Delhi street vendors’ market as global model (With Images)
July 18th, 2012 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) In a matter of 15 minutes a deserted road facing the capital's Indira Gandhi Stadium complex comes alive with a colourful ensemble of clothing and ... Read more...
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‘India’s AIDS control mission a successful model’
February 6th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) In existence for nearly two decades, India's HIV-AIDS control mission has been the most successful global model to deal with the disease, the head of ... Read more...
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UN chief to travel to quake-hit Japan
August 3rd, 2011 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Aug 3 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will depart Aug 6 on a trip to quake-affected areas of Japan, and later to South Korea, his spokesman Martin Nesirky ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Tropical Storm Lisa Not A Potential Threat
September 22nd, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Sep 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tropical Storm Lisa emerging from Eastern Atlantic, is predicted to strengthen into a hurricane once it starts moving towards the west. It was forecast that Lisa ... Read more...
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Tropical Storm Georgette forms off the coast of Baja California
September 21st, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Tropical Storm Georgette formed in the Pacific off the coast of Baja California in Mexico on early Tuesday morning, forecasters said.As of 5 a.m. EDT, Georgette was located ... Read more...
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Over a third of CO2 emissions ‘outsourced’ to developing nations
March 9th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 9 (ANI): A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution, US, has found that over a third of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with consumption of goods and services ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Global warming likely to impact rainfall patterns
March 1st, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Climate models project that the global average temperature will rise about 1 degree C by mid-century, if we continue with business as usual and emit greenhouse gases.
The ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Moily proposes classification of court cases to avoid delays
October 24th, 2009 - 8:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct. 24 (ANI): Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Saturday proposed classification of court cases to avoid further delays."One thing is the time management, then on the case management, then ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Skoda sales up nearly 32 percent in India
January 14th, 2009 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Czech carmaker Skoda's sales in India went up by 31.9 percent in 2008, the company said in a statement Wednesday.Skoda's global sales went up 7.1 percent to ... Read more...
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Rising levels of CO2 set to increase dead zones in tropical oceans
November 15th, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 15 (ANI): A new research has determined that the rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) will make oceans more hostile to life, with the volume of oxygen-depleted dead zones ... Read more...
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Anna Hazare, Indian green pioneer, wins World Bank award
April 16th, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by admin
Washington, April 16 (IANS) Kisan Baburao Hazare, popularly know as Anna Hazare, a pioneer in developing an ecologically self-sustaining village as a global model, has become one of the three recipients of ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |