India

 Goodbye democracy

What Essar can do, the Tatas can too

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
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Industry
Economy

 Regional Trade Agreements dividing north south trade?

The World Trade Organization (wto) was supposed to be the driver of free trade in a globalised economy. But this does not seem to be the case. Regional trade agreements (rtas) seem to be ruling the

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Sourav Mishra
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Trade, WTO, Economy, Economic Development, Subsidies, International Cooperation, Unemployment, India, Global, Developing Countries, Globalisation
Mining

 Mechanisation of mining operations still an idea in India

Safety the major casualty in mining

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
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Mining, Coal, Occupational Safety, Industrial Disasters, India, Jharkhand, Coal India
Industry

 Another India is (not) ours

At a media studded book release function, a leading editor was recounting a recent incident. He was travelling with a top Uttar Pradesh politician who we will not name but call Mr A in his brand

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Sunita Narain
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Displacement, Farmers, Compensation, Subsidies, Poverty, Industry, Private Sector, Governance, India, Corruption
India

 What class do you need to travel business class?

to fly business class one must look and behave like a businessman. Santraj Maurya did not have that demeanour. He really couldn't have. Picking waste from Delhi's roads doesn't really bestow one

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mining, Uranium, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Andhra Pradesh
Mining

 Andhra uranium mining project gives locals short shrift

widespread resistance to a new uranium mine and processing plant in his long-time Pulivendula assembly constituency in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh has come as a shock to chief minister Y S

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
S Ramakrishna
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mining, Uranium, Health Effects, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Conflicts, Compensation, Human Rights, Politics, India, Andhra Pradesh, Nalgonda (D)
Agriculture

 Seeds bill doesn t matter in India's horticulture capital

sopan joshi meets farmer tycoons oblivious of the Seeds Bill 2004, but hooked to a biotech future

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
Sopan Joshi
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Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Seeds, Horticulture, Farmers, Biotechnology, Legislation, India, Andhra Pradesh, East Godavari
Industry

 Periyar river's pollution is Eloor's bane

a people's Right Declaration Convention held on September 17, 2006, at Eloor

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
M Suchitra
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River Pollution, Periyar, Heavy Metals, Health Effects, Pesticide Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Compensation, DDT, Endosulfan, Industry, India, Kerala
Environment

 IN COURT

Oil lease sale blocked: In a preliminary ruling, a US federal court has recently blocked the US administration's plan to allow oil companies, access to the sensitive wetlands near the vast Teshekpuk

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14/10/2006
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Environment, Forests, Wetlands, Mining, Ecology, Afforestation, Coal, Compensation, Oil Exploration, Petrochemical Industry, Supreme Court, United States Of America (US), Arctic, India, Forest Management
Economy

 IN SHORT

green gdp: According to the China Green National Accounting Study Report 2004, the country suffered economic losses to the tune of US $64 billion

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
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Environment Economics, Pollution, Economy, Maternal Health, Rehabilitation, Child Health, DDT, Pesticide Residues, Research, China, Spain, India, Jharkhand, Mining

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