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Uttarakhand report: Time to rethink our development models

By : Sustainability ..., May 1, 2014

The June 2013 disaster in Uttarakhand had taken many — including the state administration — by surprise. But it should not have been so because it was a tragedy waiting to happen. The immediate reason may have been a natural cause — the state was hit by its heaviest rainfall...

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Suzlon Energy sells 240 mw Illinois-based wind farm to EverPower

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 10, 2014

 Suzlon EnergyBSE 1.61 % has sold the 240 mw Illinois-based wind farm it acquired recently from Edison Mission Energy to EverPower Wind Holdings. Suzlon had taken over the Illinois wind farm in the US to recover $208 million that was outstanding from client Edison Mission...

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EC Nod to Sign Pact for KKNPP III & IV

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 8, 2014

 The Election Commission (EC) has given go ahead to the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to sign agreement with Russia for the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project units III and IV.

The DAE had approached the EC last month as model code of conduct was in place and...

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Blackout Risk Increases With Surging Populism: Corporate India

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 12, 2014

 In India, sporadic power outages have hobbled Asia’s third-largest economy for years.

The government’s solution was a $31 billion bailout of utilities, whose debts were so big and cash flow so small that they can’t provide a steady flow of electricity to homes and...

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Close all waste plants in residential areas, parliamentary body recommends

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 25, 2014
NEW DELHI: The parliamentary standing committee on urban development has recommended waste incinerator plants be shut in residential areas across the country. In its 27th report, the committee severely criticized the location and use of "mixed solid waste" for such plants....
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'Solar Impulse' to visit India

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 17, 2014

Come early next year and Indians will witness a spectacle in the skies as world's first day and night flying solar-powered wide bodied aircraft will fly into India as part of its round the globe journey.

Termed as ‘...

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Madras HC cautions govts against 'privatizing' drinking water services

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 16, 2014

 Cautioning governments against privatizing fundamental sovereign responsibilities such as providing drinking water to people, Madras high court has wondered how a company, which dragged Bolivia into international arbitration over privatization of drinking water, was involved...

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India Announces Plans For World's Largest Solar Plant; Will Triple Country's Capacity

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 9, 2014

India has pledged to build the world’s most powerful solar plant. With a nominal capacity of 4,000 megawatts, comparable to that of four full-size nuclear reactors, the ‘ultra mega' project will be more than ten times larger than any other solar project...

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Subject Tags: Hospitality

Supreme Court stays environment ministry's move to allow mining without green nod

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2014

NEW DELHI: In what could halt many mining activities, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed a ministry of environment and forests notification permitting mining in forest areas for two years without clearances under Forest Conservation Act and Environment Protection Act. 

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Farming system to address nutritional needs

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 23, 2013

 The M S Swaminathan Foundation has launched farming system for nutrition (FSN) in Koraput's Boipariguda block to address malnutrition problems among tribals, particularly women and children. 

The initiative has been designed to produce crops and promote nutrition...

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Subject Tags: Hospitality , Technology