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Category Archives: India
TB Bacteria use Iron to Survive
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
Tigers that recently killed people in India
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
Posted in India, Travel, WildLife
Tagged Elephant, India, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, WildLife, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)
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Who’s encroaching? Noida eyes the Yamuna floodplain
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
Posted in Delhi, India, News, Rivers
Tagged Agriculture, Delhi, Development, Farmers, Infrastructure Development, Irrigation, Land, Land Encroachments, Land Use, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Yamuna
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[Nuclear Power] Stepping on a minefield
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
Posted in India, Pollution, Research
Tagged Hazardous Waste, Health Effects, India, Jharkhand, Mining, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Wastes, Uranium
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Current trends of Renewable Energy
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
Posted in Environment, India, Renewable Energy
Tagged California, Climate Change, Energy Policy, Germany, India, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Water Heaters, Statistics, Subsidies
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[India] Asbestos, endosulfan escape blacklist
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
Posted in Environment, India, Pollution
Tagged Asbestos, Endosulfan, Exports, Hazardous Products, Health Effects, India, Pesticides And Toxins, Trade
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Corporal lab – Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s Riot Victims
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
Posted in India, Livelihood, News, Research
Tagged Ahmedabad, Drug Industry, Drugs, Gujarat, Health, Health Effects, India, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Medical Research, Poverty, Women
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