India is committed to increasing share of renewable enrgy, says Dr. Farooq Abdullah at IIEA, Dublin

Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah has said that India is committed to increasing the share of renewable power in the electricity mix to 15 per cent by the year 2020. He said an action plan has already been developed that aims at accelerating the deployment of renewable energy with a target of around 30 GW of renewable power by 2017. Dr. Abdullah was addressing a distinguished gathering at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin in Ireland yesterday.

China launches woman into space

China on Saturday sent its first woman into space, successfully carrying out the much-anticipated launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which will perform the first manned docking mission and lay the ground work for plans to build a space station.The three astronauts on board Shenzhou-9, including 33-year-old mother of one Liu Yang, were given a grand send off by top Chinese officials that was broadcast live on national television.

Is science another of those fanatical religions?

“Intellectual integrity made it quite impossible for me to accept the myths and dogmas of even very great scientists, more particularly of the belligerent and so-called advanced nations. Indeed, those intellectuals who accepted them were abdicating their functions for the joy of feeling themselves at one with the herd.”— Bertrand Russell 1872-1969.

Is science really serious when scientists claim that only science is authentic and all else is unreal? Has science lost its heart? Is science another of those fanatical tight-knit religions? Why is science being sold as the only route to human wisdom? Eons before modern science of the West came into being humankind existed here with all the wisdom which we claim we have today.

Online property registration coming

Online application for the registration of land and property documents could soon be a reality as the Ministry of Rural Development plans amendments to update and close the loopholes in the century-old Registration Act.The proposed amendments also aim to plug revenue leakage, reduce disputes, empower registration officers, increase transparency and begin the creation of a computerised database of land records in the country, according to Ministry officials.

Triplicane co-op sells vegetables at cheaper rates

In a bid to combat the vegetable price hike and supply fresh produce at an affordable rate, the Triplicane Urban Cooperative Society (TUCS) has started sales at its supermarkets since Friday.The spiralling cost of vegetables for the past few months has burnt a hole in consumers’ pockets. Fewer arrivals and less crop yield are cited to be the reasons for the price hike.