Environment Day: India's green mission caught in funds' crunch Zeenews New Delhi: India's ambitious plans to fight climate change by enhancing the forest cover at a cost of Rs. 46,000 crore by 2020 have been stuck with no funds available since it was cleared by the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change in 2011. | The Green India Mission, one of eight such under th...
Maharashtra: Rural development schemes can also help in adapting to climate change The Times Of India MUMBAI: Marginal farmers in Maharashtra are battling another cruel drought. In Vidarbha, heat waves and droughts have become an annual feature. It doesn't have to be so. Absence of irrigation and efficient watershed management make small farmers even more vulnerable. | Although schemes such as the M...
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>Volunteers aid Penn State work to revive chestnut Seattle Post STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Taking a midday break from the office, Matt Fedorko went to work. | He slid the American chestnut sapling out of a black plastic tube. Dark potting soil clinging to the roots crumbled in his fingers as he placed the tree i...
How Big Data Will Transform The Mobile Ecosystem Business Insider The world is awash in data. | CIBC, a Canadian bank, predicts that information-generation growth will increase 50 times over the next decade. IDC, a market research firm, similarly forecasts a 44-fold increase in data volumes between 2009 and 20...
The Sharing Economy Comes Of Age Fast Company "Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working at jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need." - Rachel Botsman, author of What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption | The LeWeb conference in London, which begins today with...
How To Turn Your iPod Into An iPhone And Pay Nothing For Calls Business Insider INFOGRAPHIC: Inside The Booming Mobile Video Ecosystem | HTC Just Had Its Best Month In A Long Time, But Top Execs Are Bolting Anyway | How Much Is A Facebook 'Like' Worth To A Brand? | Tired of paying $100 each month for cell phone service? Have an ...
NGOs unhappy with new UN development goals Deutsche Welle UN experts recently issued suggestions for a new development agenda for after 2015. Aid organizations say the new plan is too focused on economic growth, rather than looking at the reasons for current problems. | After being presented with the first ...
Annual kangaroo cull draws fire Canberra Times Kangaroos graze in Goorooyaroo Nature Reserve in Gungahlin. Photo: Casual CAS | Two professional shooters will begin to cull 1455 eastern grey kangaroos from ACT nature reserves on Thursday night, the lowest number for an annual cull since 2010. | Th...
The True Cost of Food Huffington Post It seems everywhere we turn there's more scary news about the fish on our plates. Genetically modified salmon appears headed for supermarket shelves, even as a recent study revealed the salmon could escape into the wild and cross-breed, posing a huge...
Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Union rally mobilizes in Sacramento The Tribune San Luis Obispo 5 California Things to Know for Wednesday | 4 minutes ago | Report: US hasn't seen expected 'Great Recovery' | 4 minutes ago | Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Union rally mobilizes in Sacramento | 4 minutes ago | Capitol Alert:...
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Camiguin honors month of the ocean Sun Star LIVING in this country makes one naturally communes with the sea which connects more than seven thousand islands. On a glorious sunny day, water ripples like diamonds in the seven ...
Denver Post Garden Calendar, 5/31/2013 Denver Post EVENTS | Baker Historic Neighborhood Association | Saturday: Presents the "2013 Home Tour" with six homes dating from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $15, $1...
The untold story of sun bears and their contribution to the forest New Straits/Business Times SANDAKAN : From dispersing fruit seeds to carving out narrow holes on trees, later used by hornbills and squirrels to nest, the Malayan Sun Bear contributes to a thriving forest ha...
India surpasses global peers in IT quotient: PwC The Times Of India NEW DELHI: India's investment in all aspects of social networks, mobile computing, analytics and cloud computing (SMAC) is consistently surpassing its global counterparts, a PwC survey says. | According to PwC's Digital IQ Survey, Indian companies ar...
Greens salute evangelist Prasad on environment day Zeenews Kochi (Kerala): Hundreds of activists, students and members of NGOs Wednesday joined India's leading ecologists in saluting conservation evangelist M.K. Prasad to mark the World Environment Day here. | Octogenarian Prasad, popularly known as MKP, was...
Science spend 'vital for economy' BBC News The UK scientific community has issued a broadside to the government, warning it not to cut the science budget. | Ministers are due to announce their spending plans for the next four years on 26 June. | The public research budget was frozen when the ...
SA among 10 to form renewable energy club Business Day SOUTH Africa has joined a group of 10 countries that have established a Renewables Club, with the common goal of promoting the use of energy generated from renewable sources worldwide. | The country has been praised for its handling of the first "windows" of the Department of Energy’s renewable energy Independent Power Producer Procurement progra...
Beauty benefits of papaya The Times Of India Whether it's the harsh summer sun or the humid monsoon weather, the fruit papaya can be effective for soothing, toning and moisturising your skin, which will leave your skin glowing naturally. So instead of opting for those expensive over-the-counter creams, why not use papaya? Its natural properties will remove skin blemishes, pimples, dark patche...
