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Automatic weather stations, installed at five places, in the district under the National Agricultural Development Project, became operational on Wednesday...Mathivanan, these stations have been established at a cost of Rs.7 lakh each. The new facility will record the atmospheric temperature,...

New car buyers like Puneet Masih are not hard to find in India, where the country's fast-expanding vehicle fleet reflects the increasing appetite for private transport among the emerging middle classes. Across Asia, millions of people each year are progressing...

Though out of 200 firms approached, only 44 responded, nevertheless the 'Carbon Disclosure Project Report 2009' noted the response reflects that not only they were adopting more accurate methodologies but also providing break-down of their greenhouse gas emissions. "The software...

Imports stood at Rs.79,008 crore ($17 billion) in 2006-07, he said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

Half a dozen people hanging around the forest office of the Kalenga reserve forest turned away and vanished. "We have been warned [by the foresters] not to talk to any reporter or photographer. If we ignore their warnings they said...

A bomb alert forced the French parliament to be evacuated today, after environmental campaigners stormed the building and one abseiled into the debating chamber. It was not immediately clear whether the alert was linked to the protest by the Greenpeace...

Updated on Wednesday, December 02, 2009, 12:46 IST Kolkata: The green building concept is swiftly catching up in the country partly because of government sops and partly because of the marketing strategy of real estate developers to get customers --...

Global cotton production in 2009-10 is expected to fall by 5 per cent over last year, but cotton output in Pakistan may rise by 8 per cent to 2.1 million tons. A statement issued by the International Cotton Advisory Committee...

Researcher who helped demystify poison gas battles lung disease G.S...From the bed of an intensive care unit, Samavedam Sriramachari today recalled his two decades of research that helped demystify the poison gas which caused the worst chemical disaster in human...