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PepsiCo Announces Targeted Investment of Rs. 33,000 Crores in India by 2020By : Sustainability ..., Nov 12, 2013
Making the announcement, PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi said: "India is a country with huge potential and it remains an attractive, high-priority market for PepsiCo. We've built a highly successful business in India over the course of many years, and... Read more.. |
Wetland violations under scannerBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 12, 2013
The people's commission on Vembanad ecosystem (PCVE), set up by the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) to study the nature and extent of encroachments and violations on wetlands, met in Kochi and inspected waterfront areas. The commission headed by Prabhat Patnaik,... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Typhoon Haiyan sets the tone of UN climate change talks in WarsawBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 12, 2013
Philippines' tragedy that saw killing of over 10,000 lives by super typhoon Haiyan set the tone of United Nations climate change talks which began in Warsaw, Poland amid hope that the devastation, caused by global warming, will move both developed and developing countries... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology , United Nations |
Textile sector to get green field projectBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 12, 2013
The city may soon get a green field project to address the environmental issues faced by the textile processing units here. This is thanks to the launch of Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs ( CCEA). ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Green rating in housing normsBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2013
The state government is planning to incorporate 'green rating' in the Planning and Building Standards Regulations 2008, which govern building norms in city. Sources said the housing and urban development (H&UD) department has asked Bhubaneswar Development Authority... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics , Technology |
Big forging firms learn efficiency tricks from small playerBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2013
It is a rare moment of glory for a small forging company especially when the big daddy of forging technology like Bharat Forge comes visiting to take a look at what it has done. SB Engineers, a SME unit based in Bhosari MIDC Pune, has done something that the likes of Bharat... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Cash crunch: Road transport body may lose JNNURM grant for new busesBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2013
The loss-making AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is facing the threat of losing the central grant to procure new buses cleared under JNNURN scheme, for want of funds. The Union urban development ministry last week gave nod to the RTC to purchase 737 posh... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Govt to promote solar devices among farmersBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 10, 2013
A pilot project is being conducted among farmers to introduce solar-powered motors, said the state electricity Minister Natham R Viswanathan while visiting the renewable energy exhibition here on Saturday. Farmers will be provided 80% subsidy for the purchase, he said. ... Read more.. |
Green rating in housing normsBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 10, 2013
The state government is planning to incorporate 'green rating' in the Planning and Building Standards Regulations 2008, which govern building norms in city. Sources said the housing and urban development (H&UD) department has asked Bhubaneswar Development Authority... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics , Technology |
Chicago Firm Wins Giant Andhra Pradesh Solar Power DealBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 8, 2013
Chicago-based renewable energy firm New Generation Power and Hyderabad-based Premier Solar Group have signed one of the largest consortium power purchase agreements in India. Under what is called the “Andhra Pradesh Solar Scheme,” the open bid process is now to be part of a 1... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |