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Revolutionary device would enable ocean currents to power the world

December 1st, 2008 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Dec 1 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new revolutionary device that can harness energy from slow-moving rivers and ocean currents, and might be able to provide enough power for the ...

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”Fish technology” developed to draw affordable renewable energy from water currents

November 22nd, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): The day is not far when slow-moving ocean and river currents may become new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source, all thanks to VIVACE - a machine ...

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Nuke deal is in interest of India, US and world at large: Manmohan Singh

Nuke deal is in interest of India, US and world at large: Manmohan Singh

September 28th, 2008 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington , Sep 28 (ANI): With the US House of Representatives passing the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement by a clear majority (298-117 votes), Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Sunday said ...

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NSG sceptics say they are under pressure over India waiver

September 2nd, 2008 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS -
Vienna, Sep 2 (IANS) Six countries opposed to a "clean waiver" for India have complained that they were under pressure to seek a compromise at the forthcoming meeting of the 45-nation Nuclear ...

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Chile, Spain sign wind energy pact

July 31st, 2008 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS -
Santiago, July 31 (IANS) Chile and Spain will spend more than $1 billion to set up Latin America's largest wind farm in this Andean nation, EFE news agency reported. Spain's energy firm ...

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Support for n-deal growing in NSG: Menon

July 21st, 2008 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Even as the government faces a crucial survival vote in parliament with the India-US nuclear deal as a key issue, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon Monday said support ...

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India not a nuclear proliferator says US congressman

July 18th, 2008 - 10:02 pm ICT by ANI -
New York , July 18 (ANI): Democrat from New York and Member of US House Committee on Foreign Affairs Joseph Crowley has said that unlike its neighbours India has never been ...

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Focus on non-conventional energy: GAIL chief

July 15th, 2008 - 1:32 am ICT by IANS -
Gandhinagar, July 14 (IANS) India is witnessing a robust 5 percent growth in the oil and gas sector, yet it continues to be a major importer of energy, Gas Authority of India ...

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Energy efficiency can only be improved through a sectoral approach: G-8

July 8th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI -
By Mrityunjay Singh Toyako (Japan), July 8 (ANI): Group of Eight (G-8) leaders on Tuesday said that improvement of energy efficiency and reduction in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions could only be ...

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Nepal plans 12-fold increase in science budget

June 18th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Kathmandu, June 18 (IANS) The new Nepalese government is planning a $125 million science budget for the current year - a whopping 12-fold increase over that of last year. The money will ...

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US to invest $10 bn for clean energy, asks India to follow suit

June 17th, 2008 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) The US plans to invest $9 billion to build state-of-the-art coal plants and another $1 billion for research and development to check carbon emissions from the coal-fired units, ...

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G-8 meets amid soaring oil prices

June 8th, 2008 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI -
Aomori (Japan), June 8 (ANI): Addressing G-8 countries at Aomori in northern Japan today, Japanese Trade and Energy Minister Akira Amari warned of a global recession if they do not act ...

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Asia-Pacific experts call for large clean energy financing

June 3rd, 2008 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Manila, June 3 (DPA) Asia-Pacific energy experts, policymakers and project developers Tuesday called for massive new investments in clean energy amid spiraling costs for oil and coal and the growing threat of ...

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UAE company to invest $2 bn in solar energy technology

May 29th, 2008 - 10:52 am ICT by admin -
Abu Dhabi, May 29 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) based energy company Masdar has announced that it would invest $2 billion in solar energy technology, WAM news agency reported Thursday. Masdar, ...

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Construction company develops peel-and-stick solar panels

May 11th, 2008 - 5:36 pm ICT by admin -
Washington , May 11 (ANI): Solar-panels have long been considered as those traditional tilt-it systems that are installed on roofs, but now a construction company has developed solar panels that use ...

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Surging food prices could slow poverty reduction by seven years

Surging food prices could slow poverty reduction by seven years

April 12th, 2008 - 9:05 am ICT by admin -
By Chris Cermak Washington, April 12 (DPA) In order to hammer home the point of just how dire the food situation in poor countries has become, World Bank President Robert Zoellick resorted to ...

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No “now or never” ultimatum to India for signing N-deal: US

March 26th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): The Bush Administration has made it clear that there is still some more time left before it says "now or never" to the much-touted US-India civil nuclear ...

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Tibet is No.1 lithium producer in the world

March 26th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, March 26 (ANI): The presence of the largest lithium mine in the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, has now made Tibet the No.1 area in the world in terms of ...

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Pranab favours the Nuke-deal but fails to give any time frame

Pranab favours the Nuke-deal but fails to give any time frame

March 26th, 2008 - 11:52 am ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Mar 26 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the UPA Government was still seeking consensus on the nuclear deal, which was being opposed by its Communist ...

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Author Clarke to be buried in private funeral in Sri Lanka

March 21st, 2008 - 4:25 pm ICT by admin -
London, Mar 21 (ANI): British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarkes body will be laid to rest at Colombo's General Cemetery on Mar 22 in a strictly secular ceremony. Clarke died ...

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New environmentally friendly technology may revolutionize ethylene production

February 6th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Feb 6 (ANI): Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new environmentally friendly technology that may transform the production of the world's most universally ...

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Pachauri supports India’s nuclear power quest

January 6th, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, Jan 6 (ANI): Supporting India's quest for nuclear power, United Nations climate panel's chief R K Pachauri, has said that country should pursue it to contain emission and meet energy needs. ...

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Chicken fat may signal end of future clean energy woes

December 23rd, 2007 - 6:16 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Arkansas have signalled the end of future clean energy woes by exploring supercritical methanol as a method of converting chicken fat into biodiesel ...

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Merkel for cooperation in medium-scale enterprises with India

November 14th, 2007 - 8:06 am ICT by admin -

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