Govt. to promulgate fresh ordinance on Land Bill
Even as the opposition to the Land Acquisition Bill continues in different quarters, the NDA government is determined to bring to Parliament its amended Bill through a fresh Ordinance. The amended NDA
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Pepsico plant: ruling upheld
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a judgment of the Kerala High Court quashing the Pudussery grama panchayat's order cancelling the licence of Pepsico India Holdings Private Limited for running its factory at Kanjikode in Palakkad. The panchayat cancelled the licence in 2003 stating that there was scarcity of drinking water in the areas near the company due to over-exploitation of groundwater.
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Sheila Dikshit launches two mobile schools
A Mobile Learning Centre under the 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' was flagged off by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in New Delhi on Sunday. NEW DELHI: Two "chalta phirta schools' or mobile learning centres equipped with computers, televisions, learning kits and books were launched by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at her residence on Sunday as part of the Delhi Government's initiative to take education and learning to the doorstep of the street, working and other disadvantaged children.
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Zubkov for more tie-ups with India in oil and gas
Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov supports broader cooperation between his country and India in oil and gas. "We see no obstacles to Indian business joining new projects in this sphere,' Mr. Zubkov said in an interview to The?Hindu ahead of his maiden visit to India from February 11to13. Noting the "highly positive' experience of cooperation between ONGC-Videsh and Rosneft on Sakhalin-1, he said the two companies "have reached an agreement to expand cooperation in Russia, India and in Third World countries.'
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Experts praise performance of Kota power plant
A team of foreign experts has praised the performance of Kota Super Thermal Power Station in Rajasthan after studying its plant load factor, environment protection, modernisation and utilisation of fuel. The 75-member team, constituted under the Asia-Pacific Partnership, observed the plant over the weekend from the perspective of "clean functioning' and described its performance as remarkable.
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12,000 MW of hydro power by 2012, says Himachal CM
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minster Prem Kumar Dhumal on Sunday said that the hill State was targeting a generation of 12,000 MW of hydro electric power in the next five years. While laying the foundation stone for a 2.5 MW private hydro electric project in Kullu, he said all environmental safeguards would be taken into consideration while executing the power projects.
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Jal Board to use CCTV cameras
After helping people and the police mount surveillance and keep a tab on the activities of criminals and anti-social element, closed-circuit television cameras have now found an innovative use in the Delhi Jal Board which has started using them to identify the deposition of silt and leakage in its pipelines.
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India, U.S. come together to streamline energy efficiency
In a collaborative effort to streamline energy building codes, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)and the Union Power Ministry's Bureau of Energy Efficiency have decided to provide energy conservation building code Tip Sheets and Technology Atlas to those associated with construction sector. These Tip Sheets and Technology Atlas would be distributed to architects, developers, engineers and building energy efficiency professionals to help them improve energy efficiency and to meet India's energy conservation goals.
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London to be cycling capital
London is likely to become one of the most cycle-friendly cities in the world, with a series of two-wheeler superhighways cutting a swath through traffic and congestion. Plans for the super-cycleways will be unveiled next week as part of an initiative to stimulate a 400 per cent increase in the number of people pedalling round it by 2025. At a cost of
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Despite hiccups, NREGA a boon for rural poor
A new survey of implementation of the much talked about National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Manohar Thana tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan has testified to the effectiveness of the programme in the rural areas. Despite the existence of areas of concern such as delays in payment of wages and even non-payment of minimum wages, the track record, particularly in employment generation, has been impressive, it says.