Russia's nuclear trade with Europe flows despite Ukraine warA cargo ship carrying uranium that departed from the French port of Dunkirk traveled across the North Sea on Thursday, heading toward the R...
29 Sep, 2022, 09.35 PM IST
The 12 candidates in France's presidential electionFrench television channels will broadcast projections of the final results, which are generally highly accurate, as soon as polls close at ...
10 Apr, 2022, 01.28 PM IST
Hybrid cars' green credentials under scrutinyGreenpeace and the pressure group Transport & Environment believe that hybrids actually slow down transition to EVs. They want to accelerat...
03 Nov, 2021, 10.06 AM IST
Emmanuel Macron announces 30-billion-euro plan to re-industrialise FranceFrench officials believe that France needs to act rapidly to close the gap and not surrender more ground to emerging powers, notably China.
12 Oct, 2021, 07.36 PM IST
Germany is first major economy to phase out coal and nuclearThe plan is part of Germany's 'energy transition' - an effort to wean Europe's biggest economy off planet-warming fossil fuels and generate...
03 Jul, 2020, 07.56 PM IST
EU bank to stop funding fossil fuels in 'landmark decision'Despite gas proving a potential sticking point, the EIB's board of directors -- composed of state representatives and the European Commissi...
15 Nov, 2019, 08.46 AM IST
- G 20 summit: Compromise on climate change, but at what cost?
After the US president decided last month to pull out of the hard-fought deal to combat global warming, climate change was always going to ...
09 Jul, 2017, 12.11 PM IST
Home Ministry "inadvertently" renews, cancels licence of another NGOThe licence of Florence Home Foundation, a member of France's Emmaus International, was cancelled for alleged misutilisation of foreign gra...
09 Jan, 2017, 10.13 PM IST
Diktats on institutions: PM Modi needs to be a better strategist to make development agenda workModi needs to be a better strategist than the brilliant tactician that he has been so far. Institutions do not change on diktats and one-li...
12 Apr, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
Maoists getting support from European organisations, home ministry saysThe ministry said it has information that senior cadres of the Communist Party of Philippines imparted training to the cadres of CPI (Maois...
15 Jul, 2014, 03.01 PM IST
- Greenpeace criticises Francois Hollande's nuclear pitch
Greenpeace has criticised French Prez Francois Hollande for promoting nuclear energy in India while reducing his country's dependence of at...
16 Feb, 2013, 04.34 PM IST
- G20 to warn of 'uneven' recovery
Leaders from the group of 20 top economies will warn that the global recovery remains "uneven and fragile" when they meet in Toronto later ...
23 Jun, 2010, 09.26 PM IST
- Climate Science vs. Climate Politics: Who has the greenest ‘fingers’ of them all?
Tuvalu's PM is at the top and Manmohan scores better than Obama in world’s first league table of ‘green’ leaders.
08 Nov, 2009, 10.16 AM IST
- G8 supports launching 20 carbon-burying projects by 2010
The Group of Eight industrial powers and Indian and China on Sunday said they hoped to launch 20 large projects to bury greenhouse gas by 2...
08 Jun, 2008, 08.56 PM IST
- EU power firms make urgent call for nuke plants
European power companies called for urgent EU-wide moves to ease the way for new nuclear plants at a forum in Prague on Friday, stressing s...
23 May, 2008, 04.31 PM IST
- Greenpeace alert on genetically modified corn in Indian food products
Greenpeace, an environmental activist group sounded an alert in New Delhi on Friday on the presence of Genetically Modified (GM) corn in In...
02 May, 2008, 10.17 PM IST
- Titanic's just too small for nextgen cruise liners
The next generation of liner will contain 1,700-seat theatres, shopping malls and even wave pools for surfing and be up to about 410 metres...
04 Dec, 2006, 02.21 AM IST