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 Through the Cairo Declaration on June 10, 2005, the African Union has said the US must end its cotton subsidies by December 2005. It has also called for a "credible end date' to eliminate
- 14/07/2005
- - Industry
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epidemic in up: Japanese encephalitis (JE) has killed 153 people in eastern Uttar Pradesh, especially in Mahrajganj, Kushinagar, Gorakhpur, Sant Kabirnagar, Siddharthanagr and Deoria. As many as 530
- 14/09/2005
A damp squib

Water Asia
- 30/10/2005
- Down To Earth
- - Industry
The new Money plant

The seeds of a plant called jatropha yield oil that, after processing, makes biodiesel. It can reduce India s burgeoning oil import bill. And there s lots of money to be made. But who will earn? What land will be used for this? <font class='UCASE'>down t
- 29/11/2005
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kandla mishap: 15 labourers were killed on June 29, 2006, at the Kandla port in Gujarat, when a Cyprus flag ship M V Pontonostos collided with the Anchor Handling Barge. The accident occurred in
- 30/07/2006
- - Asbestos
  - Shipping
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  - Gujarat
  - European Union (EU)
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 African country Chad has ordered two major foreign oil firms, US firm ChevronTexaco and Malaysia's Petronas, responsible for 60 per cent of its oil production, to quit the country in a row
- 29/09/2006
- - Oil Pollution
  - Endangered Species
  - Economy
  - Elephant
  - Tiger
  - Petrochemical Industry
  - Chad
  - China
  - Philippines
  - Thailand
World Bank funds for agricultural research

While the Indian farmer considers whether it is worth farming at all, the world's largest agricultural research and development project
- 14/10/2006
- Down To Earth
Scratched record

Will SEZs succeed, where precursors failed?'
- 14/11/2006
- - Industry
US steps up efforts to protect forests; bars development projects

The us federal district court of northern California upheld the
- 14/12/2006
- Down To Earth
Chhattisgarh proactive in checking illegal BT rice trials

chhattisgarh became the first state to actively initiate action against biosafety violations in trials of genetically modified Bt rice in India. Besides ordering an enquiry into the matter, the
- 30/12/2006
- Down To Earth
Claim counter claim
- 27/02/2007
- - Industry
Dark secret

How plants survive during night
- 30/01/2004
Hectic parleys

The G 20 bloc of nations faces new challenges
- 14/08/2004
- - Agriculture
  - Africa
  - Mexico
  - Argentina
  - Brazil
  - India
  - European Union (EU)
USEPA s ethical faux pas

Industry tests using human beings would now be accepted by the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) in fixing standards for chemicals in food and water. The agency is about to finish
- 30/12/2004
- Down To Earth
- - Industry
Nestle s crimes

In Brazil exposed by advocacy group
- 14/03/2005
- - Industry
It s a fun jaunt

Environmental Policy
- 29/04/2005
- Down To Earth
- - Environment
  - NGO
  - India
Meghalaya s lost treasure

Cement plants destroy India s largest cave system
- 14/06/2005
- Down To Earth
Ha! ha!

Exxonmobil
- 30/07/2005
- Down To Earth
- - Industry
NASA failed again

Discovery,us space agency nasa' s space shuttle , returned to Earth on August 9, 2005, after a 14-day trip that has questioned the safety of nasa 's space shuttle programme. A bit of Discovery's
- 30/08/2005
- - Industry
South Asia

Landmark judgement: For the first time, a UScourt has recognised the potentially disastrous effects of climate change. The California court recently permitted environmental groups Greenpeace and
- 29/09/2005
- - Industry