Animal activists last summer set fire to the alpine holiday home of Daniel Vasella, then chief executive of pharmaceutical giant Novartis of Basel, Switzerland, in one of relatively few violent attacks on scientists working with animals in German-speaking countries.

Germanwatch, a German-based non-profit, research organisation published its Global Climate Risk Index-2011 in Cancun Saturday identifying Bangladesh as one of the top nations mostly vulnerable to c

Germany's top court on Wednesday rejected a complaint that restrictive laws on cultivating crops with genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) violate the constitution.

The constitutional court in Karlsruhe turned down a complaint from the state government of Saxony-Anhalt that restrictions on GMO cultivation unfairly damaged the interests of farmers interested in growing GMO crops.

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Azur Solar, a German power company, is going to start construction work of 50 megawatt solar energy plant with an investment of $125 million by next month.

India and Ger many signed a protocol on Monday to enhance cooperation between the two countries in the field of agriculture and consumer protection.

The two countries also formulated a project for bilateral cooperation in the area of environment and sustainable development.

India has been invited to attend a global food security meet to be held in Berlin in January 2011, said Germany

EFFICIENCY and sustainability are the twin mantras to emerge from the economic slowdown. In this recovery, smart infrastructure is expected to play an important role. In India, the government has made it clear that infrastructure will be an area of sharp focus ahead.

India and Germany have taken a new step forward to boost trade and investments between the two countries.

GERMAN drugmaker Fresenius Kabi has started voluntary recall of two batches of a cancer drug shipped to the US made by its Indian subsidiary Fresenius Kabi Oncology Ltd after it found cross contamination.

The drug sold as anastrozole tablets is used to treat breast cancer and is sold in the US through Fresenius Kabi

Kohima, Sept 29: A German development bank and Nagaland government have signed an agreement to raise adaptive capacity of rural people in the face of climate changes.

RRB Energy, a leading manufacturer of wind electric generators (WEG), launched on Tuesday its prototype blade for its 1.8 MW WEG. Addressing visiting presspersons to the company's facility in Poonamallee on the outskirts of Chennai, Rakesh Bakshi, Chairman and Managing Director, the 40-metre blade was indigenously designed and developed and fully engineered to Indian requirement.

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