How much do you pay for your electricity bills? Let's assume an average of Rs 5,000 every month. What if you could cut it down by half? Over the life cycle of your building (50 years), the savings invested in a systematic investment plan at 12 per cent amounts to Rs 9.86 crore, if other factors remain constant. Not a bad investment.
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The move, which was approved by the Union home ministry, comes amid a military standoff with China in the eastern Ladakh area.
Rediff.com traces the life of Sadiq Batcha, a key aide of former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja who committed suicide on Wednesday
We lost the gains of Rio and Kyoto in Copenhagen and Paris, but it would have been worse, if any mandatory restraints were imposed on our green house gas emissions, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
In the 30-year period between 1986 and 2015, temperatures of the warmest day and the coldest night of the year have risen by about 0.63 degree Celsius and 0.4 degree Celsius, respectively.
If not for Palaniswami, it is hard to guess if the AIADMK would have been able to garner 33.3 per cent vote share as against the DMK's 37.7 per cent. AIADMK won 66 seats, its allies Pattali Makkal Katchi and Bharatiya Janata Party five and four seats respectively and proved yet again that the western region was its fortress.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja's aide Sadiq Batcha was found hanging at his Chennai residence on Wednesday, police sources said.
The Enforcement Directorate is probing foreign funding and transaction records of all the firms raided by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore 2G scam for possible money laundering and foreign exchange law violations.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday questioned former telecom minister A Raja's close aide Sadiq Batcha in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam.
Jairam Ramesh has set off a growth-versus-sustainability debate.
Further boosting it's ranking as the world's largest producer of hydro electric power, China on Wednesday commissioned a new 700,000 kw unit at Xiaowan, built at a whopping cost of $5.86 billion.
Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian author, has won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2010.Llosa is a prominent author, journalist, essayist and political activist, who is known for his literary work depicting the workings of Peruvian society.Some of his most prominent works include The Time of the Hero, The Green House, Conversation in the Cathedral, Captain Pantoja and the Special Service and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.
The Special US Envoy on Climate Change, Todd Stern, in a letter informed the UN Framework Conventional of Climate Change Secretariat about the Obama administration's decision in this regard, which is part of the voluntary commitment made by economies including India and China during the Copenhagen Climate Change summit.
Nobel laureate Rajendra Pachauri, who is head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, on Tuesday made an impassioned appeal to over 100 heads of states and governments to act urgently to mitigate green house gas emission in order to save the planet.
India's per capita green house gas (GHG) emission in 2030 will be well below those in the developed countries in 2005, according to a report.
The Army, on Tuesday,alleged that revenue records that had shown a 69-acre land in Pune belonging to military since 1918, were changed in 2008 in favour of certain individuals. "Survey No 233A of Lohegaon village, Pune is a plot of 69 acres of defence land. This land has been in possession of army since 1920s and the land has been occupied by army units where army has carried out training, plantation, construction of a small temple, a green house and boundary wall," a defence
The GHG emissions from the forestry and agriculture account for over 30 per cent of the current annual total emissions. Of this, nearly 17.4 per cent emissions emanate from deforestation and forest degradation and 13.5 per cent from agriculture. Where individual GHGs are concerned, about 50 per cent of the total methane releases come from the farm sector, basically from the paddy fields and livestock.
"An absolutely clear imperative is that developed countries walk the talk on green house gas reductions. Developing countries are playing a part in the international action on mitigation, especially through the flexibility mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol," the top Indian delegate said.
When green house gas emissions began to shoot through the roof an innovative solution was found by introducing the concept of carbon credits. If you pollute you have to buy carbon credits which add to the company's operational expenses or cut emissions and create carbon credits that can be sold.
The United Nations on Wednesday supported India's position on climate change and pulled up the United States for its failure to do enough to curb the green house gas (GHG) emissions.
Foreseen climate changes are likely to affect food production in the country, cutting it down by 10-40%.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India wants the world to work with urgency to agree on a comprehensive, equitable and durable agreement at the summit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised that it is the responsibility of all to work against global warming.
Supporting India's quest for nuclear power, United Nations climate panel's chief scientist R K Pachauri has said that country should pursue it to contain emission and meet energy needs.
Global warming may sound like vague jargon from scientists making reports for the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. Does it matters if the green house gas emissions by the world cross the limits of 550 part per million by 2050? Or if average per capita carbon emissions go beyond the 2.5 tonne mark?
The PM said many members of the House of Elders would have thought of raising major issues vital to the country before retiring, but were debarred from the opportunity to leave behind their great ideals and legacy.
Most climate models indicate that surface air temperature will increase with rise in green house gases over the Indian region, which would be accompanied by an increase in monsoon activity.
India's premier defence research organisation, DRDO has now roped in yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda Limited to manufacture and market in the country and abroad some herbal supplements and food products developed by it.
While long term solution depends on each one of us altering our consumption patterns, the future depends on next generation technologists and entrepreneurs creating business models that naturally reduce the green house gas emissions.
With rate cut expectations running high ahead of RBI meet this week, risk appetite improved especially in rate sensitive stocks
'Glaciers are melting all across the region.'
Initial estimates suggest the state government will need to spend over Rs 8,000 crore in reconstruction.
Air quality in the city of 16 million is usually bad in winter.
A key UN climate change summit that will be attended by nearly 150 world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicks off on Monday under the shadow of the deadly Paris terror attack to try to craft a long-term deal to limit carbon emissions.
Sebi has restrained Saiprasad Corporation from raising funds from the public through its schemes.
'Unsurprisingly, the joint statement issued after Modi's visit contains a paragraph on terrorism.' 'It is on the usual lines that India would have with, say, Croatia.' 'The surprising part is that it shies away from getting into specifics,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Ishita is helping the local community in Spiti lead better lives and build a sustainable environment.
'Maybe what the lady in Sex and the City said was right-- that maybe our girlfriends are indeed our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.'
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