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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday presented two innovative proposals to help the climate-victim countries in South Asia as the eight-nation Saarc Summit began in Thimpu with the theme

Mumbai: After witnessing a dip in 2009 on account of the global financial crisis, the green sector in India is once again attracting the attention of investors and banks.

THE department of chemicals and petrochemicals (DoCP) seems to have put a damper on the attempts of an empowered group of ministers to expeditiously clinch the price of ethanol supplied to oil marketing companies (OMCs) by sugar mills.

INDIA-BORN venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has found a place in the Forbes list of the 10 greenest billionaires, who have achieved corporate success through investment in environmental causes.

For the list, Forbes chose the billionaires who are most active in green, sustainable causes and who are working to have the greatest impact in safeguarding the environment.

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Pune On Earth Day on Thursday, various programmes were held in the city, including the launch of a workshop for repair and maintenance of renewable energy equipment.

Washington: From solar-powered water purification systems in Afghanistan to a Navy jet fueled in part by biofuel, the US military is taking a lead role in shrinking the US carbon

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The telecom min April 21: The telecom minister A. Raja on Wednesday batted for the use of green energy for running telecom towers so that mobile services could be expanded in the rural areas.

MUMBAI: If the BMC has its way, it will soon be mandatory for all hoardings in Mumbai to use solar energy instead of the conventional energy.