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Krishna special invitee to dinner hosted by Obama

 External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will be a special invitee at a dinner reception hosted by United States President Barack Obama in New York on the sidelines of the 65th session of the United......

Time has come to say goodbye to single-use plastic: Modi @ UN meet

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that India would raise its target for restoring degraded land from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares by 2030. Speaking at the 14th session......

It's Raining Billions For Gujarat!

 It's boom time for election-bound Gujarat as Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's government has been announcing project after project before the dates for the assembly election are announced......

Women's group in N East India gets global funding

 The Global Fund for Women, an international organization committed to defending women's rights globally, has awarded a first grant of $12,000 to the North East Network, which works in India's seven......

Can India be firm with China on Brahmaputra dams?

 The Indian and Chinese premiers have an unprecedented historical opportunity to create such a mechanism for sharing international rivers. It will not only help the two countries but it has the......

Major setback for Ramdev

 The judgment could impact not only Ramdev's widespread ayurveda and herbal products business but also that of many other pharmaceutical, ayurveda, herbal and cosmetic product manufacturers.Nitin......

Land degradation affects 20% cultivated areas: UN

 Land degradation is on the rise in many parts of the world and is affecting more than 20 per cent of all cultivated areas, a new United Nations report says. The study involving data taken over a......

UN chief wants 'timely action' to preserve drylands

 UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday asked the international community to take "timely action" to preserve drylands across the world, saying about two billion people depend on drylands for sustenance......

World Bank's prescription to eradicate poverty

 Observing that environmental degradation holds back growth, a top official of the World Bank on Wednesday said that conservation of biological diversity is essential for poverty......

'Clean fuel for 54 cities by end of 12th Plan'

 As many as 54 cities in the country will have clean fuel, both petrol and diesel, by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan, Union Environment Ministry secretary T Chatterjee said in Hyderabad on......

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