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India to take renewable energy route for tackling climate change: PM - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
Unveiling India’s action plan for tackling climate change ahead of next week's G8 summit in Japan, prime minister Manmohan Singh earlier this week said that solar power and other renewable energy sources would get priority.
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India’s permanent research base near North Pole inaugurated - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
‘Himadri,’ India’s permanent base near the North Pole was inaugurated by Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday. This base will enable scientists carry out research, especially on climate change.
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Climate change action plan, the Gandhi way - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said that applying Mahatma Gandhi’s take on how to conduct ourselves with respect to the environment would provide a universally acceptable way forward when tackling greenhouse gas emission globally.
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ISB students initiate green campaign on campus - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
Aiming for a ‘Cleaner and Greener ISB,’ the students of India’s premier B-school have vowed to develop environmental projects to make ISB more eco-friendly.
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Yet another loggerhead turtle trapped in net off Mumbai coast - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
For the second time this week a rare loggerhead sea turtle was found entangled in a fishing net along the Mumbai coast on Wednesday. A species not usually found in India, the loggerhead turtle was caught in a fisherman’s net.
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MP Govt clears 40 tonnes of chemical residues from Bhopal plant - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday cleared 40 tonnes of chemical residues from the erstwhile Uni0n Carbide pesticide plant. In 1984, the plant had leaked causing the world’s worst industrial disaster killing over 3000 people.
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Endangered western tragopans eggs hatch in captivity - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
In what comes as a good news to birds lovers, two eggs of the highly endangered western tragopans laid in captivity at a pheasantry in Himachal Pradesh have hatched. While announcing this development the officials said that the eggs hatched last week at the Central Zoo Authority-funded pheasantry at Sarahan, 160 km from Shimla.
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Tiger arrives at Sariska reserve - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
Rajasthan’s Sariska Tiger Reserve has a reason to cheer as its rehabilitation programme gets underway with the arrival of the first tiger from the Ranthambore National Park on Saturday. The tiger count at the park was reduced to zero after all its big cats had fallen prey to widespread poaching.
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Adani Group to seek SC vacation on bar of its Mundra SEZ - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
The Adani Group will approach the Supreme Court for a vacation of its stay on the construction of the proposed Mundra Special Economic Zone Ltd., the group announced on Wednesday.
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India’s teen ‘green’ preacher Agastya heads for China - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
At 17, Agastya Muthanna is more than just a teen. He’s India’s Climate Change Champion promoting the need to tackle climate change. Selected in an international initiative by the British Council in February, he will visit China from July 14 to 30 as part of the “Green Journey.”
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River cleaning projects: How effective? - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
Purifying our national rivers will take more than multi-crore river cleaning projects. It will remain an exercise in futility unless combined with awareness among the masses and the future generation of the importance of keeping it clean.
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The rise of the chief sustainability officer - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
Increasing awareness on the need to take steps to mitigate the effects of climate change has witnessed corporations appointing sustainability managers at senior levels.
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