Tariff issues to be raised with EU
India is likely to raise the issue of growing non-tariff barriers (NTBs) being imposed by the European Union (EU) at the forthcoming Indo-EU summit at Hague. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Californians approve stem-cell funds
Californians have approved a $3 billion bond measure that represents a rejection of Bush administration policy and will put the state on the forefront of stem cell research.
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Minke whales targeted in research program
Japan has caught 59 minke whales in its latest hunt as part of a research program that critics have called thinly disguised commercial whaling. The program of 49-day expedition was held off the coast
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Mazda will make a hybrid SUV
Mazda Motor, Japan's fourth-largest carmaker, said that it was entering the market for fuel-efficient gasoline-electric vehicles, sharing technology with Ford Motor to catch up with its larger rival,
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Mazda will make a hybrid SUV
Mazda Motor, Japan's fourth largest carmaker said that it was entering the market for fuel-efficient gasoline-electric vehicles, sharing technology with Ford Motor to catch up with its larger rival,
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100000 protest new dam in China
Up to 100000 farmers clashed with the police in southwest China, protesting compensation payments for farmland requisitioned to make way for a hydroelectric plant, local residents and new media
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Glaxo offer on vaccine
GlaxoSmithKline, Europe's largest drug maker is in talks with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that may lead to Glaxo's sending as many as 12 million influenza shots to the United States next
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GM makes push for cleaner vehicles
General Motors, which has four manufacturing ventures in China, has said it will help the country's largest carmaker develop low-polluting vehicles that run on gasoline-electric engines and fuel
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Arctic warming is here and now'
A comprehensive four-year study of warming in the Arctic shows that heat trapping gases from tailpipes and smokestacks around the world are contributing to profound environmental changes, including
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Selective science
The Bush administration's well-deserved reputation for tailoring scientific information to fit its political agenda was reinforced last week when James Hansen, the government's pre-eminent