Saturday, January 5, 2008

Topics for Jan-15-2008 Issue

This post is created for collecting topics for the Open Window Issue Jan-15-2008.
Readers can submit topics in the comment.
Only requirement is that each submission must have at least one url linking to original news item along with a short snippet of the news item.

12 comments:

AK said...

http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/all/4BDFFB56632CC22E652573C6003F8EA5?Opendocument
DMRC becomes world's first rail project on UN's green list

New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) Riding high on its achievements, the Delhi Metro has added another feather in its cap when it became the first railway project in the world to be registered by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
This feat would help financially by earning carbon credits, which is measured in terms of reduction of carbon dioxide by adequate measures.

"This is the first time in the world that the UNFCCC has registered a project based on regenerating braking technology (RBT)," DMRC Chief Public Relation Officer Anuj Dayal said.

AK said...

http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/all/B3E222F2A95C01D7652573C5005552FF?Opendocument

Captalism only way to industrialise Bengal : Buddhadeb

Kolkata, Jan 3 (PTI) Capitalism was the only way to industrialise West Bengal although socialism could have been a better alternative, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee said today.

AK said...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7171201.stm

OLPC (One laptop per child) project loses partner

Intel has pulled out of a project to put cheap laptops in the hands of children in the developing world.

ManishBajpai said...
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ManishBajpai said...

Diplomatic Moves Intensify to Resolve Kenya Political Crisis
http://voanews.com/english/2008-01-08-voa13.cfm

ManishBajpai said...

Cayne to Step Down as Bear Stearns CEO
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.T1N20pRuYc&refer=home

ManishBajpai said...

Study Finds Vaccine Preservative Is Not Linked to Risks of Autism
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/health/08autism.html?ref=us

ManishBajpai said...

http://www.blonnet.com/2007/01/22/stories/2007012203440100.htm
Tata Motors flags off work at Singur small car plant

AK said...

http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/all/9DB9325EDB7D5323652573CF002202CB?Opendocument
Kerala's Kannur registers the largest number of rioting cases

AK said...

http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/all/338DA4318963E8B1652573CF0022673E?Opendocument
Hotel Industry included under Factories Act

AK said...

http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/all/33F9A7A6E79114B5652573CC0046AE7B?Opendocument
President, Vice-President, Governers get a big pay hike

AK said...

http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/all/B277089B0E541A58652573CA004E54DE?Opendocument
SC says no to deletion of word 'socialist' from Constitution