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New Delhi: The Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) is regulating withdrawal of ground water by new industries/projects in over-exploited, critical and semi-critical areas. The CGWA has issued guidelines for withdrawal of ground water in these areas and requested the State Governments to implement these guidelines. They have ‘notified’ 43 areas for regulation of ground water development and decentralized their regulatory powers to district level authorities for grant of permission for extraction of ground water for drinking and domestic use in these areas. Complaints of violations of norms in notified areas are referred to the Authorized officers for taking actions under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

New Delhi: Contours of a political solution to the Kashmir problem are likely to emerge in the next few months. The Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram said this while addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his Ministry here today.

New Delhi: Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology (C&IT) has called upon all stakeholders to work towards strengthening the hardware and manufacturing segment of the Telecom sector. The Minister said that telecom as the service industry alone cannot continue to contribute to country’s GDP at the level it is doing now for long.

The winter session of Parliament has ended without transacting any business with a frozen relationship between the ruling UPA and the opposition.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a trade finance agreement with the Bhutan National Bank Ltd. It is ADB's first such agreement in the South Asian country.

New York: The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today endorsed a new rapid test for tuberculosis, which it says could revolutionize the way the disease is tackled by providing an accurate diagnosis in about 100 minutes, compared to current tests that can take up to three months.

India has a long coastline of 7517 kilometre and 95 % of trade by volume is moved by sea. The Directorate General of Lighthouses plays an important role in guiding the vessels and facilitating this most important economic activity.

New York: Committing funds to climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in developing countries will lead to a safer, healthier and prosperous world for all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegates at the United Nations climate change conference in Cancún today, urging them to find ways of raising the required resources.

New York: General elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) next year will be a crucial step towards restoring stability to the country through a democratic process, but the polls must be free, fair and transparent, the United Nations envoy to the African nation told the Security Council today.

New York: Representatives from more than 60 countries gathered in Rome today for a United Nations-backed meeting to promote the international treaty considered essential for the conservation and use of the world’s threatened plant genetic resources.