himalayan regions are disappearing due to climate …
RK Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel Prize-winning Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has dismissed all charges of financial impropriety levelled against him by a prominent London newspaper. The accusations, published in the The Sunday Telegraph, were coming from the same group of people who had tried unsuccessfully to discredit …
GANGTOK, Dec 17: Contrary to the claims of Sikkim Glacier Commission that there has been no significant decrease in glaciers in Sikkim due to global warming and climate change, an international media house has published a scalding news item asserting evidence that glaciers in Sikkim and other Himalayan regions are …
Soon, remote villages and small towns in rural India as well as the Australian outback could be powered by self-sufficient sustainable energy-based mini-grids. Australia
New Delhi: As the world copes with Hagen, the government of Delhi, one of the few cities that can boast of a specific climate change agenda, is busy trying to reduce its carbon footprint by making its buildings energy efficient. The environment department is finally ready with an initial study …
Without naming Delhi Government, Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Monday cautioned that flyovers would not resolve the traffic problem in the city and the focus should be on expanding new-age public transport systems like the Metro and dedicated bus lane system. The Minister further said buildings more flyovers …
Unclean air and water may be causing over 8,00,000 premature deaths in the country each year and morbidity costs amounting to 3.6 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This implies that the quality of environmental services
The government will try to pass the National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009, in the current Parliament session. The Bill aims at establishing an autonomous tribunal, independent of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), for environmental clearance of development projects and providing relief and compensation to people affected by natural …
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: Stressing the importance of changes in the system of governance in the area of environment protection, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said the government would try to get the National Green Tribunal Bill passed in the current session of Parliament itself. Stating that the …
New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, known for courting controversy and making candid remarks, on Friday said if there was a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India would get it.
Lamenting poor municipal waste disposal facilities in most of the cities of the country, environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said if there was any Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India would get it. "Our cities are dirtiest cities of the world. If there is a Nobel Prize for …
