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| IFC invests in Indian energy-efficiency startup |
| Sushma U N |
| The Times of India , Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
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CHENNAI: International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is investing $1 million in energy efficiency startup Ecolibrium Energy that provides a technology platform to indust ...More
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| Have mosquitoes met their match? |
| Divya Gandhi |
| The Hindu , Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
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Every year diseases carried by mosquitoes — notably malaria, dengue and filariasis — claim over a million lives. A discovery by scientists at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangal ...More
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| Mobile agriculture clinics to be flagged off |
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| The New Indian Express , Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
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Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will flag off the mobile agri clinics on Monday with the aim of agriculture officials spreading the new techniques of farming to farmers. Agriculture Minister K P Mohanan ...More
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| Glaciers in Himachal receding alarmingly |
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| The Times of India , Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
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SHIMLA: Glaciers in Himachal Pradesh are receding very quickly due to climate change and have shrunk by 449 sq mt since 1962.
As per a study conducted by State Council for science technology and e ...More
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| Not feeling on top of the world |
| Kanak Mani Dixit |
| The Hindu , Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
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The six decades since Mount Everest was climbed provide a barometric reading of how the society and environment of the Himalaya, the subcontinent and the world itself have transformed since Tenzing No ...More
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| Food production looks East |
| Vishwanath Kulkarni |
| The Hindu Business Line , Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
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In the past two years, India has emerged as one of the large exporters of foodgrains. To be precise, India has become the largest exporter of rice and a major player in wheat for the past two years.
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| Glaciers in Himachal receding alarmingly |
| Gaurav Bisht |
| Hindustan Times , Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
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Glaciers in Himachal Pradesh, especially those along the Chinese border, are receding alarmingly. Since 1962, the total area of glaciers has come down from 2,077 sq km to 1628 sq km. Studies reveal th ...More
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| Phunsuk Wangdu from Delhi |
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| Hindustan Times , Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
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The first person to have set foot on both the North and the South poles, Englishman Robert Swan is now all set for his journey to the Third Pole (the glacial Himalayan region), and a bunch of Delhi pe ...More
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| Deforestation to hit hydroelectric projects |
| Felicity Barringer |
| Deccan Herald , Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
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The loss of tropical rain forests is likely to reduce the energy output of hydroelectric projects in countries like Brazil that are investing billions of dollars to create power to support economic gr ...More
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| Don’t waste, ‘food print’ |
| Dr Rekha Shetty |
| Deccan Chronicle , Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
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It is heart rending to think that one in every seven people in the world go to bed, hungry. Everyday 20,000 children die from hunger. It is only appropriate that “Think. Eat. Save” is the theme for th ...More
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| Infuse to invest Rs 3.3 cr in Ecolibrium Energy |
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| The Hindu Business Line , Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
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Ahmedabad, May 27:
Infuse Capital, India’s first sustainable energy and cleantech early-stage venture capital fund, on Monday announced its first investment of around $0.6 million (nearly Rs 3.30 ...More
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