The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has recommended a 10 per cent duty on equipment imports by refineries which presently enjoy zero imports duty status. This levy can go hand in hand with the
The Planning Commission has okayed the construction of Mewat Canal, meant to provide perennial irrigation to about 2,50,000 acres of arid land in about 300 villages of the Mewat areas of Gurgaon and
Controversial Israeli tycoon 'Carl' Eisenberg has finally decided to quit as promoter of the Rs 3000 crore, 700 mw Yamunagar power project in Haryana . Eisenberg has dumped the power purchase
The death toll from E1 Nino has risen to 25 in Peru, where heavy rains are spawning mudslides and causing rivers to leave their banks, officials said on
With a view to improving the environment around the Taj Mahal in Agra, the Indian Environmental Society and the Agra Municipal Corporation have jointly launched a project for solid waste management
Rehabilitation of a rail tank loading facility in Gachiani, Georgia is helping the country prevent oil spills and reduce the cost of oil transportation from the Samgori fields to tankers in the Black
The UK government signalled the effective introduction of health authority league tables when it announced the introduction this year of a national annual opinion audit of up to 100,000 national
About 50 city (Jabalpur) dwellers have been infected by the diseases caused through vehicular pollution every day. Several other gets vicitimised with various diseases causing adverse impact on lungs
A federal appeals court in the U.S. has dealt a setback to the government's crackdown on allegedly substandard semiconductors supplied to dozens of military and space programs over the years. Citing
As health workers clean up the last, decaying remains of 1.4 million chickens slaughtered to halt the spread of a new flu strain, a troubling question remains : Has the feared virus infected southern
