HEADLINES
- Ties hinge on a peaceful border, manmohan tells Li
- Health services in Maoist areas an opportunity and a challenge says Jairam
NATIONAL
NEWS
- Bonn meeting on water to have resonance in the drought hit kerala
- Scientists all over the earth debate if the planet has passed Holocene into a new geological epoch they call Anthropocene. If Holocene began 11,500 years ago with the retreat of the glaciers, the evidence of Anthropocene lies in the deleterious impact of human dominance on the environment
- “Water in the Anthropocene,” a four-day meeting in Bonn in Germany from Tuesday, will discuss ways to mitigate the key factors contributing to extreme damage to the global water system caused by human interference
- Humans have accelerated major processes such as erosion, applied massive quantities of nitrogen that leaks from soil to groundwater and surface water and, sometimes, literally siphoned off all water from rivers, emptying them for human uses before they reach the ocean
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS
- China's image problem in Myanmar
- China’s ambition of transporting energy through the Indian Ocean and across the mountains of Myanmar seems close to fulfilment. Natural gas is scheduled to start flowing in July from wells deep in the Bay of Bengal through a 500-mile pipeline. Oil will run in a parallel pipe at the end of the year.
- With its projects challenged more than ever by activists energised by Myanmar’s democratic opening, China has been trying to repair its tarnished reputation among residents here, and in the country at large.
- And last week, in a new ominous sign for the Chinese, guerrillas of the Shan State Army attacked a compound belonging to the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, a partner with the Chinese oil company, not far from the pipeline and close to China’s border.
- Largest hydroelectric project
- Work on the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam will start in October 2015 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), The meeting on the proposed Inga dam on the Congo River also involved multilateral lending institutions. “With a production of 40,000 megawatts, the Grand Inga project will eventually provide electricity to half the African continent
OPINION/EDITORIALS
- Article by the chinese premier on their relationship with India
- Important article on China India relationships in the future
- Article on the reality of oil prices
- Editorial on terror cases
- Editorial on hampi
BUSINESS
- US clears shale gas export to India
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