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If you viewed as I did last week the hysterics over Ram

Silchar, Sept. 12: The Congress government in Mizoram has sought World Bank funds in loans on soft interest to develop four key areas

Slips to 51st position in the global business competitiveness index.

Even as emerging markets in Asia showed impressive gains in global business competitiveness in 2010, India slipped two notches to the 51st position over the previous year due to poor health, education and infrastructure facilities.

Among the BRIC nations

Slowing climate change requires overcoming inertia in political, technological, and geophysical systems. Of these, only geophysical warming commitment has been quantified. We estimated the commitment to future emissions and warming represented by existing carbon dioxide–emitting devices.

Sanjay Jog / Mumbai September 9, 2010, 0:26 IST

The signboard at Kopra-Panvel, about 35 km from the existing Mumbai airport at Santa Cruz, was put up with much fanfare in 2004 after the site was finalised for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. Six years later, time seems to have stood still at the site

THE Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) has decided to review the functioning of infrastructure ministries every quarter and suggest ways to meet targets.

The first such review is likely to take place at Thursday

Minister for Tourism and Infrastructure Development Janardhana Reddy on Monday said the tourism department has proposed Rs 141.62 crore project to improve tourism infrastructure and add more facilities across eight districts in Mysore region.

Tourism Minister Janardhana Reddy explaining the tourism projects at a meeting in Mysore on Monday. Regional Commissioner Jayanthi and others are seen.

Sabloo Thomas

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has given environmental clearance for the construction of a permanent campus for the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER-TVM) at Vithura.

This recent ADB paper estimates the need for infrastructure investment, including energy, transport, telecommunications, water, and sanitation during 2010-2020, in order to meet growing demands for services and facilitate further rapid growth in the region. It shows that developing countries in Asia require financing of US$776 billion per year for national (US$747 billion) and regional (US$29 billion) infrastructure during 2010-2020 to meet growing demand.

GANGTOK, Aug 31

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