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Indias captive leopards: a life sentence behind bars
2016-06-22 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When an escaped leopard tackled a man at a poolside on a school campus in the southern Indian city of Bangalore early this year, the video went viral. The victim was one of the wildlife managers trying to recapture the animal. His colleagues finally managed to tranquilize it late that night and return it to a nearby zoo that was serving as a rescue center for a population of 16 wild-caught leopards. A week later, the leopard squeezed between the bars of another cage and escaped again, this time for...
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Systra-led consortium selected as general consultant for India's Nagpur Metro project
2016-06-17 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Nagpur Metro Rail (NMRCL) has appointed a consortium led by French engineering and consulting group Systra as the general consultant for the development of the first phase of India's Nagpur Metro.
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India's Tata Power to buy Welspun Renewables Energy's renewable portfolio for $1.4bn
2016-06-14 01:00:00| Power Technology
India-based Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL) has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire New Delhi-based Welspun Renewables Energy's (WREPL) renewable portfolio for $1.4bn.
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Obama and India's Modi promise deals on climate change and energy
2016-06-08 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The leaders of India and the United States vowed Tuesday to ratify the Paris climate accord this year, pledged to nail down terms for limiting a potent greenhouse gas used as a refrigerant in air conditioners, and set a one-year deadline for concluding a deal for six commercial nuclear power plants. But the two sides provided few specifics about how they would achieve those goals beyond saying that President Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who were meeting at the White House, share the...
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India's water crises demand more than grand projects
2016-06-07 08:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: India is facing one of its most serious droughts in recent memory - official estimates suggest that at least 330m people are likely to be affected by acute shortages of water. As the subcontinent awaits the imminent arrival of the monsoon rains, bringing relief to those who have suffered the long, dry and exceptionally warm summer, the crisis affecting India's water resources is high on the public agenda. Unprecedented drought demands...
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