The Earth Times Online Newspaper - India The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Hoolock gibbons rescued in India 30 Nov 2011 at 1:44pm Gibbons are one of the largest types of apes that are found in India and a recent rescue mission has saved a small group that were stranded in a cluster of trees. Emerging economies fragile when disaster strikes says report 11 Aug 2011 at 5:05pm Despite their growing wealth, emerging countries such as China and India are vulnerable to major dislocation from natural disasters on their doorstep, says a report from a UK risk consultancy. Although the US and Japan are amongst those at highest risk to an economic loss, their societies are resilient enough to bend, and not break, suggest the authors. Tiger numbers on the rise in India 28 Mar 2011 at 5:25pm According to a new official census released in Delhi today, the tiger population in India has increased to 1,706 - up from 1,114 in 2008. The report was published during the International Conference on Tiger Conservation (ICTC) taking place in Delhi this week, and the purported figures suggest that numbers may have risen for the first time in a decade. Five Lost Frogs Rediscovered 28 Feb 2011 at 4:55pm Five species of frog, some unseen for 136 years, have been rediscovered in India. Amphibians of India aims to rediscover 50 species of Indian amphibians that are considered to be actually, or potentially, extinct in the wild. These are the so-called lost species. Launched in December 2010, it is an ambitious campaign led by the University of Delhi in conjunction with the IUCN and Conservation International. Aircraft engine wash system reduces carbon dioxide emissions 26 Jan 2011 at 5:40am Air India has announced significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions after using engine washing technology developed by an American company. The airline says that it has performed 124 washes using Pratt amp;amp; Whitneys EcoPower technology, saving more than 540,000 gallons of fuel worth $1.9 million and reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 5,300 metric tons. Bhopal 26 years on, India decides not to pursue compensation in US courts 2 Dec 2010 at 2:15am On the 26th year of the Bhopal Gas leak, the India government decides not to pursue Bhopal compensation case in US courts. People still are yet to be treated for reactions to the leak and children with congenital defects continue to be born. India and Bangladesh: Extreme risk from climate change 1 Dec 2010 at 5:45am The Climate Change Vulnerability Index is prepared on the basis of calculated vulnerability of countries to the effects of climate change in the next 30 years. This has bad news for India and Bangaldesh two countries that have been identified as facing the greatest risk to their populations and ecosystems....