Finnish firm to build world’s first bio-refinery
February 10th, 2012 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 10 (IANS) Finnish firm Kymmene Corporation UPM is going ahead with building the world's first bio-refinery to produce 100,000 tonnes of advanced second generation biodiesel for transportation.Its construction ... Read more...
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14 dead in Peru floods
February 10th, 2012 - 9:06 am ICT by IANS
Lima, Feb 10 (IANS) At least 14 people died in floods triggered by torrential rains in Peru, authorities said.Heavy rains battered the country for the past two days.Thousands of ... Read more...
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Cabinet nod for cold chain centre as society (Second Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The National Centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD), tasked with establishing infrastructure and logistics to preserve fruits, vegetables and other perishables, will be notified ... Read more...
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China to stockpile sugar
February 9th, 2012 - 6:42 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 9 (IANS) China will stockpile one million tonnes of sugar in an effort to stabilize prices and protect farmers' interests, the government said Wednesday.The government will buy home-produced ... Read more...
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CEAT to set up tyre plant in Bangladesh
February 9th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) Indian tyre major CEAT, an RPG Group company, will set up a Rs.250 crore greenfield tyre manufacturing plant in Bangladesh, a company official said here ... Read more...
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China mulls next generation rockets
February 5th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 5 (IANS) China will launch its next generation Long March carrier rockets in the next five years, an expert said.Yu Menglun, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of ... Read more...
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Rourkela Steel records best January production
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 (IANS) Rourkela Steel Plant, a unit of the state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Thursday said it has registered the best performance in hot metal production ... Read more...
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Kobelco Cranes mulls capacity expansion
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) Crane manufacturer Kobelco Cranes India Pvt Ltd, a Japanese subsidiary, plans to increase its production capacity by 2013 and roll out higher capacity crawler cranes, said ... Read more...
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Pakistan approves sugar export
February 2nd, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Pakistan has approved the export of 100,000 tonnes of sugar in an attempt to prevent a possible glut in the market.The decision to allow sugar ... Read more...
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Russia to scrap 3 mn tonnes of ammunition
February 2nd, 2012 - 7:49 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Defence Ministry is planning to dispose of three million tonnes of ammunition by the end of 2013 after its service life expired, said ... Read more...
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Venezuela completes repatriation of gold
February 1st, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Feb 1 (IANS/EFE) The Venezuelan government received the last 14 tonnes of gold of a total of 160 tonnes that were deposited in banks in other countries, and which ... Read more...
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Three Chinese on trial for selling toxic salt
January 31st, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 31 (IANS) Three men who allegedly manufactured and sold fake salt made from pesticide residue have appeared in a court in eastern China, a media report said Tuesday.Xu ... Read more...
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19 tonnes of gloves for Russian agency stolen
January 31st, 2012 - 6:24 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A truck loaded with 19 tonnes of latex gloves meant for Russia's federal security service has been stolen.The truck went missing from a street in ... Read more...
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China to promote reducing paper usage
January 26th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 26 (IANS) In a bid to protect environment and save resources, the Chinese government will promote paper recycling and reduction of paper usage in the country, according to ... Read more...
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17 cocaine labs destroyed in Colombia
January 26th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Jan 26 (IANS/EFE) Anti-drug police in Colombia have destroyed 17 cocaine laboratories in an operation targeting the drug trafficking infrastructure of a rebel outfit in the jungles of the ... Read more...
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Italy cruise shipwreck toll reaches 16
January 25th, 2012 - 6:06 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 25 (IANS) The toll in Italy's cruise ship accident Tuesday rose to 16 after a body of an elderly woman was recovered from the stricken vessel.The victim was ... Read more...
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Ukraine boosts steel output in 2011
January 24th, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, Jan 24 (IANS) Ukraine boosted its production of crude steel by 5.7 percent to 35.3 million tonnes in 2011, said a report by the World Steel Association (WSA).Ukraine is ... Read more...
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Marijuana worth $2 mn seized in Colombia
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Jan 23 (IANS) The Colombian police have confiscated 1.7 tonnes of marijuana with an estimated worth of 3.5 billion Colombian pesos (about $2 million) from a rural area in ... Read more...
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Brazil returns 47 tonnes of hospital waste to US
January 23rd, 2012 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Jan 23 (IANS/EFE) Brazil has returned to the US nearly 47 tonnes of hospital waste that had been intercepted last October in the northeastern state of Pernambuco by ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Food forms 70 percent of Chinese garbage
January 21st, 2012 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 21 (IANS) Food waste comprises roughly 70 percent of China's garbage."While you often hear Chinese parents tell their kids to not waste food, the fact is food waste ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu to upgrade Nagapattinam port under PPP model
January 20th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will upgrade the Nagapattinam port as an all-weather, deep-water greenfield port at an outlay of Rs.380 crore under the public-private-partnership (PPP) model.A ... Read more...
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Anti-railway protest halts iron ore shipments (Lead)
January 19th, 2012 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 18 (IANS) A protest to demand better railway connectivity in insurgency-hit, mineral rich Bastar region of Chhattisgarh held up iron ore shipments by state-run National Mineral Development ... Read more...
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Anti-railway Bastar protests halt iron ore shipments
January 18th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 18 (IANS) A protest to demand better railway connectivity in insurgency-hit, mineral rich Bastar region of Chhattisgarh held up iron ore shipments by state-run National Mineral ... Read more...
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No plan to increase urea price: Fertiliser minister
January 16th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Indian government Monday spiked newspaper reports that it was seeking to increase by 40 percent the prices of urea, the most widely used soil ... Read more...
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Bhopal tragedy survivors burn Chidambaram’s effigy
January 14th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 14 (IANS) The survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy Saturday burnt an effigy of Home Minister P. Chidambaram to protest the decision of a ministerial panel not ... Read more...
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Cuba tries new methods to obtain energy
January 14th, 2012 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Jan 14 (IANS) Cuba is trying out physical, chemical and microbiological tests to obtain renewable energy from agricultural, livestock, industrial and forest waste, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.The ... Read more...
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Russia’s Mars spacecraft to fall back to Earth
January 14th, 2012 - 8:44 am ICT by IANS
Moscow/Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) Russia's failed Phobos-Grunt Mars probe spacecraft will likely plunge back to Earth between Jan 15 and Jan 16, reports Xinhua.The 14-tonne spacecraft that carries 11 tonnes ... Read more...
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Not enough done for Bhopal tragedy victims: Activist
January 12th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 12 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has not done enough for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and their next generations, an activist said Thursday.A ... Read more...
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Himachal aims for 7.41 lakh tonne foodgrains
January 11th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 11 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has fixed a target of producing 7.41 lakh tonnes of foodgrains during the current rabi (winter harvest) season, an official statement said here Wednesday.Besides ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu bets on Pulse Wonder to increase production
January 10th, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 10 (IANS) In an attempt to increase pulse production, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday ordered the usage of Pulse Wonder, a crop booster with nutrients.In a ... Read more...
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Four tonnes of drugs seized in Mexico
January 9th, 2012 - 5:41 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 9 (IANS/EFE) Mexican army raided three clandestine synthetic drug laboratories and seized more than four tonnes of narcotics and chemical precursors, officials said.The raid took place in ... Read more...
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27 bodies recovered in Philippines landslide
January 7th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Jan 7 (IANS) At least 27 bodies have been recovered while search and rescue operations continued Saturday for the 46 missing people following a landslide which occurred in a ... Read more...
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1.3 tonnes hashish seized in Turkey
January 6th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Ankara, Jan 6 (IANS) Turkish security forces have seized 1.3 tonnes of hashish, worth over $1.5 million, during an operation in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, said an official Friday.The ... Read more...
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SAARC can bring real cooperation in South Asia (Comment)
January 6th, 2012 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
At last India and Pakistan, it seems, have woken up to the need for genuine cooperation in South Asia where countries of the region start depending on each other for those ... Read more...
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Algae-eating fish to clean up Chinese lake
January 5th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) China plans to release tens of thousands of algae-eating fish into the country's third-largest freshwater lake to get rid of pollution.Authorities plan to release over the ... Read more...
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