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`Northeast states should pursue green development`

Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 11:04

As Uttarakhand and the northeastern states are geographically similar, the latter need to take lessons from the 2013 disaster that struck the north Indian state and pursue a green development vision, experts said here Wednesday.

China smog makes capital "barely suitable" for life: Report

Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 09:52

Severe pollution in Beijing has made the Chinese capital "barely suitable" for living, according to an official Chinese report, as the world`s largest economy tries to reduce often hazardous levels of smog caused by decades of rapid growth.

Sustainability must be at the heart of SDGs: Kofi Annan

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 21:26

Global leaders who converged at the 14th edition of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi on February 2 called for immediate attention for the conservation of natural resources like oceans which are shared by the global community.

Sustainability needs to be part of companies` DNA: Experts

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 21:22

Senior representatives of international organisations like the USAID, The World Bank and Brookings India said that businesses need to be given incentives to make them work towards sustainable development.

These crocodiles rest on trees!

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 20:59

A study has found that the reptiles can climb trees as far as the crowns.

Avoid this deadliest mushroom that is spreading fast!

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 20:53

Love mushrooms? Then read this news carefully. An otherwise innocuous variety of mushroom has turned toxic, and spreading fast.

Power to farmers: Gujarat scientists float novel concept

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 17:27

A time may soon come when farmers who feed the people of India will also produce electricity to feed the national power grid.

Industry-academia set up climate change centre

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 13:49

Aimed at fostering industry-academia collaboration to provide solutions on climate change, the Jadavpur University Wednesday joined hands with a business chamber and a management firm to set up a research centre here.

Solar vehicles to replace `jugaad` vans in Sundarbans

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 13:40

To protect the ecologically-fragile islands of Sundarbans from noise and air pollution caused by motorised `jugaad` vans, an alternative public transport model has been built using solar-powered electric vehicles.

Killer whales die in rare New Zealand mass stranding

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 10:22

A pod of nine killer whales died Wednesday in a rare mass stranding on the New Zealand coast, in a loss conservationists said was a major blow to the local orca population.