Jumbo (2008) News

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1. 'ICT can reduce 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions' : New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) solutions have the potential to reduce 10 percent of the country's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 -- thereby leading to energy cost savings of around Rs.137,000 crore (Rs.1.37 ...
2. Tribal families spend nights outside due to wild jumbos : Raipur, Jan 3 (IANS) For the last week, about a dozen tribal families in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district have been spending their nights in the open despite the chilly weather after a herd of wild elephants attacked their homes and continued ...
3. Jumbos' terror back to haunt Chhattisgarh tribals : Raipur, Sep 26 (IANS) After giving sleepless nights for a week to tribals in forests of Chhattisgarh's Surguja district late last month, a herd of wild jumbos returned Monday to the same pocket, forcing dozens of families to migrate to ...
4. Love turns fatal as jumbos clash over female : Raipur, March 30 (IANS) A tragic love story played out in the jungles of Chhattisgarh when two male jumbos clashed for several hours over a female elephant, eventually killing one of them, a forest official said Tuesday. "Two male wild ...
5. China to need over 3,750 jumbo jets by 2029 : Beijing, Nov 16 (IANS) China will need more than 3,750 jumbo jets to meet market demand by 2029, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) said, adding it had struck deals to deliver 100 of its jumbo jets to Air ...
6. Air India to bring back 383 more Indians from Japan : New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) National carrier Air India will bring back 383 more Indians from quake-hit Japan by Thursday night, a senior official here said. "Around 383 passengers will be brought back from Narita, Tokyo, by 9 p.m. tonight," ...
7. Wild jumbos gatecrash school to party : Raipur, Aug 31 (IANS) A herd of wild elephants brought down four tribal houses before gatecrashing into a government primary school and partying on foodgrain stored for mid-day meals to students, a forest official said Wednesday. The incident took place ...
8. Elephant dies at Chhattisgarh zoo : Raipur, Nov 23 (IANS) Days after a tigress was found killed in a Chhattisgarh sanctuary, an elephant died at a zoo in Bilaspur district, forest officials said Wednesday. A post-mortem report confirmed Wednesday that the one-and-half-month old elephant had died ...
9. Singapore's Changi Airport erects 12m jumbo slide for bored passengers : Melbourne, Sept 1 (ANI): Singapore's Changi Airport has come up with a novel idea to relieve passengers' boredom - a 12m jumbo slide known as the Slide@T3. Slide@T3 can shoot passengers down its jumbo twister slide at almost 6m per ...
10. Relief for cinema industry as film rolls gets duty rebate : New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday sought to give relief to the Indian film industry by proposing to exempt some basic raw material that has to be imported from payment of excise duties."The Indian film industry ...