FARC dissidence regroups to prepare for peace

Several thousand peasants and members of the dissident Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) gathered on Saturday April 15 in the south of Colombia, in anticipation of a large unprecedented meeting on Sunday to affirm their “sincere and real commitment” to negotiate peace with the government. “We believe that it is possible to build peace, … Read more

King of Fruits Alphonso available on EMI

Alphonso grown in Deogarh and Ratnagiri of Maharashtra is also known as Hapus mango. Among all the varieties of mango, Alphonso is considered the best. Faced with skyrocketing prices of Alphonso mangoes, known across the world for their distinctive taste, a Pune-based trader has offered customers a unique facility of easy monthly installments to buy … Read more

A tailor-made rainforest summit for Gabon

Neither the place nor the time? The summit on the protection of tropical forests organized on the 1er and March 2 in Libreville, under the aegis of France and Gabon, opens in an atmosphere weighed down by the political dimension of the event for opponents of Ali Bongo Ondimba’s regime. Six months before the next … Read more

India taps Siemens to build e-corridors

New Delhi: India is in talks with Germany’s Siemens AG to develop e-corridors in the country, said two people with knowledge of the matter. E-corridors are dedicated transport corridors for vehicles connected with continuous electricity supply through an overhead line linked with pantographs. Although the talks between the union ministry of road transport and highways, … Read more