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Discussion on climate change gives the impression that carbon dioxide is a pollutant. It is not a pollutant. Nitrate assimilation was slower under elevated than ambient CO and this affect food production. The word pollutant refers only to…
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Agartala/Aizawl : The Tripura and Mizoram governments have taken a number of preventive measures to check spread of deadly Ebola disease, officials from both the states said Sunday. "The Tripura government has taken four-pronged steps to…
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Chennai :  The second 1,000 MW unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is expected to start fission process in November while the first unit is yet to restart power generation, according to the project operators. According to…
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Beijing : Chinese car makers produced 11 times as many new energy vehicles in August 2014 as they did in August 2013, authorities said. They made a total of 5,191 green vehicles last month after the government rolled out more support for…
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Chennai :  Dena Bank is now monitoring all transactions of over Rs.5 crore online even as the forensic audit of the bank's Malabar Hill branch in Mumbai, involved in the alleged siphoning off of funds, is expected to be ready soon, said a…
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New Delhi : Aviation regulator DGCA has cracked down on nearly 140 Jet Airways pilots for continuing to fly without clearing mandatory biannual exams and issued show cause notices to the airline questioning its pilot training programme.…
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Chandigarh :  Rains today continued to lash parts of Punjab and Haryana, with mercury dropping a few notches below the normal level in the region. While vast swathes of the states including Chandigarh received heavy downpour yesterday,…
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Batala :  Eight members of a family were killed and one was seriously injured after the roof of their house collapsed due to rains at Dhalla village near here, police said today. The incident occurred late last night when the roof…
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Chennai :  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today sacked Milk and Dairy Development Minister V Moorthy and appointed B V Ramanaa in his place. Ramanaa, who was sacked as Revenue Minister on May 19, is staging a comeback in the…
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Dear Editor, Narendra Modi's first 100 days in office may be dismissed by his opponents as a period marked by rhetoric and showmanship. But by and large he has been able to project himself as a man who means business. It is a welcome sign…
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