Rains boost Agra’s green cover
September 2nd, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Sep 2 (IANS) Heavy showers have come as a big boost to afforestation efforts in the Taj city.The Taj Mahal is now adequately insulated against air pollution by a ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
In Delhi, government spends Rs.950 on every plant!
September 2nd, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Believe it or not, Rs.950 is what the Delhi government spends on every plant to make the national capital look green, according to an Right ... Read more...
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Plea in SC seeks review of quashing of case against Mayawati
August 4th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The supreme Court Saturday was moved seeking the review of its judgment quashing the first information report (FIR) registered by the CBI against former Uttar ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
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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Boost for Mayawati as SC slams CBI on graft case
July 6th, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) In a big boost to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, the Supreme Court Friday quashed a first information report filed by the Central Bureau ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
From wasteland, Taj Corridor to become Agra’s green lung (With image)
June 18th, 2012 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, June 18 (IANS) At last, the controversial Taj Heritage Corridor, sandwiched between the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort, will be transformed from a wasteland into the city's green lung.The ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
‘Media reports on ministers offering to quit juvenile’
April 25th, 2012 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Wednesday termed sections of the media as "juvenile" for going overboard with speculation that four union ministers had ... Read more...
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Asia’s largest solar park functional in Gujarat
April 19th, 2012 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, April 19 (IANS) A 600 MW solar power park, touted as Asia's first and largest, was Thursday dedicated to the nation by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Tibet to have solar power generation base
April 17th, 2012 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 17 (IANS) A solar photovoltaic power generation base is being built in the second largest city in Tibet to ease winter power shortage by harnessing the ample amount ... Read more...
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Chinese officials sacked for dumping baby bodies
March 1st, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) Two officials at a hospital in China were Thursday sacked for dumping the bodies of 16 dead foetuses and babies as "hospital waste".
The bodies were ... Read more...
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Box with live tiger found in Moscow
December 8th, 2011 - 6:03 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A box containing a live tiger has been discovered in Moscow, an official from the Russian capital's environmental department said.The box was found in the ... Read more...
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Climatic conditions on early earth similar to current ones
December 1st, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) The atmosphere on our planet just 500 million years after its creation was not a methane-filled wasteland as believed, but surprisingly much closer to the current ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Parliamentary panel seeks public opinion on land bill
October 14th, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development headed by Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha member Sumitra Mahajan has invited public opinion on the Land ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Power plants over our dead bodies, say Andhra villagers
August 3rd, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh), Aug 3 (IANS) Development versus environment and livelihood? The tussle is on in the lush green fields of coastal Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district, bordering Orissa.Replicating protests and ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
In exile, Husain wanted to destroy his paintings: Son
July 4th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Forced to live away from India, M.F. Husain at one time wanted to destroy all his paintings, says his son Owais Husain who is hungering ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Court rejects villagers’ plea against Gujarat project
June 23rd, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 23 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court has dismissed petitions by Kutch district villagers challenging the allotment of 1,000 acre land to Adani Group for its Mundra Special Economic ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Nirma’s cement plant could be shifted: Environment ministry
May 10th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The environment ministry Tuesday told the Supreme Court that Nirma's under-construction cement plant in Gujarat, located in a wetland, will damage the environment in the ... Read more...
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Rival in feni’s backyard - an Indian tequila
May 1st, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 1 (IANS) Feni, Goa's own homebred liquor, is in for some competition in its own backyard. A tequila, brewed in Andhra Pradesh and bottled and packaged here, could ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Prince Charles to build ‘green utopia’ for 15,000 poor Indians
January 11th, 2011 - 11:49 am ICT by ANI
London, Jan 11 (ANI): The Prince of Wales is planning to build a shantytown for 15000 poor people in India inspired by the one he saw in Slumdog Millionaire.As a part ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Chernobyl To Become Tourist Destination
December 14th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Dec 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a recent development Ukraine has said that it will withdraw restrictions on Tourism at the adjacent areas of the well known Chernobyl nuclear power plant ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Classic Cartoon Character Mickey Mouse Creates Buzz With “Epic Mickey” Video Game
December 4th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Dec 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Not only the kids, but the entire world celebrated the World Cartoons Day yesterday on December 2. With that, every one is indulged in recollecting the ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Forest cover to expand by 10 mn hectare
November 19th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) India will have 10 million more hectare of land under forest cover within 10 years, and half of it will be developed as a dense forest, Director ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Kate Middleton - from coal pits to the throne
November 19th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 19 (ANI): An ancestor of Kate Middleton, who is Prince William's fiancee, toiled for a pittance in the dark and filth of a coal pit.John Harrison, the miner had ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Government to study reasons for shrinking wastelands
September 5th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant Sood
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Wastelands in India are reducing rapidly. The government, keen to expand area under cultivation to boost food output, has launched a project to find ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Chautala attacks Congress for acquiring fertile land for projects
September 2nd, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 2 (IANS) Former chief minister of Haryana Om Parkash Chautala here Thursday criticised the land acquisition policy followed by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in the state.
Chautala, who is ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Amateur scientist discovers snails ‘have a homing instinct’
August 4th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 4 (ANI): A 69-year-old amateur scientist has discovered that her garden snails can apparently find their way back home.Dr Dave Hodgson from Exeter University conducted the experiment.The idea formulated when ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Joshi rejects Modi’s demand for probe into job scheme
July 28th, 2010 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Rural Development Minister C.P. Joshi Tuesday rejected Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into alleged corruption in the central ... Read more...
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Review of plea against Nirma plant after apex court ruling
July 1st, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 1 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday said it will take up a review petition by farmers opposing the upcoming Nirma cement plant at Mahuva in Bhavnagar district only after ... Read more...
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Farmers protest proposed cement plant in Gujarat
February 25th, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Feb 25 (ANI): Farmers and villagers of Mahuva town in Gujarat today carried out a protest march from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad against the setting up of a cement plant ... Read more...
Posted in National |
First earth-like planet seems to be volcanic wasteland
January 7th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) The first Earth-like planet spotted outside our solar system seems to be a volcanic wasteland.
The rocky planet CoRoT-7b was discovered circling a star some 480 light years from ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
First observed Earth-like exoplanet likely a volcanic wasteland
January 6th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 6 (ANI): New research indicates that the first earth-like planet spotted outside our solar system is likely a volcanic wasteland.When scientists confirmed in October last year that they had detected ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ensure urban amenities in rural areas, Kalam tells students
December 23rd, 2009 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 22 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Tuesday asked students in Uttar Pradesh to emulate a development model he had successfully implemented in Tamil Nadu years ago to bring urban ... Read more...
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Unable to plant 30 mn trees, Punjab looks to private land
September 16th, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, Sep 16 (IANS) Unable to find enough government land in Punjab to achieve its target of planting 30 million trees every year, the state government is looking towards private ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Just do it: sex therapist’s advice to wives
March 24th, 2009 - 9:34 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 24 (DPA) Here's an incendiary question: Before women's liberation, when it was mostly sex on demand for husbands, was the marital bed such a wasteland for wives?
Psychologist Bettina Arndt, author ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Australia wonders how to cope with future bushfires
February 17th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 17 (IANS) While Australia is desperately seeking reasons for the demonic bushfires which singed Victoria on Black Saturday, some ominous signs have emerged.
The early morning of Black Saturday, a hot, ... Read more...
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