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World bodies to push for bringing Africa into carbon trade net

African Carbon Forum meet an opportunity to review progress on climate change mitigation in the continent'

Elderly & lonely

India has more elderly people than ever before. Most of them have little social security and cannot afford healthcare. While the government seems …

Hidden industry hand

Attempts are on to derail UN initiative to declare noncommunicable diseases a global priority

Auto yes to coal

High powered panel recommends freeing coal blocks in forests

Get your own vaccine

Salvage science

Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister seeks more funds and education reforms in science sector

The new Money plant

The seeds of a plant called jatropha yield oil that, after processing, makes biodiesel. It can reduce India's burgeoning oil import bill. And …

The weather mart

Met department is not the only one predicting weather in India. Forecasts are now sold by businesses to businesses

New milky way

Private players are entering the Indian dairy market in a big way. Dairy cooperatives, which ushered in the White Revolution, need to expand and …

Nepal needs SEZ booster for its floundering economy

Left wing parties prove a major hindrance in enacting SEZ law

Budget 2008: missing the big picture

Superbug prompts antibiotics policy

Standard treatment guidelines will determine drug prescription

When flu turns fatal

In the past two months, as many as 1,198 people in India have died of swine flu, a disease which is only as threatening as seasonal flu. Jyotsna …

Myth of power

Nourisher of an ancient civilization, the Ganga could be gasping for its survival. Every few kilometres the water of its tributaries will be …

Maize Mania

Maize has become the queen of cereals, courted by state governments, seed companies, farmers and the feedstock and starch industries as the crop …

Heading towards a cliff

As India elects new government, the 12th Five Year Plan may no longer be pro-poor

Drowned in power

Hydropower plants in Himachal Pradesh sell electricity at a loss due to lack of buyers

Ponty, buses and PPPs

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