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Centre allots funds

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To fix the hole...

...India to get $82 million to phase out production of CFCs, an ozone-depleting substance

Mixed response

Second look

Wildlife project under review

Branding my life?

The unabashed penchant for branding is not only giving donors a bad name but also assaulting the dignity of the poor

Ministry refuses to learn from experience

The MNES has proposed the establishment of a solar thermal power plant near Jodhpur, even though such plants have proved commercially unviable in …

Debt-burdened Indonesia bows to World Bank

Large foreign debts have forced Indonesia to give in to World Bank pressure and adopt structural economic changes.

North deserts initiative on desertification

Africa's success at Rio summit in securing international support for a proposed desertification convention seems to be short-lived as Northern …

Tightening nuts and bolts in the ITIs

The World Bank is sponsoring two projects to upgrade technical courses in Indian technical training institutes

Drought across the border

Dams are the talking point in Pakistan where the regions of Sindh and Baluchistan have been hit by drought

Every 4th person to suffer hearing loss by 2050: WHO

At least 700 million people will suffer from disabling hearing loss

Double standards of the world's green helmets

Reserve reserves

Green city

The aid for forces

A debate rages over proposed Dutch development aid

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LOAN TO PAK

Data to be updated

CFC phase out

New research institute

Zimbabwe row over GM food aid ends

Profit's the non-word

About non-profit organisations (NPOs), also thought non-governmental

Aftershock, rebuliding after Pakistan earthquake