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•The Survival International a London-based charity for the protection of the rights of tribal people worldwide, has launched an online signature campaign for the protection of the rights of
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Noisy Mumbai
every year the noise level increases by one decibel (db ) in Mumbai. According to a preliminary study, the city is becoming increasingly noisy and this year, the average noise levels have
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In short
Mobile alert Cellular companies in Pakistan have turned a deaf ear to the Sindh government's April 5 directive seeking them to shift base stations' antennas and mobile phone towers outside
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Jaisalmer's architectural wonders beat the heat
Jaisalmer fort and the rest of the of the city was built for heat, with wind corridors and the architecture providing built-in comfort for its denizens. Jaisalmer is not unique. Cherrapunji, the
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For cleaner air
A ban on registration of diesel run taxis in Mumbai is on the anvil
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Deer park in Delhi
the Delhi government has decided to set up north India's largest deer park at Jehangirpuri Bhalaswa in east Delhi. Around 162 hectres of land has been earmarked for the park. Local member of
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Curb on smoking
in three months, lighting up a cigarette in Spain's domestic flights and inter-city buses will be regarded as a serious offence. The government has announced a decision to ban smoking on all
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Waiting for rain
from Virginia to Massachusetts, extending even as far west as Ohio, exceptionally dry weather conditions threaten eastern United States with drought. The National Weather Service has blamed the
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Fiction imitates life
Movie In the current us election season, Dickie Pilger's website seems quite a model. Here is a candidate extolling state funding of healthcare and stands for protecting the environment.
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All the water they need
Rainwater harvesting is catching on in a big way in Kochi
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Polluting politics
<font class='UCASE'>teri</font> s conjuring act is a part of the automobile lobby s sustained efforts to block the introduction of CNG in the capital
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INDIA
Thanks to mismanagement, inefficiency and corruption of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation, residents of many areas in the city are facing a water crisis despite more than adequate rains and
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Benzene in the air
Levels of carcinogenic pollutants are alarmingly high in Calcutta s air
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Drowning In Human Excreta
Sanitation for urban India means building flush toilets and linking them to sewer systems. But the price of chasing this dream is leading to an environmental catastrophe. MANOJ NADKARNI analyses our flush and forget mindset
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Waiting for the mud
Mexican vulcanologists are trying to track the path that destructive mudslides, the fallout of an impending volcanic eruption, might take
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Diesel needs to be dearer still
Diesel will cost more now. But not for any compelling health or environmental reason
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Shifting from hell to hell
EVERY once in a few years, the authorities of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appear to notice with considerable shock that industries in the city may be polluting the city's atmosphere. When
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Choking on cooking fuel
Ben Barber We are stripping the planet of the very minerals needed to regenerate fuel In Delhi, Dhaka, Dakar and Kathmandu, you can see villagers hauling sticks, twigs and charcoal to the market.
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Another scourge
The prolonged intake of water containing excess fluoride causes the crippling disease called fluorosis. The first case of endemic fluorosis in India was reported from Andhra Pradesh in 1937. By 1999,
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Power plant turns gas chamber
Four Japanese electricity workers were killed and seven injured when turbine steam escaped at a nuclear plant in Mihama, on the Sea of Japan. The incident, involving the highest number of fatalities