Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
Manufacturers smell opportunities in clean technology; infrastructure sector sees savings in efficiency The bigger the climate change risk, the bigger the business opportunity. This is the inference from the initial trends that are emerging from the responses of a select group of companies from the manufacturing and infrastructure-metals sectors during …
Bs Reporter / New Delhi August 21, 2008, 1:05 IST In what would be a generational change in its engine technology, India's largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has decided to introduce the new K-series petrol engine in all its cars in India in the next three to five years, according …
BY JOHN CRAWLEY WASHINGTON An accelerating US consumer shift from sport utility vehicles and pickups to more fuel-efficient cars should reduce rollover, but safety experts worry a lighter fleet poses serious risks despite air bags, anticollision systems and other advances. "Shifting to smaller vehicles will make the problem worse,' said …
THE poor may now hope to use nonpolluting lanterns instead of carbon emitting kerosene lamps. The government is considering a proposal to use a portion of kerosene subsidy to fund distribution of solar lanterns in rural areas. The proposal, discussed in the Prime Minister's Energy Co-ordination Committee (ECC) meeting recently, …
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN What would happen if you cross-bred J. R. Ewing of "Dallas' and Carl Pope, the head of the Sierra Club? You'd get T. Boone Pickens. What would happen if you cross-bred Henry Ford and Yitzhak Rabin? You'd get Shai Agassi. And what would happen if you …
Terry Macalister Oil companies at the centre of the tar sands revolution in Canada are facing a backlash from members of the ethical investment community determined to bring a halt to these operations for environmental reasons. A joint report from Co-operative Investments and the wildlife charity WWF released on Tuesday …
Increased industrial use of diesel and preference for diesel vehicles has caused the demand for this fuel to accelerate. Subsidies are largely to blame. Three experts debate the fallouts. I S S U E S What are the socioeconomic consequences of the increasing consumption of diesel? Is relative price of …
Bloomberg / Dearborn (Michigan) July 25, 2008, 0:45 IST The company will shift focus from money-losing trucks to fuel-efficient vehicles. Ford Motor Co, the world's third-biggest automaker, posted a record quarterly loss of $8.7 billion and accelerated a conversion to fuel-efficient vehicles to wean itself from money-losing trucks. The second-quarter …
Rajat Guha NEW DELHI IN ORDER to fix stricter fuel economy standards, the government has mooted a calibrated duty structure for cars based on their fuel efficiency. The less fuel efficient a car is, more would be the excise duty
Energy bureau to give star ratings to cars as per fuel efficiency, five stars for over 25.6 km per litre New Delhi, July 18: Your new set of wheels is going to get its stars. In a first of its kind venture, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is embarking …
I fully endorse the views in the editorial, "Tax luxury'. Hiking the excise duty on big cars, multiutility vehicles and sports cars was overdue. Several other initiatives are required to tide over the oil crisis. Petroleum companies can absorb the oil shock by tightening their belts. There is no justification …
A rapidly changing global automotive scenario means new opportunities and new challenges. Chandrika Shah explores the new strategies of the global biggies. In the global automotive industry, opportunities and risks are present in both emerging and mature markets alike. But while possibilities are plentiful, profitable growth is becoming more difficult …
ON THE BRINK Bloomberg / New Delhi July 09, 2008, 0:12 IST Italy's biggest carmaker, will close four of its six auto plants in the country for three weeks between September and November because of slumping sales. The closures will affect factories in Mirafiori, Termini Imerese, Pomigliano and Melfi, a …
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: Greenpeace on Tuesday launched a campaign demanding mandatory fuel efficiency for the car industry in India and organised a demonstration at Connaught Place here to send out a reminder that increasing carbon dioxide emissions were contributing to climate change. As part of the campaign, Greenpeace …
PREMIUM BIKE: H. S. Goindi, Head, Marketing, TVS Motor Company, launching Apache RTR FI motorcycle in New Delhi on Monday. NEW DELHI: TVS Motor Company on Monday unveiled the advanced version of its bike
With a price tag of about Rs 1 lakh, the Nano will cost about half as much as the cheapest car currently on the market. But, some environmentalists are dreading the prospect of hundreds of thousands of low-cost cars hitting polluted and over-crowded roads around the world in the next …
Saving energy: The regional aircraft Modem Ark (MA)600 in Xi'an, China, on Sunday. XI'AN: The first China-made regional aircraft Modem Ark (MA)600 was completed on Sunday, marking a milestone in the nation's drive to be one of the world's leading providers of turboprop regional aircraft. The research and development of …
Senator John McCain hopes to solve the country's energy crisis with cold hard cash. The Republican presidential nominee-inwaiting thinks the government should offer a $300 million prize to the person who can develop an automobile battery that leapfrogs existing technology. The prize would equate to $1 for every man, woman …
By S Lalitha, DH News Service, Bangalore: To reduce pollution emissions, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) plans to incorporate sophisticated filters and use diesel-ethanol in the 600 buses of the Mysore urban division under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project, an international initiative to preserve the environment. By …
