Hindustan Times: India has thwarted a move by rich countries to have a small group to decide uniform guidelines to implement climate change mitigation action review regime in each country. Instead, India convinced them that each country should submit its own version of guidelines for consideration at the next UN conference in Panama City in

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DNA: Government decisions are often described as absurd, but few are considered random. Most decisions, especially those involving change of responsibility or designation, are carefully calculated. So, when a ministerial portfolio, for instance, is taken away, the question is worth asking — Why? Writing for Al-Jazeera, eco-activist Vandana Shiva had raised questions about the propriety

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