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Rajendra Pachauri: IPCC chief in the spotlightNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 31, 2010 Rajendra Pachauri, under harsh scrutiny as head of the UN's top advisory body on climate change, is a 69-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner with a sideline in writing steamy novels. The Indian said late Monday that member nations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) would have to decide his fate after a damning UN-ordered review into the body's research. But Pachauri, a vocal advocate for tough action against global warming, also criticized what he called "ideologically driven" ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Aug 24, 2010The United States on Tuesday offered to help major economies such as China and India develop shale gas, a rapidly growing sector in North America which US officials bill as a clean alternative. Twenty nations held two days of talks in Washington in first-of-a-kind shale gas talks initiated by the United States, where some forecast that shale - a miniscule presence a decade ago - could domi ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Aug 26, 2010Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) wants the industry, which already accounts for 60 per cent of its budget, to become a risk-sharing partner as the country's space programme gets bigger and into the fast-track. Delivering the keynote address at Bengaluru Space Expo 2010 here, a four-day exhibition focusing on space, satellites and its technologies, ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan ur ... more 
Bangalore CA (PTI) Aug 26, 2010The second international space exhibition and conference began here Wednesday with global space agencies and vendors showcasing their latest technologies, products and services. Organised by the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the four-day Bengaluru Space Expo 2010 focuses on commercialisation of space, remote sensing and ... more |
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Epic traffic jam in China? Where?Xinghe County, China (AFP) Aug 25, 2010 Can a monster traffic jam spanning dozens of miles and leaving drivers stuck for days really disappear overnight? For days, Chinese and foreign media have issued reports explaining how thousands of vehicles were trapped in an epic traffic jam stretching for more than 100 kilometres (60 miles) on a highway leading to China's capital Beijing. The bottleneck on the Beijing-Tibet expressway, which began on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks and was compounded by road ... read more |
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