Every time we pointed out the overwhelming evidence of diesel's toxicity, we were brushed aside.
Prabhat Kumar, who has been appointed as the DGCA chief three months ago, is taking steps to ensure safety of passengers.
energy is India's binding supply-side constraint for inclusive growth.
India handed over signed documents to the head of UN treaty division at the opening of the special event to mark the International Day of Non-Violence.
There are actually great similarities between the two PM
US wants differentiation between developed and developing countries scrapped
'One investor told us one leader in Gujarat had sent him to Konkan to buy land.' 'How did these people come to know about this project in advance when locals didn't know?' 'It means those who are running the country are somewhere interested in selling the country's resources to private businessmen.'
'I am here to terminate climate change once and for all.'
Current forms of economic growth are widening disparities, leaving hundreds of millions of people to live in poverty, says Rajni Bakshi.
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'If every city had the strongest tools that are currently available only to a few, the world's climate prospects would glow far more brightly.'
Emissions would still keep rising till 2030, and the path towards global warming would improve to 2.7c.
The average global temperature between January and October has been 0.68 degrees Celsius higher than the 20th century's average global temperature of 14.1 degree C.
This does not mean isolating parochialism but of new way of thinking about economic systems, says Rajni Bakshi.
India should not miss the opportunity to develop high-speed railway.
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.
Why did Chennai go under in the recent rains? R Ramasubramanian paints a familiar picture of dismal urban town planning, civic short-sightedness, and rampant development that caused the recent nightmare.
The scandal has also rocked the wider car market, with manufacturers fearing a drop in diesel car sales.
Volkswagen did not name a successor, but said proposals on management appointments would be made to a full board meeting on Friday.
Volkswagen is under huge pressure to act, with its shares down more than a third in value since the crisis broke, and the bad news still coming.
Hong Kong is the world's freest economy according to the Index of Economic Freedom 2015.
It is in coal consumption that India most diverges from the rest of the world
German prosecutors launched an investigation on Monday into fraud allegations against former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn.
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Climate change and US-India collaborations in renewable energy resources will be up for discussion at the US-India energy summit coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington, DC, later this month, reports Aziz Haniffa.
"Climate change is a major global challenge. But it is not of our making," Modi said.
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.
Because of India's weak fiscal position, the plethora of debt-burdened infrastructure companies and the poor asset quality of public sector banks, economic growth in 2015-16 may be limited to about six per cent, say Shankar Acharya.
Biden said, "One of the reasons why President Obama called our relations with India, quote, "a defining partnership of the century ahead" is that India is increasingly looking east as a force for security and growth in Southeast Asia and beyond."
Ishita is helping the local community in Spiti lead better lives and build a sustainable environment.
'I would like to believe that out of this struggle (to effect climate change) will be born a generation that will be able to look upon the world with clearer eyes than those that preceded it; that they will be able to transcend the isolation in which humanity was entrapped in the time of its derangement; that they will rediscover their kinship with other beings, and that this vision, at once new and ancient, will find expression in a transformed and renewed art and literature.'
One may fault this government for incompetence, corruption, and delayed action but it cannot be faulted for lacking a vision.
Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid speaks about the importance of the fourth edition of the India-US Strategic Dialogue, which he co-chaired with United States Secretary of State John Kerry in New Delhi
Developed and developing countries are very different and they are different from variety of reasons on climate change.
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