The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
The Dutch government has approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project. The test project would kick off from 2012 with CO2 stored in a spent natural gas field with a capacity of 0.8 megatonnes …
The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV-Nepal) in association with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is organising a three-day international Bio-gas conference in Kathmandu from Nov.10. The objective of the conference is to exchange knowledge and experiences between practitioners, experts and policy makers on the dissemination of domestic biogas plants. "It conference …
Netherlands Takes Lead After India Threatens To Drag EU To WTO Amiti Sen NEW DELHI PHARMA exports from India are likely to be promised safe passage by the European Union after India took up the issue following seizure of two consignments while in transit through the region. The EU had …
Several studies show an association between exposure to aircraft or road traffic noise and cardiovascular effects, which may be mediated by a noise-induced release of stress hormones. The objective of this study was to assess saliva cortisol concentration in relation to exposure to aircraft noise.
Pune Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA), under the Dutch Ministry of External Affairs, has expressed its interest to set up the assembly facility of Tata Motors for manufacturing electric cars in Netherlands. The Dutch government, which is running a programme aimed at converting one million cars into the electric version …
RESEARCHERS have identified a gene variant linked to a severe form of anaemia which may improve our understanding of iron metabolism, says a new study. A new variant of the gene TMPRSS6 was identified by studying the genome of 4,800 healthy individuals from Australia and the Netherlands. "An iron imbalance …
Two landmark decisions of the European Court of Justice related to cross-border patent infringement cases are examined here. One case highlights issues related to jurisdiction of national courts of one European Union (EU) state in deciding the validity of a patent granted by another EU state, and the second case …
IN A decision that would prolong a legal battle going on since 2007, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday cancelled the allotment of the Rs 6,000-crore Jangi-Thopan and Thopan-Powari hydel power projects to Dutch company Brakel Corporation citing illegal misrepresentations made by the company. The division bench of Justice …
OUR nomadic ancestors had to quickly cover long distances while hunting. A prey that ran faster had to be outrun. While running after the animal they constantly moved their arms; it reduced the effort and counterbalanced the body weight. People now run after buses, sprinters run to win a medal. …
Aviation and shipping should cut their respective carbon dioxide emissions to 10 and 20 percent below 2005 levels over the next decade, the European Union is likely to propose at global climate talks this week. EU diplomats said the cuts might be linked to a tax on fuel to generate …
Dutch utility Essent expects to see one million electric vehicles on the roads in the Netherlands by 2020, its head of new energy said on Thursday. Alexandra van Huffelen said Essent was working with other Dutch companies to stimulate the industry, lobbying the government to speed up the introduction of …
The government has allowed a number of private companies for importing High Yielding Variety (HYV) of potato seeds aimed at increasing production of potato in the next season. The companies will import the HYV potato including diamont, provento, vanila, felsina, mondial, asterix, courag, ultra and granula from Holland and Germany …
The humble Indian auto-rickshaw may soon be reborn in a smart, fuel-conserving avatar. The trigger: A Dutch environmentalist called Stef van Dongen, who took a few too many rides in rickety, smoke belching three-wheelers on a trip to India. Shaken and stirred, he made it his mission to build a …
Netherlands has shown interest to work with Dhaka for supporting its climate change and disaster mitigation programmes. Outgoing Netherlands Ambassador Ms. Bea Ten Tusscher said this to Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque during her farewell meeting at the Secretariat yesterday. The Netherlands is a delta like Bangladesh, …
Netherlands has shown interest to work with Dhaka for supporting its climate change and disaster mitigation programmes. Outgoing Netherlands Ambassador Ms. Bea Ten Tusscher said this to Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque during her farewell meeting at the Secretariat yesterday. The Netherlands is a delta like Bangladesh, …
The World Bank with the help of other development partners is going to conduct a study on costing of adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of the seven developing countries where the WB is to carry out such studies in partnership with the governments of UK, the …
The World Bank has launched a study on the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh in partnership with the British, the Netherlands and Switzerland Governments. The multinational lender also launched the study globally. Other than Bangladesh, this study will be carried out in Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Vietnam …
