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Back with a vengeance

Malaria is making a comeback. Parasites and mosquitoes have developed resistance to drugs and insecticides and new drugs are too costly and their effect short lived
- 30/08/1997
- Down To Earth
- - Malaria
  - Drugs
  - India
The trouble with the Trapezmium

A public interest petition in the Supreme Court to shift industries from the Taj Trapezium, based on a report forwarded by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, opens up a Pandora"s box of objections to experts" ways of tackling the
- 14/04/1996
Stumbling blocks

The Gujarat earthquake struck at the very foundation of urban India. The disaster highlighted the haphazard manner in which the country's towns and cities are laid out. In its aftermath, hastily framed laws on earthquake resistant structures and ambigui
- 14/03/2002
- Down To Earth
Killing them softly

Dolphins, the most playful and beguiling mammals of water, are on the verge of extinction. Awareness programmes will go a long way in preserving the species
- 27/02/2001
Blood on its hands

Industry in Asia's largest chemical unit zone is like a terrorist outfit, devastating the atmosphere and, reportedly, killing people
Simply unpredictable

Despite using satellites and supercomputers, meteorologists are still baffled by the monsoon, unable to say precisely when it will occur and how good -- or bad -- it will be
- 14/08/1993
- - El Nino
  - India
  - Computers
Desert under siege

The Thar of Pakistan is an arid region troubled by long spells of drought, rapidly falling groundwater levels, abysmally low literacy levels and rudimentary medical centres. But the crisis facing the Thar today stems from beyond all this. It can be traced
- 30/12/1992
A few questions

Why are there pesticide residues in bottled water? This isn"t an isolated query. It condenses 3-4 lines of questioning:  What kind of water do companies use as raw material?
- 14/02/2003
- - Pesticides
  - Water Quality
  - Drinking Water
  - Health Effects
  - DDT
  - Lindane
  - Malathion
  - Pesticide Residues
  - Industry
  - India
  - Delhi
  - Statistics
About Clean Air Portal

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- - Air Pollution
About us

<div> <strong>What happened to our right to CLEAN AIR! </strong></div> <div>  </div> <div> Our campaign started with blowing the lid on smog and exposing the smogmakers in a city where
- - Air Pollution