To make it viable for small and medium enterprises to adopt environmental standards, a range of government, multilateral organisations and think tanks have decided to band themselves on a common pl

New Delhi India has jumped to the second position in the Global Innovation Efficiency Index in 2012, from 9th position last year, according to a study.

Countries which are strong in producing innovation outputs despite a weaker innovation environment and inputs are poised to rank high in the efficiency index. While China topped the list, interestingly, Switzerland and the Netherlands ranked 5th and 9th. Sri Lanka was at the 10th position, a report prepared by CII, Alcatel-Lucent and Booz & Co said.

Earlier this year, Sunil Kadam, 38, a sugarcane farmer from Kolhapur, went to Europe, where he visited dairies and cheese processing units in Amsterdam, saw greenhouses being run on solar energy in

Much of the change in the Arctic is understood; little of it is reassuring .

The UK is in danger of building too many waste treatment plants and could reach over-capacity by 2015, new research warns.

No parking on arterial roads, but only at designated spots

Soon, parking vehicles on the arterial roads of the City’s central business district (CBD) may be a costly affair. By restricting the parking to designated locations and fixing fees for the same, the government proposes to decongest the major thoroughfares, thereby eliminating traffic bottlenecks. The Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) is preparing a parking action plan for the CBD in association with BBMP. To begin with, parking will be banned on the arterial roads of the City.

Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Netherlands to prepare the "Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100" in order to build up a 50-100 years water management system.