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December 11, 2009 10:12 AM

PM expresses concern over climatic distortions affecting ground water table

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh voiced concern over climatic distortions which adversely affect the ground water table. He said, this is impacting crop productivity. Addressing the 5th Asian Regional Conference of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage in New Delhi yesterday he so...

December 11, 2009 10:08 AM

Jairam Ramesh leaving for Copenhagen today

The Union Cabinet has finalised the brief for India's position to be adopted on the issue at the high-level talks at the Copenhagen climate change meet. Sources said that the Cabinet Ministers had thorough discussions on various aspects related to the developments at the global conference and m...

December 11, 2009 10:08 AM

Jairam Ramesh leaving for Copenhagen today

The Union Cabinet has finalised the brief for India's position to be adopted on the issue at the high-level talks at the Copenhagen climate change meet. Sources said that the Cabinet Ministers had thorough discussions on various aspects related to the developments at the global conference and m...

December 11, 2009 10:03 AM

Every third Indian is living in poverty

Every third Indian is living in poverty. The expert group, headed by former chairman of PM's Economic Advisory Council Suresh Tendulkar, in its report on poverty said 41.8 per cent of the rural population spend a meagre amount Rs 447 a month on essential necessities like food, fuel, light, clot...

December 11, 2009 10:03 AM

Every third Indian is living in poverty

Every third Indian is living in poverty. The expert group, headed by former chairman of PM's Economic Advisory Council Suresh Tendulkar, in its report on poverty said 41.8 per cent of the rural population spend a meagre amount Rs 447 a month on essential necessities like food, fuel, light, clot...

December 11, 2009 9:15 AM

Sonia Gandhi on two-day visit to Raebareli

The UPA Chairperson and Congress president Smt. Sonia Gandhi will be undertaking her two-day tour to her constituency Raebareli starting from today.<br/><br/>During her visit she would chair a meeting of district vigilance and monitoring committee and review the progress of devel...

December 11, 2009 9:15 AM

Sonia Gandhi on two-day visit to Raebareli

The UPA Chairperson and Congress president Smt. Sonia Gandhi will be undertaking her two-day tour to her constituency Raebareli starting from today.<br/><br/>During her visit she would chair a meeting of district vigilance and monitoring committee and review the progress of devel...

December 11, 2009 9:12 AM

Special CBI court convicts 48 in multi-crore fodder scam case

A special CBI court in Ranchi has convicted 48 people in a multi-crore fodder scam case and sentenced eight of them to three years of rigorous imprisonment, besides fining them between 20,000 and 40,000 rupees. The case relates to the fraudulent withdrawal of over 8.5 crore Rupees from the Ranchi Tr...

December 11, 2009 9:12 AM

Special CBI court convicts 48 in multi-crore fodder scam case

A special CBI court in Ranchi has convicted 48 people in a multi-crore fodder scam case and sentenced eight of them to three years of rigorous imprisonment, besides fining them between 20,000 and 40,000 rupees. The case relates to the fraudulent withdrawal of over 8.5 crore Rupees from the Ranchi Tr...

December 10, 2009 10:40 PM

India against converting domestic carbon pledges into globally binding pact

India today made it clear it would not convert its domestic carbon reduction pledges into a globally binding pact and said its targets were not up for review as the US and China exchanged barbs at the key climate talks in Copenhagen over the blame for global warming and funds to mitigate the problem...

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