Gujarat announces Rs 13 crore scheme for state's poor
gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on March 29, 2007, announced a Rs 13-crore scheme for the state's urban poor. The programme, called Garib Samriddhi Scheme, envisages, among other things,
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Saving the species
After working on the Water Wars series of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and winning the Young travel Writer Award from The Observer, Pratap Rughani has just finished
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Wetland egret can be new bio control agent
cattle egret which is widely found in India is a natural scavenger. A study from Kerala says that the wetland egret, Bubulcus ibis, can be used as bio-control agent in solid-waste dumping sites. The
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Power to the people
The Biodiversity Bill to empower local communities under scrutiny of parliamentary standing committee
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Painting a rosy picture
Union minister of environment and forests T R Baalu proudly proclaimed at a review meeting that the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection (crep) is a huge hit, with almost
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Endangered!
THE endangered lion-tailed macaque has become the mascot of the environmental agitation against the Sharavathy Tail Race Hydroelectric Project in Karnataka. Concerned about its negative impact on
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Logging on to a fresh row
Microsoft Corporation is in the soup, or should we say sushi, again. This time a controversy embroiling the software giant has erupted in Japan. It is suspected of having violated the country's
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FIJI
The South Pacific island of Fiji is suffering from a massive drought. The sugarcane crop of 1998 is well below normal production. Even the torrential rains due to La Nina, which lashed Australia,
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United Nations
Cultivation of tobacco, taxation, advertising and Internet trade were the main issues under discussion at the international conference on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) held in New
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Gearing up AIDS awareness
Indian industries have begun to step up AIDS-awareness measures for their estimated 60 million strong workforce. A study by the Punjab, Haryana and Delhi Chambers of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI)
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False claims?
<font class="UCASE">local</font> <font class="UCASE">ngo</font>s have asked G Prakash, district collector of Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district, to explain his statement on the Koodankulam nuclear plant. The Tamil evening daily, <i>Tamil Murasu</i>, on October 10, 2006, quoted Prakash's denial of a plan to provide water to the Rs 13,000-crore project from the Pechipparai dam.<br>
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Threatened industry
the biotech industry in the us is receiving brickbats from all directions. Some key grain processors, such as A E Staley Manufacturing, which is the us corn processing unit of
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Waste management site turns into garbage dump
a delay in setting into motion a solid waste management project has led to the piling up of 16,000 metric tonnes of untreated garbage in Shimla. Residents have raised a stink, complaining about the
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ECUADOR
The president of the Dallas-based Maxus Energy Corporation, Roberto Monti, got an unexpected bouquet of rose flowers while addressing the recent Inter-American Petroleum and Gas Conference in
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Kerala woes industry
the two-day Global Investors Meet (gim) in Kochi on January 18 has sparked the development debate afresh in Kerala. gim was the first ever attempt by the state government to attract investors from
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ONGC returns salvo
The Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGQ has given a detailed reply to the show-cause notice issued by the ministry of environment and forests (MEF), which alleged the ONGC had failed to prepare a
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Say no to plastics
THE Calcutta Municipal Corporation (cmc) has decided to ban plastic carrybags from next year. The move comes before the formulation of a national policy on the ban of plastic bags. According
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Website review: http://www.inequality.org
The global divide in income, health and wealth has only widened further in this era of unregulated capitalism. And there are no signs of it being bridged
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Respite to eco victims
the ministry of environment and forests (mef), in collaboration with the General Insurance Corporation of India, is planning to establish an Environment Relief Fund to provide relief to victims of
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Row over uranium mining in Meghalaya
the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (moef) cleared a controversial mining project by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited in Meghalaya last month, triggering fresh protests by local