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INTERNATIONAL · Cochin International Airport, Worlds 1st Fully Solar Energy-Powered Airport: UNEP The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)recognized Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) in Kerala as the world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport. CIAL is India’s first airport to be constructed in public-private-partnership (PPP) model in 1999. It is the busiest and largest airport … Read more
KARNATAKA Leopards, blackbucks, elephants are a poll issue in Karnataka For candidates in areas bordering forests in Karnataka, the election is not so much about roads and electricity as it is about stopping wild elephants in their tracks. And not just the jumbos, rising human-animal conflicts in the state means blackbucks, leopards, monkeys and even crocodiles are turning … Read more
KARNATAKA · Arogya Karnataka may be a reality only by June ð The much-hyped Arogya Karnataka scheme that assures cashless treatment for poor people in private hospitals will see the light of day only by June. Sources said the draft of the memorandum of empanelment with private hospitals has been redrafted many times and not yet … Read more
KARNATAKA Only 350 of Bengaluru’s 73 lakh vehicles run on CNG It’s been 18 months since the city got its first Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) station, yet only around 350 vehicles are currently plying on the alternative fuel. Bengaluru is home to 73 lakh vehicles. According to officials from GAIL Gas, which runs the station near Laggere, a … Read more