Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
Over 90 per cent of us residents carry a cocktail of pesticides in them, according to the Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals released by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc) on July 21, 2005. The cdc bio-monitoring program tested the blood and urine of …
Although, the rate of literacy is higher in Bhopal as compared to other cities of the state, the women folk are still ignorant of recent technological developments and the aquaculture technology is no exception. In view of this perspective, the Department of Applied Aquaculture, Barkatullah University, Bhopal implemented a training …
function graph() { var popurl="files/images/20050531/28-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=600,height=260,scrollbars=yes") } • An average Indian spends more time on washing as compared to people of other countries. • Worldwide, washing has a gender bias, with women spending more time in the activity than men. • Surprisingly, in India the time spent on washing by …
The tsunami killed many more women than men, leaving a severe gender imbalance in affected areas, says fresh research by international non-governmental organisation (ngo) Oxfam. Australia-based Oxfam Community Aid Abroad International recently compiled the first report on the tsunami's gender implications. "In some villages it now appears that up to …
• Femlink Pacific, a women's non-government organisation in Fiji launched its first mobile women's community radio project in the second week of January this year. Called "Radio in a Suitcase', the project aims to increase the capacity of women, especially those from rural or poorer communities, to communicate openly on …
dichloro chloro phenyl ethylene (dde), a toxic residue of ddt, has been found responsible for foetal loss, according to a study conducted by Mathew Longnecker and his co-workers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in the us (Environmental Research, Vol 97, No 2 pp 127-133). From 1997-1999, blood …
a tense situation prevails in Pakistan's Balochistan province following a recent attack by locals on the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited's (sngpl's ) gas installation at Sui in Dera Bugti district. The sngpl's purification plant was damaged, forcing it to cut off gas supply to the country's fertiliser and power …
Accurate exposure information for cosmetic products and ingredients is needed in order to conduct safety assessments. Essential information includes both the amount of cosmetic product applied, and the frequency of use. To obtain current data, a study to assess consumer use practices was undertaken. The study included three widely used …
The Mineral Foundation of Goa aims to: address environmental and social issues concerning the communities in the mining belt of Goa through formulation and implementation of developmental programmes; contribute to economic and social development of the local communities by training and capacity building; to facilitate tripartite partnership amongst industry, government …
The authors examined the association between pesticide use and breast cancer incidence among farmers’ wives in a large prospective cohort study in Iowa and North Carolina. Participants were 30,454 women with no history of breast cancer prior to cohort enrollment in 1993–1997. Information on pesticide use and other information was …
US appeals: The US has formally appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that subsidies paid to US cotton farmers are against the rules of global trade. WTO's decision on the US appeal would be final. The process normally takes about three months. In September 2004, the WTO had …
A women development programme is changing the face of Rajasthan's countryside Something unique is being done in the countryside of Rajasthan, in the self-help groups (shgs) formed in the villages. Following keen interest shown in the matter by chief minister Vasundhera Raje, poor women who live in abject poverty in …
The position of women sarpanchs in Panchayati Raj Institutions might soon be reserved for more than five years if the resolution passed at the national roundtable on panchayati raj, held at Raipur in Chattisgarh on September 24-25, 2004, is translated into practice. The roundtable has left it to the state …
no fishy treatment: A human blood clotting agent required for treating haemophilia and serious bleeding has been produced using genetically modified fish by researchers from the University of Southampton, the UK. There is still a long way to go before the product reaches the market, but if the project is …
The Supreme Court of India has asked all state governments about the enforcement of guidelines on sterlisation. The Supreme Court (sc) directive regarding the framing of a proper insurance scheme to protect women from post-sterilisation woes comes in response to an application filed by a petitioner demanding strict enforcement of …
In 1967-68, I was a proud 19-year old soldier with the American army's infantry division (1st/4th cavalry) fighting the Vietnamese. About 25 years later, I suffered severe back pains. I suspected lung cancer and got a full physical examination done. Sure as hell, the cancer was there
women who drink more than one soft drink a day are more likely to suffer from diabetes than females who consume less than one a month, according to a research. The study, which has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is based on the analysis of …
In Nagpur city, women gather outside a court. In broad daylight they lynch a local serial rapist. When four women are arrested, few hundred women own up to the crime. They say they killed Akku Yadav because the local police did little to stop his criminal reign of terror; they …
