The leader of the Afghan Taliban said his group wants to boost the country's mining and energy sectors once it regains strength after the Nato-led force fighting them pulls out in 2014.
Barely days after state-owned companies SAIL, NMDC and RINL stitched together a consortium with private sector biggies Tata Steel, Sajjan Jindal-promoted JSW Steel and Navin Jindal’s Jindal Steel a
India has made remarkable progress in the fight against polio and is on track to eradicate it by the end of 2011, a group of international health experts has said.
Expensive valuations push back efforts to acquire overseas coal mines
International Coal Venture Ltd, the five-member consortium formed to scout for coal assets overseas, may choose to wait for softening of coal prices before making any acquisition as mines have become very expensive.
Lengths of winter, summer and rainy seasons in Bangladesh have increased, while spring has decreased, changes that are likely to have an adverse impact on agriculture, said a study based on farmers' perceptions.
Winter, traditionally around two-and-a-half months long, now prevails for three-and-three-quarters, while summer takes five months, almost double the past usual length.
This paper looks at the progress made in the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in the eight countries of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region using the national reports to the CBD as the primary source.
The head of Nato said Tuesday he was confident Pakistan's nuclear weapons were safe, but admitted it was a matter of concern, the day after the worst assault on a Pakistani military base in two years.
