New Delhi, Jan 11 : In a new survey, environmental group Greenpeace has called for more efforts to produce "the greenest consumer electronic products" on the market.

Consumer electronic products today have "a smaller environmental footprint than those sold a year ago", but the industry as a whole still has plenty of room for improvement, officials from Greenpeace said in a new survey released at the ongoing Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In the survey entitled "Green Electronics: the Search Continues," Greenpeace assesses the progress made over the past year by consumer electronic companies on their public commitments to green their products.

New Delhi, Jan 11 : Vice President Hamid Ansari will inaugurate the fourteenth National Youth Festival at Amritisar tomorrow.

It is the first time that National Youth Festival would be held in Punjab till January 16.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will preside over the function. Dr. M. S. Gill, Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and Gulzar Singh Ranike, Sports Minister, Punjab , will be the ''Guests of Honour'' at the function.

The Oil Sectors Officers Association (OSOA) has announced to call off strike with immediate effect following threats of stern action against striking officers of oil sector companies by Union Government.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Union Cabinet have taken tough stance against officers that prompted OSOA to re-think on strike.

The employees of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Oil India Limited called off their strike by noon and Indian Oil Corporation and Gas Authority of India Limited Unions' followed the footsteps to avoid government's crackdown on agitating officers.

New Delhi, Jan. 10 : Merchant navy sailors and relations of Captain Jasprit Chawla and Chief Officer Shyam Chetan, the two convicted Indian shipping officers of vlcc
(very large crude carrier) ''Hebei Spirit'', staged a demonstration in New Delhi on Saturday seeking justice and their release by contending they were not guilty for the collision of the anchored tanker with a crane barge in Korea.

The protestors were seeking justice and release of the two jailed Indian marine officers by contending they were not primarily guilty for the collision of the tanker with a barge of Samsung in Korea.

New Delhi, Jan. 10 : Union Surface Transport and Shipping Mminister T R Baalu on Saturday said that he was ready to invoke the Essential Service Maintenance Act (ESMA) to force striking transporters to get back on the road.

Suggesting an advisory action plan to state governments to deal with the strikers, Baalu said it would include declaring transport services as essential services and to use transport vehicles within the state for carrying the essential commodities without permit.

He also said that while he did want to act tough, he would not hesitate to suspend or cancel the permits of strikers if they did not back down.

New Delhi/Mumbai, Jan. 10 :India''s fuel crisis blew over on Friday, but commuters in New Delhi continued to grapple with short fuel supply even on Saturday.

Commuters ran from one petrol pump to the other in search of fuel as many of the pumps had run dry after the three-day strike.

"The strike has ended but we are not able to get petrol or diesel anywhere. I''ve checked two three petrol pumps but have not been able to get any fuel," said Kapil, a commuter.

A few filling stations were found functioning normally, meeting the commuters'' demand for fuel.