Singapore, Nov 15 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he will attend next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen for political and moral support, presidential spokesman Dino Patt

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) A major pilots' association
has charged Air India chief Arvind Jadhav with trying to
provoke a strike and on that pretext declare a lockout which

Mincing no words in criticising the author of the
report, Pachauri said, "it is the observation of the entire
scientific community that glaciers are melting.

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Rubbishing the claim by an
Indian government-backed study that melting of glaciers was
not due to climate change, leading environmentalist R K

In this context, he stressed that WIPO had a positive
contribution to make in relation to technology mapping and
landscaping to identify existing technologies and their legal

Betwa Sharma
United Nations, Nov 15 (PTI) A top UN official has
praised India for its "pioneering" role in protection of

Sources said the levy could have been increased because
of shift in Naxal strategy as they are now increasingly
looking at acquisition of foreign-made arms than just

Naxals increase 'levy' to combat security forces
New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Naxalites have increased the
'levy' taken from traders and locals to meet the rise in

Moscow, Nov 15 (PTI) Owing to rough weather, the
acceptance trials of Akula-II class nuclear attack submarine,
which is to be leased to India, have been delayed by a week.

A total fire ban has been declared for much of NSW as the state prepares itself for
temperatures of up to 40C on Monday.