India is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. It can join other nations in finding solution to the crisis

Head Of UN Climate Panel To Seek New Term NORWAY: April 7, 2008 OSLO - India's Rajendra Pachauri said on Saturday he will seek a new six-year term as head of the UN climate panel that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore. "I have after a great deal of reflection and consultation decided to express interest in a second term," Pachauri, 67, told Reuters. "Of course, the government of India would have to send in my nomination, and I hope that will happen soon," he wrote in an e-mail.

Ashwin Upadhyay and Anilkumar, quit their plum jobs with an MNC in the Capital and have returned to Mysore with the aim of making it greener. They have not only taken up the task of planting saplings all over the city themselves, but they are also inspiring others into their endeavour. They have sought permission from Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to plant saplings under the name of

The Gujarat forest department has handed an arrest warrant against actor Aamir Khan

Farewell. T V Venkitachalam's leave-taking from National Herald as its editor-in-chief was such a scene that only a dying newspaper could offer. Behind the door with a faded bronze nameplate that announced his designation, Venkitachalam sat in his chamber with volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica, a huge portrait of a brooding Pandit Nehru, a telephone that occasionally rings, and an old typewriter going off colour.

When R K Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) received the Nobel Peace Prize in December last year on behalf of the IPCC, which bagged the award jointly with Al Gore, he had clearly mentioned that he would first want to pay tribute to the thousands of experts and scientists who have contributed to the work of the panel over almost two decades. Two Puneites figure in the long list of experts who have contributed to the IPCC in the area of climate change. The Indian government has taken special cognizance of these scientists and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has issued certificates "recognising their contribution.' Two MeT officers from Pune

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