Farmers throng Delhi against sugarcane pricing policy by Gargi Parsai

If the ordinance is not withdrawn, farmers will stop supplies to the capital, says Ajit Singh Rashtriya Lok Dal leader…

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India willing to be isolated but will not accept legally binding cuts, says Jairam

But will have to move on a low carbon trajectory to minimise impact of climate change A month before the…

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Climate deal dithering threatens Green tech investment by Damian Carrington

Without urgent progress which will stimulate funding for renewables, nations could be locked into high-carbon energy and transport technologies for…

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Talent attracts talent by Inder Verma

India needs more science hubs. It is their inhabitants who will determine the achievements which will make lasting contributions to…

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Sugar siege melts Delhi by Sankarshan Thakur

The capital got a fulsome dose of the country today, and the country a swift pledge from the capital. Within…

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The Split Reality by Ashok Mitra

Some news is considered more worth publicizing than some other news. This is part of an essential discipline, for otherwise…

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Indian green lessons for the West by Sanjoy Majumder

Ahead of next month’s climate change negotiations in Copenhagen there’s a lot of anger in India about the West’s pressure…

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Food and agriculture: How to feed the world

IN 1974 Henry Kissinger, then America’s secretary of state, told the first world food conference in Rome that no child…

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Token gesture by V Venkatesan

TWENTY-ONE judges of the Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice of India (CJI), posted the details of their assets on…

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Victims always by Venkitesh Ramakrishnan and Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashastra

The S.C. and S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has failed to make Dalits any safer. THE ascent of the Mayawati-led…

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‘Country’s energy plan is anti-poor’ by Ashwin Aghor

International environmental activist group Greenpeace has released a report, Still Waiting, which reveals that despite growth in electricity generation and…

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India’s energy programme is anti-poor and carbon-intensive

Greenpeace today released a report – “Still Waiting” – which reveals that despite growth in electricity generation – and increasing…

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Farmers to “gherao” Parliament over sugarcane price by Gargi Parsai

No other government has brought such a black law against farmers: Ajit Singh  More farmers join the dharna on Parliament…

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India to import rice, says Pranab

India, a traditional rice exporter, will import the grain for the first time in 20 years to meet a projected…

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Make Appointment process Transparent

Concerned over the intense lobbying for the post of Chief Information Officer (CIC), Right to Information (RTI) activists have sought…

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