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| India’s quest for keeping food prices low |
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| The Financial Express , Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
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Indian agriculture has made remarkable progress, with food grain production growing five-fold in the last six decades—from about 50 MMT in 1950 to more than 250 MMT in 2012. Despite the increase in ...More
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| Patnaik weathers the storm |
| Rasheeda Bhagat |
| The Hindu Business Line , Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
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An anxious nation was expecting the worst when Cyclone Phailin struck the coast. After all, the super cyclone that had battered Odisha in 1999 took away 10,000 lives. The inept handling of that natu ...More
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| Odisha could have prepared better for cyclone |
| Biswajit Mohanty |
| Live Mint , Sunday, October 13, 2013 |
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Though it is Maha Ashtami today, the beautifully bedecked images of the goddess Durga in Cuttack city have few worshippers. Ardent devotees are holed up in houses, anxiously watching news channels abo ...More
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| Marine National Park to get its health card by December |
| Rajeev Khanna |
| The Times of India , Sunday, October 13, 2013 |
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GANDHINAGAR: Preparing a health card for an ecosystem may sound a strange concept. However, an exercise to make one for Gujarat's famous Marine National Park and Gulf of Kutch is currently underway.
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| World to get hotter earlier than expected: Study |
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| Jagran Post , Saturday, October 12, 2013 |
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According to a study by scientists at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, within 35 years even the lowest monthly dips in temperatures will be hotter than we’ve experienced in the past 150 years.
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| Dubai to host green economy summit in 2014 |
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| Business Standard , Saturday, October 12, 2013 |
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Dubai, Oct 11 (IANS/WAM) Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE) Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, has announced that Dubai will host the first green economy summit in the Middle East and N ...More
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| Delhi's urban forestry project to get carbon credits |
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| The Times of India , Saturday, October 12, 2013 |
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi government's urban forestry project in the wasteland of Deramandi has been chosen by the United Nations Framework Convention Climate Change (UNFCC) for clean development mechanism ...More
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| Environment education |
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| The New Indian Express , Friday, October 11, 2013 |
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About 150 teacher trainees of Mar Theophilus Training College, Nalanchira had the opportunity to listen and interact with experts in the field of Environment Education (EE) and Education for Sustainab ...More
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| Temperatures go off the charts around 2047: Study |
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| The Economic Times , Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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WASHINGTON: Starting in about a decade, Kingston, Jamaica, will probably be off-the-charts hot _ permanently. Other places will soon follow. Singapore in 2028. Mexico City in 2031. Cairo in 2036. Phoe ...More
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