India

 Employment guarantee

USA, Japan and the European Community have together pledged a total of US $75 million to the establishment of an International Science and Technology Centre in Moscow which will provide

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
Down to Earth
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Aid, Science, Technology, Japan, Europe, Russia, United States Of America (US)
India

 Rocket row will delay space plan

Act 1 (18 April): Yeltsin suspends rocket technology transfer to India following the threat of sanctions by USA. Act 11 (26 April): Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao assures Parliament

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
Rakesh Kalshian
Down to Earth
Tags:
Conflicts, Space Technology, Technical Cooperation, Russia, India
Environment

 Tehri: hanging over troubled waters

What will happen now to the Tehri dam? Even as engineers and environmentalists await the Prime Minister's verdict on the project, the proposed dam has been hit by yet another tremor the drying up of Soviet funds

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
Anjani Khanna
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Tehri, Aid, Russia
Mining

Mineral resources in Afghanistan

This report is intended to serve as a reference source of the mineral resources of Afghanistan, the possibilities of their exploitation, needs for further exploration and strategies and policies that Afghanistan might employ to develop its mineral resources with the support of bilateral assistance, regional and worldwide development institutions

Publication Date: 
01/02/1992
Office of the A.I.D. Representative for Afghan Affairs
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Minerals, Afghanistan, Natural Gas, Russia, United States Of America (US), Rail Transport, Mining, Copper, Iron, Coal, Hydroelectricity
Pesticides And Toxins

Quantitative assessment of worldwide contamination of air, water and soils by trace metals

Calculated loading rates of trace metals into the three environmental compartments demonstrate that human activities now have major impacts on the global and regional cycles of most of the trace elements. There is significant contamination of freshwater resources and an accelerating accumulation of toxic metals in the human food chain.

Publication Date: 
12/05/1988
Jerome O. Nriagu, Jozef M. Pacyna
Nature
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Tags:
Heavy Metals, Air Pollution, Land Pollution, Water Pollution, Europe, United States Of America (US), Canada, Russia, Industrial Pollution, Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution, Fossil Fuels
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Climate Change
29 Sep 2014
Emergence of a climate regime that works

 

The focus on current and per capita emissions has not led to the desired results

 

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Mukul Sanwal
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Governing Climate and Sustainable Development
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Climate Change
17 Dec 2012
Doha: inaction in the face of urgency

cop18The Doha climate conference stretched beyond deadline but ended in what can best be described a nail-biting finish.

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Sunita Narain
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Sunita Narain: Climate/Politics
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Energy

Underwater nuclear power stations destined for the English Channel?



??Plans for undersea nuclear power reactors around the coast of France could see a boom in uptake of th

Publication Date: 
15/02/2011
Robert Williams
Ecologist
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Nuclear Power Plants, France, Nuclear Wastes, Russia, Nuclear Accidents, Energy
Energy

N-plants: India, Russia to counter China in South Asia

India and Russia have decided to work together in the field of nuclear commerce. The two countries will help set up smaller nuclear power plants in South Asian countries such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, sources said.

Publication Date: 
27/12/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Nuclear Power Plants, South Asia, India, Russia, Energy
Energy

Russia, India to strengthen ties with energy, oil pacts

With no signs of a respite in oil prices and given India

Publication Date: 
18/12/2010
Huma Siddiqui
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Russia, India, Energy, Oil Exploration, Petrochemical Industry

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