Any ayes for public transport?
In 1950, buses and railways had accounted for 70 per cent of the total traffic volume in western Europe; in 1997, their share came down to a meagre 15 per cent (Mobility 2001, a report by the World
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Lessons for the future
Humans are essentially a part of nature and it is impossible to disentangle human affairs from what is happening to forests, animals, insects and microorganisms Population pressure affects
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A tale of two diseases
India is the shining star in the global battle to eradicate smallpox. It is also a branded villain as far as polio is concerned. How is it that we managed so well against a disease more virulent than polio? Why does Uttar Pradesh today contribute to about
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sop to stay: Populism has prevailed over pragmatism. Bowing to pressure exerted from across the political spectrum, Union finance minister Jaswant Singh has rolled back the proposed hike in prices of
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The true cost of water
Excessive heat and little light is how I would describe discussions on privatisation of water. Protagonists say this is the magic bullet that will deliver safe water for all. Antagonists insist the
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Look what our neighbour is up to!
Myanmar has not sqandered its natural resources in an attempt to ape the West
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Safeguards against autos
The Supreme Court decides to crack down on three wheelers by banning further registration of vehicles in Delhi
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City blues
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHANUSINGHA GHOSH out of a world population of 5,384 million in 1991, about 43 per
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Building plan irks MEF
The Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) has jumped onto the bandwagon of real-estate developers that are grabbing the few urban green spaces left in the city. CPT, which claims ownership of land on the banks
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South Korea
Seoul, the capital of South Korea is one of the most polluted cities of the world. Rhee Chong, head of the division of pulmonary medicine in the department of medicine at the Samsung Medical Center
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Austerity plan
THE Japanese cabinet recently approved an energy-conservation programme which aims at making drastic reductions in carbondioxide (CO2) emissions. The energy package includes 66 plans
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Delhi government's plan to curb vehicular emissions
The Delhi government in a letter to the Union ministry of road transport and highways (mrth) has suggested an improved inspection and maintenance programme for vehicles in use in the capital. The
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Contaminated alum in Mumbai s drinking water
timely action by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( bmc) has led to the detection of 280 tonnes of contaminated alum in drinking water. Alum, used to purify the city's water, was
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Clean up actions
• Finalisation of master plan of Udaipur city, setting apart adequate areas for construction of hotels and prohibiting new construction within 200m of the lakes. • Diversion of all
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Trouble in the pipeline
the Pakistan government has halted compressed natural gas (cng) supply to all gas stations and industries in the North West Frontier Province (nwfp), Punjab and the capital city of Islamabad. This
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Stop the cycle of poison
After we released our study on pesticide residues on bottled water, an experienced science journalist called me to verify something I had said in the press conference. He wanted to know if it was
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Sweeping measures
alarmed by rising levels of smog in Paris, the French government recently announced new rules to improve air quality in the city. Air quality is determined by the amount of sulphur dioxide, ozone and
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Field day
India s soils are in a bad shape. <font class=UCASE>T V Jayan</font> investigates
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Toxic turnover
Homicide by Pesticides: words of shared concern
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Road plan rolled
a rs 1,500-crore link road plan for India's capital city has been drawn up by the Delhi government. The plan entails the building of an express ighway from Narela to Faridabad that will link the