Category Archives: India

TB Bacteria use Iron to Survive

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Ravleen

The tuberculosis (tb) bacteria kill two people every three minutes. The bacteria uses iron from the human body to survive. But the mechanism by which they source the iron was not known. Researchers from the University of Hyderabad have recently … Continue reading →

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Tigers that recently killed people in India

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Ravleen

Close to the foothills of the Himalaya four tigers ventured out of forests and killed 11 people in the past five months. The killings have challenged the official understanding of man-eaters. Unlike the man-eaters of Kumaon Jim Corbett wrote about, … Continue reading →

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Who’s encroaching? Noida eyes the Yamuna floodplain

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Ravleen

Noida eyes the Yamuna floodplain About 1,000 migrants lost their livelihood when their huts and crops on the Yamuna floodplain near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border were razed in December. The Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department carried out the operation on a … Continue reading →

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[Nuclear Power] Stepping on a minefield

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Ravleen

As nuclear waste maims people, India plans to generate more. INDIA intends to increase the share of nuclear power from 3.1 per cent of its total energy generation to 25 per cent by 2050. Six nuclear power reactors are under … Continue reading →

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Current trends of Renewable Energy

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Ravleen

Solar photovoltaics is the fastest growing area in the energy sector. Of the US $71 billion invested in renewables worldwide in 2007, 30 per cent was in solar PV. According to market analysts, between 2007 and 2011, this industry is … Continue reading →

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[India] Asbestos, endosulfan escape blacklist

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Ravleen

India blocked export restrictions on them at Rotterdam Convention. India yet again played spoilsport by preventing chrysotile asbestos and endosulfan from being included in Annex III of UN’s Rotterdam Convention that brands them hazardous. Had the two been included in … Continue reading →

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Corporal lab – Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s Riot Victims

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Ravleen

Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s riot victims When her husband took chronically ill after communal riots drove them to Juhapura, a ghetto on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, poverty made life seem unmanageable. Free will then became a matter of Rs 8,000 … Continue reading →

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Losing Touch – Sabarmati Embankment project Ignores warnings, Precedents

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Ravleen

Sabarmati embankment project ignores warnings, precedents Construction of an embankment along the 10-km stretch of the Sabarmati has begun in Ahmedabad despite warnings that it may hamper natural drainage in the city and that its design is inherently flawed. The … Continue reading →

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