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A 400-year-old English forest could be sacrificed for stone used in Britain's historic landmarksA woodland in southeast England faces quarrying for building stone. Kent County Council approved a plan to extract stone from Oaken Wood. L...- Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal quits UK for Switzerland, Dubai ahead of proposed taxes on super-richSteel magnate Lakshmi Mittal is leaving the UK for Switzerland and Dubai, citing concerns over the Labour government's tax reforms, particu...
- It's raining disaster: Why Himalayan states face rising monsoon tragediesHimalayan states face increasing monsoon calamities exacerbated by infrastructure expansion and inadequate early-warning systems. Recent di...
- Walmart's usual victims become its new allies in IndiaThe US co is now rolling out a plan to more than double its wholesale chain in India over the next four years.
- Years roll by but Bengaluru's wish-list remains the sameIt is not that nothing has changed for the better in these years. It is just that more needs to be done and quickly.
- Wealthy families are winning deals away from private equityFamilies were once regarded as slow-moving and inexperienced investors, but that’s all changed.
- Government seeks public opinion on declaring Navegaon-Nagzira tiger reserve as eco-sensitive zoneGovernemnt has sought public comments on whether to declare an area up to 12 km from the boundary of the Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve as ...
- Eco tag for areas around national parks soonMaharashtra is in the process of declaring areas around national parks and wildlife sanctuaries as eco-sensitive zones.
- Green ministry to give new lease of life to Goa wildlife sanctuaries in 2014Mining and other human activities will be completely banned around four of the six wildlife sanctuaries in Goa from early next year.
- Number of mining accidents falls by 56% in last 7 yearsThis has been the safest period with the number of fatal accidents hitting an all-time low of 112 in 2011 and rising marginally to 116 in 2...
- Metal companies aim for global scaleTwo recent developments, the merger of Sesa Goa and Sterlite, and Tata Steel's plans to get into merchant mining, signal Indian metals & mi...
- Over 5 lakh saplings to be planted in Bangalore this yearThe Karnataka government proposed to plant five lakh saplings in and around Bangalore this year to mitigate the effects of rapid urbanizati...
- 2008 peaceful for industry as strikes & lockouts halveThe number of industrial units affected by strikes has declined from 203 (January-November 2007) to 171 in the first 11 months of 2008.
- Mid-term Review of the Annual Statement on Monetary Policy for the 2008-09During the first quarter of 2008-09, real GDP growth was 7.9 per cent as against 9.2 per cent a year ago. The end-August 2008 release of na...
- UNDP selects Orissa's Ganjam district for PPCPOrissa's Ganjam is among four districts in the country selected by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for implementation of pu...
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