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Two reasons why planners must look for options

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 27, 2010

A few days of steady rain and the civic administration's clear and present worry about water seems to have almost ended.

However, the lull in the rains mid-season in the past two years have caused worry lines. This year, the monsoon arrived in the city in early June,...

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Water Dispute Raises Tension Between India and Pakistanis

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 21, 2010

In this high Himalayan valley on the Indian-controlled side of Kashmir, the latest battle line between India and Pakistan has been drawn.

his time it is not the ground underfoot, which has been disputed since the bloody partition of British India in 1947, but the water...

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Subject Tags: Business , Labor , Law , Pakistan , War

'Don't tag India with China in emission targets'

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 21, 2010

India should ensure it is not clubbed with China in carbon emission mitigation efforts as this will be costly for the country, a leading economist Tuesday warned.
 
Also, India should not succumb to pressure tactics of the western world like imposition of carbon...

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Subject Tags: China , Law

SAP India bets big on sustainability

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 16, 2010

SAP has set sights on India as an important part of the German software vendor's global strategy to generate a sustainability business worth US$9.3 billion by 2013, according to company executives.

Pointing to India as a "very important market" for SAP, Peter...

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'Innovation in India is going faster than I anticipated'

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 10, 2010

It's said that Wim Elfrink, Cisco's chief globalization officer, lives in the most expensive villa in Bangalore. We didn't meet him there. But we met him at an equally extraordinary place — what his company calls a 'personal virtual office'. When you swipe your badge as you...

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Analysis: Who benefits from 2-year moratorium on forest clearing?

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 8, 2010

It didn’t take long for palm oil producers to respond to Norway’s recently signed US$1 billion grant, given in exchange for a two-year moratorium on any new clearing of Indonesia’s rainforest and peatlands. Association of Palm Oil Producers secretary-general Joko Supriyono...

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Jaipal vows more funds for urban renewal jobs

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 7, 2010

The Union minister for urban development, Mr S. Jaipal Reddy, said on Tuesday that the Central government would continue sanctioning grants for the development of infrastructure in Vijayawada city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) phase II....

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Subject Tags: Law , Technology

Netas to be sent back to school

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 7, 2010

In a bid to control effluence, State Pollution Control Board chief plans to send the newly elected corporators to E-waste management classes

If the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) chief has his way, the city corporators will be sent back to school soon. A S...

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Subject Tags: Law

NMC bus service for Kalmeshwar starts

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010

Catering to the needs of commuters in rural parts of the district, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Sunday started city bus service for Kalmeshwar. It was just a few days back that bus service for industrial township Butibori was started by the civic body....

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Obama announces $2 billion for solar power

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 3, 2010

The government is handing out nearly $2 billion for new solar plants that President Barack Obama says will create thousands of jobs and increase the use of renewable energy sources.

Obama announced the initiative in his weekly radio and online address Saturday, saying...

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Subject Tags: Business , Labor , Law