Genetically Modified crops a No: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Mar 12 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) On a day when the Budget session of the Indian parliament opened, West Bengal Mamata Banerjee told a group of youths, representing various colleges in the city, that she will never allow Genetically Modified (GM) crops in the state. The youths who called on her at her residence [...]
Kolkata, Mar 12 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) Global environmental pressure group Greenpeace has urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to stall the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, 2011 in parliament. Greenpeace India claimed West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has assured a group of youths, representing various colleges in the city, that she will never [...]
Continue reading …Kolkata, Feb 21 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) Vikram Solar Ltd, a Kolkata based solar module manufacturer, on Tuesday announced the commissioning of two new power plants – one in Gujarat and one in Rourkela, Orissa. The Gujarat power plant is a 5MW power plant and the second plant in Orissa is capable of producing 1 [...]
Continue reading …Kolkata, Jan 14 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) While India is signing various nuclear deals with foreign countries to fulfill the energy requirement, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz says the Asian giant should explore use of alternative forms of energy to meet the growing need. The American winner of Nobel in Economic Sciences in 2001, who was [...]
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Jan 4, 2012 (Calcutta Tube): The country’s coastline is under threat from climate change and human activities. Experts are converging to prepare maps to pin down the changes and need for future plan in this sector. A report…. Cyclone Thane hit the southern shores of the country recently leaving major devastations in its wake. Memories [...]
Continue reading …Kolkata, Dec 20 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) Kolkatans on Tuesday participated in Avon Cylcogreen, a cycle rally to promote a greener tomorrow. Reliance Broadcast Network’s radio arm 92.7 BIG FM and Avon Cycles took the initiative to engage the citizens of India to take a pledge to cycle to work at least once in a week. [...]
Continue reading …Kolkata, Dec 14 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) DHL, a leading logistics company, and Blue Dart Express Ltd., South Asia’s premier courier, on Tuesday announced India’s first end-to-end GoGreen Carbon Neutral Service across international and domestic markets. This new service will provide customers in India with an environmentally responsible shipping option. Powered by DHL and Blue Dart in [...]
Continue reading …Durban, Dec 6 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS): Climate change is already having an impact in the livelihoods of millions of people in the Sahel and West Africa, according to a new United Nations study released on Monday, which calls for governments to implement policies that will prevent competition for resources, conflict and forced migration in [...]
Continue reading …New Delhi, Nov 21 (CSE/IBNS) Just consider. Every time petrol prices are raised, oil companies end up losing more money. Simply because the price differential between petrol and diesel increases further, and people gravitate towards diesel vehicles. More the use of diesel, more the oil companies bleed. Worse, we all bleed because diesel vehicles add [...]
Continue reading …Kolkata, Nov 11 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) Average time for total depletion of oil reserves is 46.6 years globally and 23 years for India, said a top official here on Friday. Addressing the Conference on Oil & Gas – The Emerging Scenario at the sidelines of the third day of Biz Bridge 2011, Partha S [...]
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