Jatropha is not the only option for producing biodiesel. The Botanical Survey of India has identified over 300 species with non-edible, oil-rich seeds. As India has a chronic shortage of edible oils and imports it, non-edible oils are recommended for using in transport and other sectors.

This paper attempts a preliminary assessment of indoor conditions and thermal comfort in a room coupled with direct evaporative cooler in four different climatic zones of India. A room in a building has been simulated to obtain diurnal hourly values of room air dry bulb temperature and relative humidity for the summer months of March, April, May and June in selected locations in (i) hot and dry, (ii) composite, (iii) warm and humid, and (iv) moderate climatic zones.

Large-scale episodal mortality among the freshwater fishes of certain
lakes of Bangalore City, Karnataka State, India occurred in June 1995.
We conducted an intensive study of the Sankey Lake which is situated in
Sadashiva Nagar of Bangalore city where fish mortality occurred on quite
a large scale during June - July 1995. These studies reveal that the fish-