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ADB, Partners to discus ways to make Sanitation a sustainable business

By : sustainabilityo..., May 23, 2011

 
The "2nd ADB-DMC and Partners Sanitation Dialogue" calls for greater access to sanitation for all and focuses on actions needed to make sanitation and wastewater management a sustainable business. 
 
With nearly 2 billion people in Asia and the Pacific...

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Efforts on to strengthen energy, infrastructure: PM

By : sustainabilityo..., May 23, 2011

The government today said it has continued its efforts to strengthen the country's energy and infrastructure sectors, which have been identified as key areas for India's economic growth momentum going forward.

"We continued our efforts at strengthening the energy and...

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Subject Tags: energy , Politics , Technology

Green trade: Now, a commodity to clear air

By : sustainabilityo..., May 23, 2011

The industry is well-versed with commodities like steel, copper, gold, sugar, wheat, oil, etcamong a host of others. Now, it will get to know familiarized with environmental commodities. It is a new term being used to describein addition to greenhouse gases, air/water...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

World Bank, Himachal sign carbon credit agreement

By : sustainabilityo..., May 23, 2011

 World Bank on Sunday signed an agreement with Himachal Pradesh government for what is to be the world's largest and India's first clean development mechanism (CDM) project. Under this, the bank will buy carbon credits from the new forests being developed on degraded lands...

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Subject Tags: Technology , World Bank

India’s first waste-to-energy plant generates heat

By : sustainabilityo..., May 23, 2011

India’s first waste-to-energy plant, touted as an answer to the waste and electricity woes of the capital, will start operations from July. But people living near the site are up in arms over the Rs.200 crore project’s high environmental and health costs - something the...

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RVCE students develop “Chimera”

By : sustainabilityo..., May 23, 2011

A group of students from R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, have indigenously developed a fuel (hybrid) system for the Reva electric car. The prototype of this hybrid electric car is names as “Chimera,” said a press release. The group has worked in conjunction with REVA...

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Focus on research in agroforestry

By : sustainabilityo..., May 23, 2011

V.P. Singh, Regional Representative, South Asia World Agroforestry Centre, has stressed the need for streamlining education, research and development in Agroforestry. He was addressing a national workshop on ‘All-India coordinated research projects in agroforestry' being held...

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Subject Tags: Hospitality , Technology

Alva favours use of hydropower as safe, clean form of energy

By : sustainabilityo..., May 23, 2011

Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva today said hydropower is the safest, cleanest and the most acceptable out of all other power generation methods such as thermal and nuclear.

She was speaking as the chief guest at the First Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-2011...

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Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology

Environment & Forests Ministry to Organize Stakeholders’ Consultations and to Launch UN Decade on Biodiversity for Asia and Pacific

By : sustainabilityo..., May 21, 2011

India is hosting the eleventh Conference of the Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the sixth Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the Parties (CoP/MoP-6) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to be held on 1-19 October, 2012. ...

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Energy, investment among key issues of upcoming India-Africa summit

By : sustainabilityo..., May 21, 2011

Energy, investment and diplomatic relations are expected to be high on the agenda of the upcoming 2nd India-Africa Forum Summit which kicks off on Friday.

The five-day summit, which is held three years after the inaugural event in New Delhi, is an important economic...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology , War