Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Tensions continue to run high over the inclusion of aviation in the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS), after Indian government officials confirmed last Thursday that New Delhi would be asking its airlines not to participate in the scheme. Meanwhile, the trade group representing the largest US airlines is now calling …
New Delhi For the first time, New Delhi is looking to the North American continent to secure its energy needs. India has started talks to import natural gas from Canada, the world’s third-largest producer which is facing falling demand from the US, where a shale gas bounty has brought self …
A US-based photovoltaic cellmaker has termed the sourcing policy under India’s national solar mission as “self-destructive” and said it discourages competition. Maja Wessels, First Solar’s executive VP, global public affairs, said prices of solar photovoltaic cells are not coming down due to lack of competition. “It makes more sense for …
Fresh water supplies are unlikely to keep up with global demand by 2040, increasing political instability, hobbling economic growth and endangering world food markets, according to a U.S. intelligence assessment released on Thursday. The report by the office of the Director of National Intelligence said that areas including South Asia, …
Human activity kept global temperatures close to a record high in 2011 despite the cooling influence of a powerful La Nina weather pattern, the World Meteorological Organization said on Friday. On average, global temperatures in 2011 were lower than the record level hit the previous year but were still 0.40 …
A US-based organisation has placed India at as low as 28th among 32 countries in the world with respect to security of nuclear materials. How accurate is the ranking and how justifi ed is the defensive Indian anger at this low ranking?
Claims that environmental regulations will worsen unemployment are false. When the economy is struggling, the opposite is true, says economist Josh Bivens.
Even as the Obama administration works overtime to wind down two wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, it could well be on the brink of opening up a new battle front — an economic slugfest with China. This week the U.S. Commerce Department announced, after months of hand-wringing and suspense, that …
Washington/New York The United States dealt a blow to US solar panel manufacturers and boosted shares in Chinese rivals when it imposed unexpectedly low duties on imports from China, though the move still drew fire from China industry representatives. The action, made public late on Tuesday, adds to trade tensions …
The US may impose tough economic sanctions on India for continuing to import crude oil from Iran. On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton exempted 11 nations from US sanctions on Iran because they have “significantly reduced” their oil imports from the West Asian nation. India was pointedly …
The ongoing controversy over the EU's plan to include aviation in its Emissions Trading System (ETS) ramped up another notch this week, with India reportedly planning to urge its airlines to boycott the scheme. Brussels, meanwhile, continues to stand firm in support of the ETS in the absence of a …
Also woos Saudi Arabia with new petroleum diplomacy, while trying to soothe a vexed US, in an interesting coordination effort between external and other ministries India is finally plunging into the oil politics of the Gulf and West Asia. It sent a team of senior officials from the commerce ministry …
The US Commerce Department will begin imposing duties on solar panel imports from China, after finding that Chinese solar manufacturers receive unfair government support. Though the announced duties were far below the complainants' requests, the decision is still expected to increase trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, which have already …
It will prove beneficial only if population is healthy India will be one of the youngest nations by 2020 and this changing demographic condition, while providing great opportunities, could pose some challenges too, the Economic Survey 2011-12 has said. India is passing through a phase of unprecedented demographic changes, wherein …
Obama administration officials say they are concerned India may run afoul of a new US law restricting payments for Iranian oil, forcing the White House to impose sanctions on one of its most important allies in Asia. So far this year, India is failing to cut back its purchases of …
SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose in Asian trade today after the US and Britain denied reports that the two countries had agreed to release strategic reserves of crude, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April up 36 cents to USD 105.47 while Brent North Sea …
Gazprom, the world’s largest natural-gas exporter, is struggling to get a foothold in the Asian markets leading global economic growth. The Russian company’s plan to supply liquefied natural gas to India from 2016, the year the US is set to start gas exports, is faltering after buyers said they’re looking …
About 3.7 million Americans live within a few feet of high tide and risk being hit by more frequent coastal flooding in coming decades because of the sea level rise caused by global warming, according to new research. If the pace of the rise accelerates as much as expected, researchers …
The United States, Japan and European Union plan to bring a new trade case against China over its export restrictions on rare earth minerals used in a variety of high-tech and clean energy products, senior administration officials said on Monday. They were responding to a published report by the Associated …
