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Intel Capital Wants to Create a Tech Ecosystem .

By : sustainabilityo..., May 14, 2011

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel Corp., started looking at opportunities in India in 1998 and has invested $285 million in 65 companies. The venture capital firm will invest aggressively in technology to promote a new ecosystem, said President Arvind Sodhani...

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Research and Markets: Opportunities in the Indian Electrical Vehicle Sector

By : sustainabilityo..., May 6, 2011

Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/aa7426/opportunities_in_t :  ) has announced the addition of the " Opportunities in the Indian Electrical Vehicle Sector :  " report...

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Nottingham researchers help bridge the urban and rural divide in the UK and India

By : sustainabilityo..., May 2, 2011

Academics at The University of Nottingham are to receive more than £5 million in UK funding for research that will aim to make rural living in both the UK and India more sustainable.

The money will be used for projects investigating opportunities for small scale energy...

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Building an ‘Advantaged Green’ Supply Chain

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 29, 2011

FMCG experts from Booz and Company share their how to build a green and sustainable supply chain in the companies and the things to keep in mind.

Globally, environmental sustainability has become a critical component of the business agenda and is increasingly being...

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Quicker shift to organic farming possible: Minister

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 28, 2011

Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran said on Wednesday that Kerala could meet its target of a total switch-over to organic farming sooner than expected.

The Minister was inaugurating a seminar on “Endosulfan: Issues and Safe Alternatives to Chemical Pesticides”...

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Greening India's deserts with olives

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 4, 2011

Rajasthan, India's popular tourist state, is famous for its sprawling palaces, historic forts, vast tracts of desert and celebrity weddings. Olives may be added to the list. The state is trying to grow the fruit on a large scale in India for the first time, in its deserts and...

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Greening India's deserts with olives

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 4, 2011

Rajasthan, India's popular tourist state, is famous for its sprawling palaces, historic forts, vast tracts of desert and celebrity weddings. Olives may be added to the list. The state is trying to grow the fruit on a large scale in India for the first time, in its deserts and...

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Indo-US centre on clean energy soon

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 5, 2011

A clean energy research and development centre a joint venture between the ministry of science and technology and the US department of energy will be launched soon, said Indo-US science and technology forum executive director Arabinda Mitra on Friday. 

He was...

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Green initiative in hospitals can reduce power bill: CII

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 4, 2011

Hospital in Mumbai consume 14 per cent more energy than the national average among hospitals, states a CII report on energy efficient hospitals that was released on Thursday.

As part of its green audit in city hospitals, the CII conducted a survey of 17...

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Rs.600 crore for green initiatives, fighting climate change

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 1, 2011

With climate change posing one of the biggest challenges before the country, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday announced Rs.600 crore for protection and regeneration of forests, environmental management and cleaning of rivers and lakes.

Presenting the...

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