Monkeys menace in Puerto Rican capital
August 7th, 2012 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
San Juan, Aug 7 (IANS/EFE) Several monkeys descended from those that were brought to Puerto Rico decades ago to be used in scientific research and which now live in the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Beijing worries over booming population
July 19th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 19 (IANS) China's think tanks have called for stricter steps to be taken to control the capital's booming population.The population pressures were likely to become stronger in the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Over 360 Chinese newspapers to be shut down
May 10th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 10 (IANS) Over 360 newspapers or periodicals in China - or three percent of the nation's total publications - would be shut down over the next three years.
A total ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Abu Dhabi hosts workshop to promote sustainable development
April 6th, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, April 6 (IANS/WAM) The municipality of Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company "Masdar" will work jointly to promote sustainable development, general manager of Abu Dhabi city municipality ... Read more...
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Puerto Rico launches reforestation project
February 18th, 2010 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
San Juan, Feb 18 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rico will plant millions of trees over the next three years as part of its island-wide reforestation project.
The Plataforma Verde (Green Platform) initiative was unveiled by ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Disinvest, use money for green assets: Finance Commission chief (With Images)
November 20th, 2009 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The government should sell off half its public sector undertakings and use the $200 billion it will thus make to build environmental assets, 13th Finance Commission Chairman ... Read more...
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Educate girls to curb growing population, says expert
December 5th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 5 (ANI): If teenage girls in the developing world are given the opportunity of completing a secondary school education, the explosive growth in the global population could be curbed ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Oz country school teaching pupils strict yogic vegetarianism
March 24th, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, March 24 (ANI): A small country school in Australias New South Wales, owned by the spiritual sect of Ananda Marga, is teaching its pupils the philosophy of strict yogic vegetarianism ... Read more...
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