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Virus-free plants to boost apple produce

  •  Pratibha Chauhan  |   9 July 2013

Source: The Tribune

TERI is implementing the project on \"Biotechnological interventions for the propagation and improvement of apple rootstocks\" in two states, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The main objective is to select elite rootstocks and develop cost-effective tissue culture protocols. Read More »

MDGS: India fails to meet poverty deadline

  •  Rashme Sehgal  |   6 July 2013

Source: Asian Age

India has once again failed to meet the deadline for eradicating extreme poverty. Read More »

At current rate, India 'will achieve' poverty reduction target by '15

  •  Express News Service  |   6 July 2013

Source: The Indian Express

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2013, that was released by R K Pachauri, co-chairman of the Nobel Prize winning Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, says that there has been a substantial improvement in poverty reduction in India as well. Read More »

Uttarakhand: TERI, Ganga Action Parivar to prepare green report

  •  ET  |   28 June 2013

Source: The Economic Times

TERI and Ganga Action Parivar have come together to prepare a report for TERI and Ganga Action Parivar have come together to prepare a report for green development in Uttarakhand. Read More »

Uttarakhand: TERI, Ganga Action Parivar to prepare green report

  •  The Economic Times  |   28 June 2013

Source: The Economic Times

TERI and Ganga Action Parivar have come together to prepare a report for green development in Uttarakhand. Read More »

Uttarakhand: TERI, Ganga Action Parivar to prepare green report

  •  ENVIS CENTRE ON ECO - TOURISM  |   28 June 2013

Source: ENVIS CENTRE ON ECO - TOURISM

TERI and Ganga ActionParivar have come together to prepare a report for green development in Uttarakhand with the help of foreign experts who have earlier worked in rebuilding tsunami-affected areas in Japan. Read More »

India\'s green mission caught in funds\' crunch

  •  Firstpost  |   5 June 2013

Source: Firstpost

RK Pachauri, chief of the UN\'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), called for better coordination among various ministries and states for better implementation of the mission. The mission also aims at monitoring additional parameters like ground cover, soil condition, erosion and infi... Read More »

Air quality falling in metros in last five years: TERI study

  •  Express News Service  |   4 June 2013

Source: The Indian Express

Fuelled by massive rise in number of vehicles, the air quality in six metros in the country has worsened in the last five years. The mushrooming of industries has been labelled as the second highest contributor to the deteriorating air pollution, according to the Environmental Survey 2013. Read More »

Delhi turning into a garbage dump, says TERI report

  •  Bhuvan Bagga  |   4 June 2013

Source: India Today

Over 80 per cent Delhi-NCR residents think waste management has taken a nosedive. But that is only one aspect. At least 80 per cent also feel that surface water quality and its availability have become worse. Read More »

India, US experts talk energy security collaboration

  •  IANS  |   15 May 2013

Source: Business Standard

Leading researchers, policymakers and businesspeople from India and the US discussed strategies for collaboration towards energy security for both countries as they move towards low-carbon economic pathways. Issues relating to sustainable development were in spotlight at the just concluded US-India... Read More »