The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
N Udaykumar, Magadi (Ramanagar dt), Jan 7, DH News Service: Silk reelers in Magadi taluk in Ramanagara district have tears in their eyes literally. Mysterious fumes emanating from raw silk imported from China have not only blurred their vision but their livelihood. Two men affected by toxic Chinese silk in …
David Barboza SHANGHAI: On December 31, Chinese regulators announced that they had arrested three executives and shut down a dairy company here for selling products contaminated with an industrial chemical called melamine. It looked like another sign that regulators had stepped up their food safety campaign after six children died …
Shopkeepers Sell It Under The Counter Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The only perceptible change in the availability of manja in the city after the recent ban on the Chinese kite thread is that it has slipped to under the counter from the window. Now, if you go looking to …
WHILE the installation of towers earmarked under phase I of the Universal Service Organisation (USO) rural infrastructure scheme is moving toward completion, the quality of connectivity and uptake of services through these towers have so far been poor. It is believed that if the system of bidding that resulted in …
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will soon be tabling a proposal to introduce a new policy under which cellular service providers would be barred from installing cell phone towers in residential areas. Also, under the new policy those who have illegally set up cell phone towers would have …
Radiation magnet? Hazaribagh, Nov. 3: Residents of Kolghati and Ramnagar localities in Hazaribagh town have raised a voice against the mushrooming mobile phone towers fearing
The Greenpeace report, Poisoning the Pearl, provides a snapshot of industrial water pollution caused by the discharge of hazardous chemicals in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Researchers sampled and analysed effluents from the discharge pipes of five manufacturing facilities located in the PRD. Water pollution is one of China
We found staggeringly high levels of lead in virtually all samples we checked When paint companies were asked about their plans to phase out lead, three responded by doing so in months. It was in early 2008 that my colleagues at the Centre for Science and Environment had tested household …
SYED AKBAR Aug. 23: Life would indeed be dull if there were no colours. But scientists argue that certain colours make one dull by acting on the nervous system. Certain colours of enamel paints currently available in India contain high levels of lead which damage the central nervous system, particularly …
Most of the popular brands of paints contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous for children, says a latest study done by Centre for Science and Environment. While there is no mandatory standard for lead levels in paints in the country, top companies exceed even the voluntary limit …
Some 200 out of around 250 licensed drug companies are churning out sub-standard medicines, officials of the Directorate of Drug Administration allege, while lawyers say the country's lone drug court remains idle as authorities, including the DDA, fail to take legal action against the offenders. That the market is flooded …
The government is fully committed to replace the mercury based technology into environment friendly technology to avert its harmful impact, Minister for Environment, Hamidullah Jan Afridi said on Thursday. "Mercury is a harmful chemical, having adverse impacts on human health particularly central nervous system, kidney and foetus," he said inaugurating …
The best option is, of course, recycling in an environmentally sound manner. But it is also a fact that most civic bodies fail to collect and dispose waste. Instead of implementing techno logical innovations States such as Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal other than Delhi have banned the …
Electronic cigarettes contain traces of toxic substances and carcinogens, according to a preliminary analysis of the products by the Food and Drug Administration. The findings, which were announced on Wednesday, contradict claims by electronic cigarette manufacturers that their products are safe alternatives to tobacco and contain little more than water …
