KARUNAGAPPALLY: Revenue Minister Thiruvanchur Radhakrishnan has said that a Rs 1,043 crore worth of projects would be submitted to the Central Government for disaster management in the state.

About 40 per cent of thermal power will be replaced by “clean energy" by 2035. It was decided at a seminar on energy conservation and India Vision Plan 2035 organised by the Union ministry of science and technology.
Due to dwindling coal reserve, at least 40 per cent of thermal power will have to be replaced by non-conventional energy and nuclear energy by 2035. It was decided at the meeting that in 2035 about 900,000 MW of electricity will be required across the nation. At present, the total generation of power is 1.75 lakh MW.

Advocating to follow Gandhiji’s message for Sustainability of Himalayas, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Friday said pressure of population and exploitation of natural resources are extracting a heavy toll on the mountain range.

Even as the area around Parliament was swamped by crowds of Anna Hazare's supporters, demanding a stronger Lokpal Bill on Wednesday, a small group of environmental activists staged their own demonstration against a different bill, the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, 2011.

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Two decades after setting foot on the land of blizzards, India is all set to rebuild Maitri, the first permanent station on Antarctica. The research station would be totally redone with a view to making it eco-friendly and independent of fossil fuels.

Bangalore, While the Health Ministry may maintain that the incidence of cholera has seen a decline, experts feel otherwise.