Poverty alleviation programmes have failed
Fifty years of poverty alleviation programmes have failed, the number of poor people who constitute one-third of the country's population is "growing" and the disparity between the rich and poor has
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Fluorosis sweeps South Haryana
Rohtak, Hisar, Sirsa, Faridabad, Gurgaon and several districtsin southern Haryana area in the grip of dental fluorosis (disease caused by excessive consumption of fluoride) according to studies
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Diesel 3-wheelers launched in Kochi
The $1.3 billion Piaggio & C. Spa of Italy has launched its APE range of diesel three wheeler vehicles in
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Sharks get no trade protection at U.N. conference
- The great white shark, was denied protection from its hunters on Tuesday when a U.N. conference voted down a proposal to regulate trade in the feared "man-eater". The 150-nation conference also
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Honduran Congress seeks troops to protect forests
Honduran legislators on Tuesday urged the deployment of new army troops to protect the fragile Platano River Biosphere and other regions from illegal logging. The biosphere, a swath of forest in
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Orissa government to built 70,000 houses before monsoon
The Orissa government has decided to complete construction of about 70,000 houses -for those affected by last year's syper-cyclone - under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) before monsoon this year,
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Pollution board sword hangs on Digha hotels
Visitors to Digha will be in hot waters if the state Pollution Control Board's threat becomes a reality. To save this beach resort from environmental hazards, the board has threatened to issue
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"A human tragedy looms in the Horn of Africa", FAO Director-General warns
The Horn of Africa needs urgent and adequate food assistance to stave off famine and mass starvation threatening some 16 million people, more than half of the population of Ethiopia, the UN Food and
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Mugabe shrugs off murders of farmer and opponents
Zimbabwe's crisis deepened last night as a truculent President Robert Mugabe shrugged off the murders of a white farmer and two opposition supporters and refused to order war veterans off white-owned
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Ecotourism finally gets the green light for growth
Brazil finally appears to move forward on ecotourism. Government officials and travel professionals are beginning to register the country's ecological treasures as assets rather than dormant
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From pulp to profits
An environmental success story : The final chapter of a 500-year dependency on wood in Brazil was brought to a close by the realization for the sustainable management of forests was the key to future
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Can technology save the rainforest?
The Amazon surveillance system (known by its Brazilian acronym SIVAM) will develop data to enable Brazilian authorities to track movements of drug traffickers, illegal gold miners and clandestine
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Environment legislation proposed
It will be compulsory for all projects to be cleared, not just by the concerned authorities, but also by the local communities living in the project area, if the National Environment Commission
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Roads to become eco-friendly
To make Bhutanese farm roads more environment friendly and the projects better coordinated dzongdas from four remote dzongkhags, central government officials, engineers, forestry officials, and
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Greening moves prove a drain on resources
Years of under-investment on public infrastructure to deal with waste materials during the communist years in Poland means progress today is slow and costly : a
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Sewage treatment plant commissioned
A Rs 11.26 crore sewage treatment plant based on Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB), technology constructed under the Yamuna Action plan, on the Sonepat-Rathdhanna road, 4 km from Sonepat city,
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Africans agree on a compromise over ivory trade
African nations agreed on Monday to delay ivory sales for at least two years to give them time to see if elephant poaching is a real threat or if it is safe to resume trade in tusks. The compromise
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Bill on two-child norm for panchayat members
In a pioneering move, the Himachal Pradesh Assembly today passed a new legislation making it mandatory for all the elected members of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) to follow a two-child
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Effluents being released despite ETPs
Despite the strict vigil on the Yamuna by the Supreme court, the measures taken by polluting industries remain far from adequate. Polluted water still flows in from the industries, despite the raids,
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MIT fined $25,000 for air pollution violations
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday was fined $25,000 by state regulators for alleged violations of air quality rules. The complaint was part of a lawsuit against the elite