New national investment body should not weaken India’s environmental governance systems, says CSE

CSE cautions against Cabinet Committee on Investment bulldozing these systems Had been opposed to the proposed National Investment Board (NIB) In an earlier assessment, CSE had found unprecedented clearances being given by the ministry of environment to industrial projects Findings had trashed the allegation that environmental considerations are proving to be an impediment in India’s …

Government Creates National Clean Energy Fund for Research and Innovative Projects

The Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah informed Lok Sabha today that the National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) is created for funding research and innovative projects in clean energy technologies. Any project/scheme relating to innovative methods to adopt to clean energy technology and research & development shall be eligible for funding under …

Implementation of Objectives of EITI

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative [EITI] is a globally developed standard for extraction of natural resources to promote revenue transparency at the local level. India is not a signatory to the EITI. However we have an elaborate legal and constitutional framework to manage mineral sector as indicated below: (i) The mineral sector is guided in terms …

Government is Making Every Effort for Turnaround of the Economy and Creating Investor Friendly Climate – Finance Minister

The Union Finance Minister Shri P Chidambaram has said that the Government is making every effort for turnaround of the economy and creating investor friendly climate. He further stated that external sector vulnerabilities are affecting the Indian economy because of the rapid globalization of the economy.  Shri Chidambaram was delivering this inaugural address at the Delhi Economics …

Shift to cleaner energy sources is imperative, says President

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the National Energy Conservation Day 2012 today (December 14, 2012) at Vigyan Bhavan. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that sustainable development mandates the use of available natural resources in a more efficient way. He stated that we have to, accordingly, promote universal access to energy, …

SPY,Dollar Index and Gold charts – Umesh Shanmugam

We have seen a bug run up in stocks this month and things are looking a little long in the teeth. A large number of stocks are trading above their upper Bollinger band and the broad market is testing that key resistance level also. Typically when a Bollinger band is reached we see price reverse …

Vserv.mobi energizes Indian mobile app development ecosystem Announces cash prize of Rs 1 lakh for Hackathon session at AppFest 2012, Hyderabad

Hyderabad/Mumbai, December 14, 2012 : Vserv.mobi, a leading Global Mobile Ad network, reiterated its commitment to energize the developer ecosystem by announcing a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000 for the winner of the Hackathon session at India’s first IAMAI AppFest event scheduled from 13-15th December 2012. Representing one of the tracks for AppFest 2012, Hackathon …

Nautica Watches Latest News: NST Ceramic

MIDDLEBURY, CT, For Immediate Release – Nautica Watches unfurls the latest in the NST Chrono Flag family—this time in a beautiful ceramic case. The NST Ceramic is a sophisticated update of the best selling chronograph featuring maritime signal flags as hour markers on the dial that spell out “Nautica Sport” in the internationally recognized nautical flag …