300 crorepati babus in Bihar! by Faizan Ahmad

PATNA: A staggering 300 Bihar government employees earning modest government salaries are crorepatis. If this isn’t surprising enough, here’s more: …

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Manmohan to attend climate meet by Aarti Dhar

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the climate change summit at Copenhagen on December 18. Dr. Singh will be in…

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UN stands ready to help least developed countries weather global economic crisis

The United Nations agency entrusted with accelerating sustainable industrial development in poorer states today pledged to help the world’s 49…

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‘Agitation against Posco, Vedanta will go on’ by Prafulla Das

BELADALA (PURI DISTRICT): The agitation by the people in different corners of Orissa against displacement received a shot in the…

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India needs to cut red tape, spend more on infrastructure in order to boost growth

India needs to strengthen and liberalise its regulatory framework and invest more in infrastructure in order to attract increased foreign…

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CSD fears land grab scheme at Copenhagen

Even as attention is focused on the upcoming talks at Copenhagen, the Campaign for Survival and Dignity (CSD) notes a…

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Jairam Ramesh: 20-25 % carbon emission intensity cut by 2020 by Aarti Dhar

Basic negotiating point is our low per capita income Between 1990 and 2005, emission intensity went down by 17.6 per…

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‘JNNURM has fulfilled expectations’ by Sandeep Joshi

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asserted that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government was committed to carrying out urban…

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“Farmers don’t agree Bt Cotton is a threat to rural life” by Gargi Parsai

Transgenic Cotton being hastily pushed in India, says researcher Technological alternatives available to switch from conventional production NEW DELHI: A…

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A time for numbers

The government appears to have taken a final call going into the climate change summit at Copenhagen that India’s traditional…

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Copenhagen “must fail,” says a pioneer by Suzanne Goldenberg

James Hansen, world’s leading climate change expert, says summit talks are so flawed that a deal would be a disaster. …

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Filling up the knowledge deserts in Wikipedia by Mark Graham

An analysis of Wikipedia entries reveals the world’s knowledge deserts — which may provide a second wave of activity for…

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After global meltdown, govt may turn heat on credit ratings

Indian policymakers are debating doing away with the mandatory rating of financial instruments in the long-term, among a set of…

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Night without end

Was Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh right when, holding the toxic waste at the Union Carbide/Dow Chemicals’ factory in Bhopal, he…

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For a binding climate target by TK Arun

India must resist developed country pressure to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, goes the cry. Such a position helps only…

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