First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Environmental reform in the electricity sector - China and India
This article analyzes the challenges to effective environmental protection in the power sectors of China and India. Its analytical framework consists of identification of environmental policies and regulations affecting electricity generation, assessment of problems faced when implementing these policies and regulations, and finally recommendations for surmounting the barriers encountered.
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Social protection the role of cash transfers
<p>This report highlights the importance of social protection in the struggle against global poverty. Social protection aims to enhance the capacity of poor and vulnerable persons to manage economic and social risks, such as unemployment, sickness, disability and old age. </p>
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Revival of Mathura's ailing Yamuna river
The quality restoration of any river, especially of the Yamuna at Mathura, a religious center in India, is a very complex and interdisciplinary endeavor. River pollution cannot be minimized merely by diverting the routes of drains carrying wastewaters and/or establishing sewage treatment plants.
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The search for trends in global catastrophe losses
This document contains the White paper presented at Workshop on climate change and disaster losses: understanding and attributing trends and projections at Hohenkammer, Munich during 25
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Sick berth
The Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre has done little for the long term treatment of gas victims
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Another ammunition cache in Ghaziabad
There will be many more if we don t clean up
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Outbreak
Malaria control in Assam mired in corruption, mismanagement
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Himalayan hazard
The next big quake can kill 150,000 people, claim seismologists; say traditional construction is safer
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Court curb
Construction at Polavaram stopped
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Bone of contention
Arunachal turns to private Players for hydel power