This study assesses targets for charging infrastructure at the borough level up to 2035, complementing the Delivery Plan created by the Mayor of London’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Taskforce. Specifically, it estimates the needs for public and private charging infrastructure in each of the 32 boroughs and the City of London, …
Over hundred survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy staged a protest on Wednesday to protest the inclusion of Dow Chemicals as a sponsor of the London Olympics. Leaders of all the five survivors' organisations said that similar protests were held in London, Berkley and Boston, USA and St Catharine's, Canada on …
A New York federal court has dismissed all claims by Indian plaintiffs against Union Carbide Corp. for any environmental fallout of a gas leak which killed thousands of people in the Indian city of Bhopal 28 years ago. Protesters against Dow Chemical's sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic Games demonstrate …
Waste policy needs to modernise the terminology it uses as it is still "caught up in the old language of disposal", leading waste contractor SITA UK has claimed. SITA's external affairs director Gev Eduljee has called for policy-makers to "look afresh" at the Government's vision for the industry, which he …
AHMEDABAD: The recent price rise may be pinching your pockets, but for the price conscious Amdavadi here is some good news. The city has been rated by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as 19th in the world, in terms of economic strength. Apart from this, the only other Indian city …
Street-level concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM) exceed public health standards in many cities, causing increased mortality and morbidity. Concentrations can be reduced by controlling emissions, increasing dispersion, or increasing deposition rates, but little attention has been paid to the latter as a pollution control method. Both …
Way To Oversee Progress Of Tumours Without The Need For Surgery Or Scans Developed London: Scientists have devised a new simple blood test that can clearly show whether treatments to reduce tumours is working, a breakthrough which could soon revolutionize cancer care. British researchers, who developed the new blood test, …
The Government will face a fresh hearing in the Court of Appeal tomorrow (May 30) over claims it has failed to bring illegal air pollution levels under control. The case against Defra was brought to the High Court by activist law group ClientEarth in December last year, after European Union …
British MPs address letter to Manmohan, Jayalalithaa Carrying placards that read, “No More Chernobyls! No More Fukushimas!,” activists representing a coalition of anti-nuclear and human rights groups held a protest outside the Indian High Commission here on Friday, demanding a halt to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) and withdrawal …
Move ensures uninterrupted urea supply to Indian market Govt not to drag Gulf nation to International Tribunal The government has accepted the proposal seeking hike in prices of gas supplied by Oman to an Indian fertiliser plant in the Gulf nation to $1.5 per mmBtu for this year, a move …
New Method Promises An Alternative Treatment With Fewer Side-Effects. Scientists claim to have come up with a unique way to treat prostate cancer — by using sound waves to blast tumour cells. A team at the University College London says its accuracy means the new method could well be an …
London Vedanta posted a drop in full-year iron ore output on Tuesday, hit by a ban on mining in Karnataka and logistical bottlenecks in Goa that dented one of its key profit contributors. Iron ore, a steelmaking ingredient, is typically one of Vedanta’s most profitable products along with zinc, accounting …
London: British scientists claim they are developing a unique device which can turn used toilet waste into drinking water. A team at Manchester University, led by Sarah Haigh, says the innovation — which has been funded by billionaire Bill Gates — could transform the lives of millions of people in …
The “State of the Planet” declaration was issued by scientists at a major gathering of experts on global environmental and social issues in advance of the major UN Summit Rio+20 in June. The declaration states that consensus is growing that we have driven the planet into a new epoch, the …
Particulars of claims in the case between The Bodo Community, Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria Vs The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. filed in the London Court dated 23/03/2012. Original Source Know More
Says this will uphold the noble ideals of Olympic Movement The Union Sports Ministry has written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), urging it to cancel the sponsorship of Dow Chemical for the London Olympics. In a letter, dated February 24, to IOC president Jacques Rogge, the Ministry's joint secretary …
The Indian Olympic Association’s repeated pleas to have Dow hemicals removed as a sponsor of the London Olympics may have fallen on deaf ears but now the Indian government has intervened with a new request. In a letter to International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, the sports ministry has asked …
LONDON: British scientists claim to have developed a machine which could keep donor livers 'alive' outside human body. A team at Oxford University says the machine, known as METRA which would keep livers healthy during transportation from donor to the operating table, could help save the lives of many people …
The British government was on Tuesday accused of being part of a “conspiracy of silence” over Dow Chemical's controversial sponsorship of the London Olympics as MPs, cutting across party lines, called for the multi-million pound deal to be scrapped because of the company's links with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. …
Researchers have discovered a new family of legless amphibians, commonly known as caecilians. After DNA analysis of the specimen, scientists have confirmed that it is an entirely new family. These findings have been published in a paper, Discovery of a new family of amphibians from Northeast India with ancient links …
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appreciated Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) concern for the victims of 1984 Bhopal Tragedy but maintained that Dow Chemicals had no ownership stakes in Union Carbide till 2000. IOC also said that its relationship with Dow Chemicals is well over 30 years and "we were …
