Dodgy arithmetic over Narmada waters
On March 6, 2007, Union minister of state for water resources Jai Prakash Yadav told the Rajya Sabha that in case Madhya Pradesh was not able to utilise its share of the Narmada waters, the
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Bengali adaptation of Animal Farm
PLAY>> POSHU KHAMAR
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Vidarbha's theatre of the jungle
PLAY>> atmahatya
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Issues in privatisation and commercialisation of water
Book>> Water: Private, Limited
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Sunil Shaunak on ethical medicine, patent laws
Sunil Shaunak of Imperial College, London, is pioneering
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What the biofuel goldrush means for food security
recently the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, denounced us president George Bush's new-found fondness for biofuels. Food stocks for millions would be threatened, Castro warned. The octogenarian
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What China is doing to Goa
I wrote last fortnight about how mining in Goa for iron ore was ripping its forests and devastating its people. I wrote of the violence and protests I saw in its villages, where miners were pitted against people angry at the loss of their cultivable lands and their water bodies. I had asked then
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UK bill on emissions
the uk has prepared a draft bill, to be tabled in parliament, which will make carbon emissions mandatory. The domestic targets have been pegged at 26-32 per cent by 2020 and 60 per cent by 2050,
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India must combat climate change
How do we develop economically without degrading our environment? It is necessary to address this question because a large part of environmental losses is not factored into calculations of the Indian
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Goa's mining problems
We were standing between a massive mine and a stunning water reservoir. Local activists were explaining to me that this iron ore mine was located in the catchment of the Salaulim water reservoir, the only water source for south Goa. Suddenly, as I started clicking with my camera, we were surrounded by a jeepload of men. They said they were from the mine management and wanted us off the property.
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Awareness about corporate social responsibility issues must increase
Corporate social responsibility (csr) is a theme that engages business, academics, social and environmental activism, politics and media. It has gained increased prominence of late, driven, by a
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Relocation of monkeys in Delhi good for everybody
the Delhi High Court has finally taken a stand on the translocation of the substantial monkey population in the capital. It has directed the government to round up the monkeys in mammoth cages and
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All about integrated water resources management
BOOK>> Integrated Water Resources Management
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Critical conversation on climate change
BOOK>> Carbon Trading
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Tourism plans for Andamans go on, tsunami notwithstanding
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are still seen as tourist havens, even after being ravaged by the tsunami in December 2004. The tourism policy of Andaman and Nicobar Island 2003 listed its objectives
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What the debate on Singur hasn't touched
A remarkable fact about the recent debate about Singur is that it is so much about land, and so little about cars. Yet a thousand acres of land is really not very much, given that the state has over
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European Commission's research commissioner on India's coaction with EU
(The first India-European Union ministerial-level science conference took place on February 5, 2007, in New Delhi, signalling, for the first time, India's participation as an equal partner with
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India's corrupt pesticide registration system
for years corruption and irregularities in the pesticide registration system in India has been a well-documented norm. Unfortunately, it has taken action from us authorities, which has, for the first
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The kuhls of Kangra by J Mark Baker
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Power projects fragment Western Ghats
Praveen Bhargav The Western Ghats is recognised as a global biodiversity hotspot. In the past, many large development projects including highways, railway lines, mega dams, nuclear plants and