August 18th, 2008 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
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By Joydeep Gupta
Salzburg, Aug 18 (IANS) India needs to multiply its power output five times in the next 22 years. The current plan is to do this largely through thermal plants. But ...
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August 3rd, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
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By Joydeep Gupta
Salzburg, Aug 3 (IANS) The European Union has a 20-20-20 target to be achieved by 2020: cutting greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent, reducing energy consumption 20 percent by increasing efficiency ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
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By Joydeep Gupta
Salzburg, July 29 (IANS) The Indian government has placed solar energy development at the centre of its strategy for energy security and combating climate change. There is a town in ...
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July 27th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
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By Joydeep Gupta
Salzburg (Austria), July 27 (IANS) Seventy percent of the Netherlands is below the sea, making it more vulnerable than any other country to climate change-triggered rising sea levels. The Dutch ...
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April 9th, 2008 - 6:24 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Urgent measures are needed to ensure that short-term adverse effects of higher foods prices do not impact more alarmingly on the poor, the chief of a UN ...
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March 13th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) A global seminar on conflict transformation will begin here Friday that will bring around 40 scholars from around the world to speak on peace building, particularly in ...
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