Archive for ‘india’
UN debate keys on rich nation emissions
February 13th, 2008
Envoys from India, China and other developing nations offered Wednesday to hold the line on their greenhouse gas emissions, but only as measured against the per-capita pollution produced by the United States and other richer nations.
Popularity: 4%
India, France finalize nuke deal, inkpacts to boost ties
January 25th, 2008
India and France on Friday announced they had finalized negotiations for a bilateral agreement on cooperation in civilian nuclear energy and signed five pacts in the areas of defence, science and nuclear research to give a “fresh impetus” to their strategic partnership.
Popularity: 3%
Dozens of rare reptiles die in India
January 22nd, 2008
Conservationists and scientists scrambled Tuesday to determine what has killed at least 50 critically endangered crocodile-like reptiles in recent weeks in a river sanctuary in central India.
Popularity: 6%
“Nano” a no no for environment
January 11th, 2008
Selling for less than half the price of the current cheapest car in the market, it is India’s version of the Volkswagen Beetle in Germany or the Mini in England.
Popularity: 5%
Say Tata to costly cars
January 10th, 2008
India’s top vehicle maker Tata launches the world’s cheapest car to a packed audience at the Auto Expo 2008 in New Delhi after years of anticipation and criticism from environment groups that it will add to already overcrowded roads.
Popularity: 6%
Pros and cons of Tata’s $2,500 People’s Car
January 8th, 2008
India’s Tata Motors Ltd unveils the world’s cheapest car in New Delhi on Thursday. Dubbed the “People’s Car”, it will sell for about $2,500 and should be in dealers’ showrooms by September.
Popularity: 7%
It’s lions vs man in India
December 21st, 2007
The world’s last remaining population of Asiatic lions is slowly winning their fight against extinction in India. But as their numbers increase, so has the human population, posing a new threat jeopardizing their struggle for survival.
Popularity: 3%
Polluition fear as thousands of dead fish float up in Indian river
December 19th, 2007
Thousands of dead fish have been found on the banks of the Brahmaputra river in India’s northeastern Assam state, raising fears of chemical pollution, news reports said Wednesday.
Popularity: 5%
Tata’s 2,500-dollar compact car to be light and fuel efficient
December 19th, 2007
India’s Tata Motors said that its 2,530-dollar automobile, expected to roll off assembly lines by mid-2008, will get 25 kilometres per litre of petrol and be light on its tyres by using more plastic and less bolts, news reports said Wednesday.
Popularity: 27%
Losing India’s islands
December 13th, 2007
As environmental ministers and green activists wrangle at the UN conference in Bali over a framework to tackle climate change, the world — and in particular the developing world — is already reeling from the effects of global warming. In India, rising sea levels have already swallowed two islands in the famed Sunderbans mangrove region, with dozens more under threat.
Popularity: 2%
21 crocodile-like reptiles die in India
December 12th, 2007
At least 21 endangered crocodile-like reptiles have died mysteriously in a river sanctuary in central India, raising fears that one of India’s last unpolluted waterways has become toxic.
Popularity: 3%
India will conduct nuclear tests if needed, says foreign minister
December 5th, 2007
India is committed to non-proliferation and disarmament but would conduct a nuclear test if needed, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday in parliament.
Popularity: 5%
China, India urged to curb energy use
December 3rd, 2007
Coal-burning power plants belch pollutants into the air in China, contributing to global warming that experts say has destroyed billions of dollars in crops. In India, melting Himalayan glaciers cause floods, while raising a more daunting long-term prospect: the drying up of life-sustaining rivers.
Popularity: 6%
Around the Globe, Marking World AIDS Day
December 1st, 2007
Nations around the world mark World AIDS Day by hoisting banners or passing out condoms, hoping to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and quell its spread.
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India, EU to seek climate compromise atBali conference
November 30th, 2007
India and the European Union want the upcoming climate-change meeting in Bali, Indonesia, to come up with a “good compromise” and a definite roadmap for control of greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2012, their leaders said Friday.
Popularity: 4%
