Greenpeace storms Russian oil platform in Arctic
August 24th, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 24 (IANS) Environmental activists led by the head of Greenpeace International, Indian-origin South African Kumi Naidoo, Friday stormed a Russian oil platform, protesting drilling for oil in the ... Read more...
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Russia, Belarus sign $10 bn nuke plant deal
July 18th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, July 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia signed a $10 billion contract with Belarus Wednesday to build the former Soviet republic's first nuclear power plant.The agreement was signed in the presence ... Read more...
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‘British undercover police can have sex with suspects’
June 13th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 13 (IANS) British undercover police officers can start sexual relationships with suspected criminals if it means they are more plausible, a minister said Wednesday.Home Office Minister Nick Herbert ... Read more...
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Stratfor hits out at WikiLeaks over Bhopal spying charge
February 28th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) US private intelligence firm Stratfor has denounced whistleblower site WikiLeaks' disclosure that it provided Dow Chemical information on environmental activists after the Bhopal gas leak disaster ... Read more...
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Congress, BJP trade charges over assault on Chhattisgarh protesters
January 9th, 2012 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 9 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress Monday traded charges over last weekend's police action in Korba district against dozens of villagers who ... Read more...
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Cyrus joins environmental campaign
September 22nd, 2011 - 2:54 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 22 (IANS) Singer Miley Cyrus has shown her support towards a campaign to block a housing development in Australia which threatens to change the face of a ... Read more...
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Stop bill on genetically modified crops, NGOs tells PM
September 5th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Opposing the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill, NGOs Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop the bill as it compromises with ... Read more...
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Nuclear scientist flays opposition to Jaitapur project
August 24th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) Terming as "totally unacceptable" the opposition by environmental activists to the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra, top nuclear scientist M.R. Srinivasan Wednesday strongly advocated ... Read more...
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Release jailed Chhattisgarh activists, demands Amnesty
June 4th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 3 (IANS) Amnesty International Friday condemned arrest of two environmental activists in Chhattisgarh and sought their unconditional release immediately.Police had arrested Ramesh Agrawal and Harihar Patel late last ... Read more...
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Goa may add to India’s tiger numbers
April 17th, 2011 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 17 (IANS) Where have Goa's tigers gone? Despite consistently throwing up four to five tigers in past counts, the latest 2011 tiger census conspicuously avoids reference to the ... Read more...
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People in Andhra against proposed nuclear plant
March 16th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 16 (IANS) Fearing a Japan-like threat, a number of people in Andhra Pradesh are up against a proposed nuclear power plant in Srikakulam district, bordering Orissa.Gram panchayats or ... Read more...
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Kaiga nuclear plant gives Goa constant nightmares: MP
March 15th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 15 (IANS) The central government should chalk out a foolproof strategy to protect the Kaiga nuclear power plant, which was giving Goa "constant nightmares" in the wake of ... Read more...
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Plastic gutka sachets banned, really?
March 6th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) On a lazy afternoon in the Delhi University area, 19-year-old Naresh Singh is whiling away his break at a cigarette shop. As he leisurely chews ... Read more...
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Lara-Mahesh wedding: Time to highlight Goa’s disappeared beach
February 18th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 18 (IANS) A walk on the Sinquerim beach may be what Bollywood heart-throb Lara Dutta and tennis pro Mahesh Bhupathi look forward to after their wedding here Saturday. But ... Read more...
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BP Sued By US Government Over Gulf Oil Spill
December 16th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Dec 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a sensational development the Federal government's justice department has sued British Oil firm BP along with 8 other companies for the infamous Gulf of Mexico ... Read more...
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Wildlife film festival in Bhubaneswar
December 2nd, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
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a six-day-long Wildlife Travelling Film Festival & Environment Forum here
to create awareness among students.The theme of the ... Read more...
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Environmental activists supporting nuclear power and GM
November 1st, 2010 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 1 (ANI): After revolting against genetically modified foods and nuclear power for decades, leading environmental campaigners have performed a u-turn on the two key technologies.Opposing nuclear power meant encouraging use ... Read more...
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Taj city residents oppose widening of Delhi-Agra highway
August 3rd, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Aug 3 (IANS) Thousands of Taj city residents Tuesday opposed the central government's decision to widen the Delhi-Agra national highway and presented a memorandum to the divisional commissioner on the issue. ... Read more...
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Heroes: Hayden Panettiere Chops Off All Her Hair
April 24th, 2010 - 12:51 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) At the Green Carpet and Home Tree Earth Day celebration which was held in Los Angeles yesterday, Hayden Panettierre showed off her new, super short hair ... Read more...
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Hayden Panettiere showcases her new hair-do
April 24th, 2010 - 12:44 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Apr 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) ‘Heroes’ star Hayden Panettiere showcased her new hair-do recently at the ‘Green Carpet and Home Tree Earth Day’ in Los Angeles. At the red carpet ... Read more...
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Hayden Panettiere protests against whaling in Japan
March 27th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 27 (ANI): 'Heroes' star Hayden Panettiere was recently turned down for a meeting with a local mayor in Japan when she along with a group of environmental activists demanded to ... Read more...
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Harrison Ford criticised for making unnecessary air trips
February 25th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 25 (IANS) Hollywood star Harrison Ford has been criticised by environmental activists for making unnecessary air trips, following revelations he once made a jet journey to buy a cheeseburger.
The "Indiana ... Read more...
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Harrison Ford uses jet to buy cheeseburger!
February 25th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): Harrison Ford has revealed that he often makes jet journeys to buy a cheeseburger.The Indiana Jones star began flying when he was 52 and after gaining his licence, ... Read more...
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Farmers, green groups welcome moratorium on Bt Brinjal
February 9th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Farmers' groups and environmental activists around the country Tuesday welcomed the moratorium on Bt Brinjal announced by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh.
Environmental activist group Greenpeace, which headed vociferous ... Read more...
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Pachauri’s links with Reliance Industries raises eyebrows
February 8th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 8(ANI): UN Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chief Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, already under fire over errors in a key 2007 report, has raised eyebrows for accepting help ... Read more...
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Hunger strike against cultivation of Bt Brinjal in Kerala
January 30th, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by ANI
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan.30 (ANI): A number of groups, including the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, staged a day-long hunger strike in Kerala on ... Read more...
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Gujarat maritime board to probe toxic US ship’s ownership
November 10th, 2009 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Nov 10 (IANS) The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) is to look into irregularities of ownership of Platinum II, a US ship believed to be carrying toxic material and awaiting clearance for ... Read more...
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New bridge threatens Vrindavan’s heritage ghat, say activists
August 13th, 2009 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Aug 13 (IANS) A new bridge being constructed in Vrindavan has come in for criticism from local environmental activists, who term it a threat to Kesri Ghat - the only remaining ... Read more...
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Green activists criticise Jairam Ramesh for supporting plastic
July 10th, 2009 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has come under criticism from green activists for his remark that ban on plastic bags is not the way to clean up India's ... Read more...
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Every citizen can object to environmental damage: Court
June 21st, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Kanu Sarda
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Be it public spirited people, environmental activists or voluntary groups, everyone has the right to raise a voice against environmental damage and be considered an ... Read more...
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Yamuna Bank Metro opens, environmentalists up ante
May 10th, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Yamuna Bank metro extension, a gateway to the east Delhi metro lines, was opened to the public here Sunday amid anxious attempts by environmental activists to ... Read more...
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Environmentalist Smitu Kothari dies of cardiac arrest
March 23rd, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Smitu Kothari, 59, one of India's leading social and environmental activists, died of a cardiac arrest early Monday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
Kothari was ... Read more...
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Activists fume as World Water Forum ends without protocols
March 22nd, 2009 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Istanbul, March 22 (DPA) Environmental activists expressed criticism Sunday with the end result of the World Water Forum, decrying a lack of binding protocols to safeguard the world's freshwater supplies.
Ministers and delegation ... Read more...
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Two activists deported after protesting World Water Forum
March 17th, 2009 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ankara, March 17 (DPA) Two environmental activists were deported from Turkey Tuesday for protesting at the opening of the World Water Forum in Istanbul Monday, a spokesman for a group in which ... Read more...
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Coimbatore farmers protest against field trials of genetically modified crops
March 17th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Coimbatore, Mar 17 (ANI): Farmers, including women wearing vegetable necklaces and capsicum earrings, took out a protest march against field trials of genetically modified crops in Coimbatore.
Farmers, along with Green Peace ... Read more...
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