Since the discovery of large offshore oil and gas reserves in 2014, Senegal has set its hopes on fossil fuel export revenue to help fund its plans to become an emerging economy by 2035. Senegal is actively seeking investors to help develop its offshore oil and gas reserves – both …
PANJIM: The Goa Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday, with both Ruling and Opposition MLAs, unitedly urging the Central government to step in for providing financial relief for the mining dependent people of Goa and resume legal mining. The resolution, which was moved by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar …
The Punjab Government is considering reducing taxes on both wheat and basmati in certain thrust areas to make diversification a reality in the state besides giving a fillip to the food processing industry. Sources said the Food Processing Department had made a proposal for doing away with a majority of …
Category B mines allowed to resume mining subject to necessary clearances The forest bench of the Supreme Court has accepted all the reports submitted periodically by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) regarding the mining in Karnataka. As per the CEC reports, Category B mines will be allowed to restart mining …
Samples exceeded the US FDA provisional total tolerable intake levels Agriculture officials in the country have been surprised to hear that samples of rice exported to the United States from Bhutan contain harmful levels of lead. The research, led by Dr Tsanangurayi Tongesayi of Monmouth University in New Jersey, analysed …
The need for achieving food security is felt significantly in the recent years due to enormous pressure from the ever increasing population in India. Owing to the change in preferences in crop production techniques over a period of time, several new challenges draw attention to food security. This article discusses …
PANJIM: State has approximately two billion tonnes of iron ore reserves, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the State Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, and assured that he would carry out an estimate of the exact quantity of ore lying in all mining leases in Goa. Justifying the government’s decision to impose …
Homegrown Amul brand is all set to touch the US $ 4 billion mark. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that markets country’s largest FMCG brand has clocked a provisional sales revenue of Rs 13,750 crore (US $ 2.55 billion) which is 18 percent more compared to last financial …
India plans to export 500 megawatts of power to Bangladesh from July in a bid to strengthen strategic ties with the neighbouring country. According to report of the Telegraph, Bangladesh Power Development Board will receive 500MW from a newly built 125km power line, which links Bengal’s Murshidabad district with Bheramara …
Illegal hunting, trapping and export of parrots on a mass scale have brought about a sharp decline in its population in Sindh and Punjab, a survey shows. The survey titled Status and Distribution of Parakeets in Punjab and Sindh Provinces of Pakistan was conducted by the Zoological Survey Department in …
A firm has been ordered to pay £85,000 over the illegal export of tonnes of waste from Britain to Brazil in 2009, the Old Bailey has heard. Edwards Waste Paper director Simon Edwards, 47, and former sales manager, Jonathan Coombe, 42, admitted responsibility for containers loaded at their site in …
The Economic Survey has come down heavily on the government for holding on to grain stocks, which, it says, has resulted in ‘artificial shortages’, in turn, causing a spiral in prices. The survey called for investment in stock management and improving the marketing system of agricultural produce for increasing farmers’ …
Exports of iron ore are likely to fall further during the next financial year (2013-14) and touch a record low, as Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal ignored the demand for a level field in the freight rates charged on movement of iron ore for domestic use and exports. There is …
PANJIM: A discussion on mining in Goa today morning saw speakers demand that one company of one individual should not own more than 5 mining leases. It also mooted that if companies retrench workers then their leases should be taken over by the government. A cap on exports of 10 …
PANJIM: The main contention of the affidavit filed by the state government before the Supreme Court is that Shah Commission report has erred in its valuation of illegal mining in Goa, putting the blame squarely on the Global Positioning System for inaccurate measurements, thereby justifying the mining carried out earlier. …
U.S. natural gas policy, from hydraulic fracturing to exports, came under the microscope on Tuesday as environmental and industry groups presented their views on the issue to Congress and divided along mostly familiar lines. On a day U.S. President Barack Obama is set to lay out his agenda in the …
New Delhi: Fearing oil refineries will be hit hard by the Finance Ministry's move to change the way petrol and diesel are priced, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to constitute an expert committee to decide on the issue. The Finance Ministry has informed the …
The cashew brought from Brazil to India by the Portuguese about 400 years ago. Initially it was cultivated to arrest soil erosion and sea winds, but later it became an important cash crop. In fact it was not Brazil but India, which made a commodity of international trade and India …
Floods in southern Mozambique have displaced up to 70,000 people and cut power exports to energy-hungry neighbour South Africa in half, officials said Thursday. The south and centre of the country have been placed on red alert after experiencing the heaviest rainfall since devastating floods killed some 800 people in …
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the Goa government on a plea which alleged that the state government, in violation of its order, had allowed export of iron ores, purportedly extracted from Maharashtra. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Aftab Alam, sought the replies of …
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the Goa Government on a plea that alleged that the State Government, in violation of its order, has allowed export of iron ores, purportedly extracted from Maharashtra. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam also sought the replies …
