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Bihar villagers now get green electricity
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A technology that converts rice husk into electricity is gaining ground in Bihar. Some 100,000 households in the state already use electricity produced from biomass and their number is steadily growing.
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Flying foxes get sanctuary in Jharkhand
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Every evening, as dusk gathers on the smoking chimneys of this iron and steel township, an army of giant vampires creeps out of lairs on a small island in the middle of a lake.
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Gehlot releases UN report at Jaipur
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today expressed concern over climate change and called for a collective endeavour by countries all over the world to control the global phenomenon.
"Climate change is taking place rapidly and collective...
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California bans power guzzling flat screen TVs
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California regulators have passed new regulations to ban power-hungry flat screen televisions from store shelves.
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National solar mission to be launched on Friday
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The government today said the ambitious National Solar Mission, which aims to generate 20,000 MW of power by 2020, will be launched on Friday.
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Women, worst hit and overlooked in climate change debate: UN
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Women farmers, particularly in poor countries will be worst hit by climate change as they make up the larger share of the agricultural work force and also because they have fewer access to income-earning opportunities, a new UN report has said.
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