The British financial-services watchdog, criticised for being a lapdog before the financial crisis, has since bared its teeth, this year fining JPMorgan Chase a record £33.3m.An Indian government panel advised against allowing Vedanta Resources to mine for bauxite in the eastern state of Orissa.
NEW DEHLI A high-profile Indian parliamentary panel on agriculture has urged a retreat from genetically modified (GM) food crops and is seeking the mandatory labelling of all GM foods.
NEW DELHI In a report that departs from the scientific mainstream, an Indian government panel is warning that radio emissions from cell phones may pose a hazard to public health.
In science news around the world, the G20 group of industrialized nations has agreed to limit emissions of harmful refrigerants, an Indian parliamentary panel blasts a U.S. nonprofit for alleged ethical lapses in a trial of an HPV vaccine in the country, plans for a Spanish particle accelerator are on hold, and more.
The Sierra Club's Solomon argued that limited protections for Indian solar panel producers would serve the twin aims of creating jobs and greening the country's power grid.
In his London home, African masks, Egyptian figures and Indian sandstone panels stood near presents from friends like Francis Bacon, Claes Oldenburg, Barnett Newman and Willem de Kooning.
Meanwhile, in distinct contrast to Germany or Britain, the levelised cost of solar energy per 1KW/hr unit, averaged out over 25 years, is already close to "grid parity", simply because Indian solar panels are so much more productive.
The Federation of Indian Plywood and Panel Industries (FIPPI) collect data on decorative veneers, particle board, hardboard and medium density fibreboard from individual manufacturing units.
Even with all that and a population that is 41percentt Hispanic American Indian, the state panel produced a highly competitive district.
