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Indian jail aims to be 'world's first green prison'New Delhi (AFP) Dec 16, 2009 South Asia's largest prison -- Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi -- is hoping to become the first in the world to go green, by using renewable energy, recycled waste and cutting its electricity consumption. The size of a small town, the vast complex in the west of the Indian capital has 10 prison blocks, covers 160 hectares (395 acres) and is massively overcrowded. Close to 11,500 inmates ... read more |
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Kavre, Nepal (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Thirty years ago, Nepalese farmer Badri Prasad Jangam realised that the once thickly-wooded hillside that overlooks his home had been transformed into a barren slope. Decades of deforestation had taken their toll, stripping away the topsoil, affecting vital underground water sources and threatening to bring disaster to a community entirely dependent on farming for its livelihood. Now the ... more  
Kokomo, Indiana (AFP) Dec 15, 2009For most of the past century, the Continental Steel mill loomed over the town of Kokomo, Indiana -- first as a sign of prosperity, then as a stark reminder of the rust belt's decline and the massive costs of environmental cleanup. A 50-foot (15-meter) high pile of slag was left over from 74 years of making nails, wire and fencing from scrap metal. There were 2,450 drums filled with ... more  
Sydney (AFP) Dec 14, 2009Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday warned that troubled global climate talks were at risk of "failure" and urged world leaders to adopt a more flexible approach. Rudd, who is due to arrive at the summit on Wednesday, said key polluters like China and India had made positive statements but as the talks enter their second week, a consensus looked difficult to achieve. "There's a ... more |
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  'Dire' Bangladesh policing threatens democracy: think-tank   Wind power to gain from Copenhagen deal   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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Bhubaneshwar, India (AFP) Dec 13, 2009India successfully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a ship near the east coast on Sunday, a defence official said. The Dhanush, which has a short range of 350 kilometres (220 miles), is a navy version of the surface-to-surface Prithvi missile and can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads. The missile was successfully fired from a ship in the Bay of Bengal, said S.P. Das, director of Integrated Test Range, a unit of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. "The test met all the requisite parameters," he said. ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Dec 10, 2009 EADS Innovation Works, the European aerospace and defense group's research and development network, has opened a facility in Bangalore. The facility, located within the premises of the Airbus Engineering Center India, is part of the EADS "global research and technology strategy," EADS Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti said at the opening ceremony. Yann Barbaux, head of the EADS ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 10, 2009Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Indian and Brazilian counterparts vowed Thursday to cooperate on climate change, state media said, after a rift opened among developing nations in Copenhagen talks. Wen, who is slated to attend the global climate change summit in the Danish capital, spoke by phone separately to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da ... more |
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  Outside View: Playing the India card  Copenhagen hosts alternative climate summit   Rights under growing threat in China: analysts |
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