19 hours ago by moneygrab

The early signs of economic revival seem to have emerged from the increase in advance tax payments made by most of the Mumbai-based corporate houses and banks in the third quarter of 2009-10. Advance tax revenue from major companies rose 36 per cent to Rs 10,700 crore in the third quarter of the cur ...

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2 days ago by Elsa Tsioumani

Indigenous innovation at vanguard of climate change Kirsty Galloway McLean, UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative, 10 December 2009 In this article, Kirsty Galloway McLean reviews how Indigenous Peoples at the vanguard of climate change are actively using their traditional knowledge and survival ...

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2 days ago by Elsa Tsioumani

Scientists Turn to Inuit for Clues IPS, 13 December 2009 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: The Inuit people who live in and around the Arctic are among the worst victims of global warming, and scientists are now turning to their experience and indigenous knowledge to understand the staggering effects of climate ...

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2 days ago by Elsa Tsioumani

Bringing the Rainforest to Copenhagen IPS, 12 December 2009 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: In order to showcase the issues facing native people, the Indigenous Voices on Climate Change film festival is focusing a critical lens on global warming, with the assistance of some of the world’s most vulnerable peopl ...

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2 days ago by Elsa Tsioumani

Indigenous Peoples Raise Their Voice IPS, 10 December 2009 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Indigenous Peoples from many parts of the world, who are losing their lands and cultures due to climate change, are making their voices heard at Copenhagen. “This climate crisis threatens the very survival of indigenous ...

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2 days ago by Elsa Tsioumani

Too Much or Too Little Water in the Himalayas ICIMOD, 11 December 2009 Hundreds of millions of people in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region and in the river basins downstream are being forced to adapt to a new reality: climate change. Climate change is increasing uncertainty and the risk for extreme dr ...

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2 days ago by Elsa Tsioumani

Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore of the World Intellectual Property Organization, 15th session 7 December – 11 December 2009 (Geneva, Switzerland) The fifteenth session marked the resumption of the IGC’s substantive work a ...

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2 days ago by Elsa Tsioumani

Hundreds of Indian languages struggle to survive AFP, 13 December 2009 NEW DELHI, INDIA: Kukna, Panchmahali and Rathvi are just three of dozens of tribal Indian tongues taught at the Adivasi Academy in western India, which was set up in 1996 in an attempt to preserve the country’s indigenous culture ...

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2 days ago by Elsa Tsioumani

Patenting melon juice? Not if India gets its way … AFP, 11 December 2009 NEW DELHI, INDIA: Fed up with foreign companies patenting traditional medicine from India, the country’s top scientific body is compiling a giant database of everything from yoga positions to medicinal fruit juice. The initiati ...

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2 days ago by moneygrab

*Crude declined for ninth straight session and saw longest declining streak in 8 years. On Friday, crude prices closed down 1% at $69.87/bbl. It made a low of $68.86/bbl today. Long positions in Nymex declined 11% in previous week. *Parsvnath Developers is looking to raise Rs 242 crore by the March- ...

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