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Too much protest, too little practice
The October edition of Newstrack had a livelier than usual Crosstalk, which featured doctors furious at being brought under the purview of the Consumer Protection Act.
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Dealing with waste
Laws to regulate disposal of hospital wastes have been
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Hell and high water...
...China experiences both as floods imperil the lives of thousands
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TOXIC TRAIL
A small area in northern Vadodara is cluttered with nearly 200 industries, most of them dealing in chemicals. This has created serious environmental problems. The water is unfit for drinking, the air full of toxins, and the once-rich farmland surrounding
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Ambitious but impractical
Several problems block the Panipat district administration's plans to develop an "eco village".
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Conflict and "capital logic"
Mining companies, aided by a short sighted bureaucracy, have recklessly plundered Papua New Guinea's vast mineral wealth, transforming its socio economic profile and leaving behind a degraded environment.
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Wisdom from an obscure archipelago
In Down To Earth's first Country Report, ANIL AGARWAL and SUNITA NARAIN look at Papua New Guinea, its short but volatile transition to the market economy, its unique land tenure system and the mining and forestry sectors.
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Teesta dams: A recipe for disaster?
The Gujarat 2001 earthquake drove home the point that cities built on river alluvium and sand are likely to suffer maximum damage from an earthquake due to high water table and the construction of dams in the upper reaches
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Controls off for diesel generators
Key environmental clause deleted from rules governing diesel generator sets barely six months after implementation
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What a bloody mess
When the Ebola virus broke on April 10 this year, the scientific world went into a tizzy? It's uncontrollable, it's the big daddy of horror movies, and it's incurable. Authors look at the little killer from a safe distance
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To feed the cattle of the West
Extensive soya bean cultivation in Madhya Pradesh to supply fodder to the West has cut a swathe of degradation
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Dubious deal
Before looking for supporters elsewhere, the fossil fuel dependent North should take the first step in reducing carbon emissions at home
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On the trail of the hungry herd
A stray herd of elephants in West Bengal was hounded by villagers and government officials, who feared destruction of their crop. The incident brought to the fore the tension between the animals and the villagers.
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Milk in the reservoir
Sukhomajri's Hill Resource Management Society HRMS has transformed the village from one barely able to meet its basic needs to a prosperous one.
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Innocent humans as guinea pigs
Documents have revealed that the US clandestinely conducted several radioactivity experiments on unsuspecting patients.
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Linking up to stay afloat
People affected by an irrigation project in Rajasthan are not only speaking out collectively against the insensitivity, they are teaming up with others in same soup
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All the water they need
Rainwater harvesting is catching on in a big way in Kochi
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Life takes on new meaning
<I>The tribals of south Bihar found new self respect after their struggle to save their sarnas from outsiders.</I>
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Substantial decline in tiger population
With a sharp fall in India's tiger population, the ministry of environment and forests has decided to set up special teams to deal with poaching.