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Category Archives: News
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
Mercury ban agreed – Global treaty to control neurotoxin
Global treaty to control neurotoxin OVER 120 nations have agreed to have legally binding measures to control the pollution by mercury, a neurotoxin. Formal negotiations for the treaty will begin in 2010. The agreement, reached at the 25th session of … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, News, Pollution
Tagged Developing Countries, European Union (EU), India, Kenya, Mercury, Pesticides And Toxins
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Ganga Basin Authority Notified
Government promises stopping work on dam in Uttarkashi ENVIRONMENTALIST G D Agarwal has managed to stall the controversial Loharinag Pala power project coming up speedily on the Bhagirathi, a tributary of the Ganga. On February 20, the Ministry of Power … Continue reading
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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Deadline for disposing UCIL (Union Carbide Plant) waste
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on December 16 issued fresh directions to dispose the toxic waste lying at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. The waste is to be incinerated at the waste treatment site in Ankleshwar industrial area of … Continue reading
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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Pollution Not under Control
Parliamentary report calls for saving the Central pollution control body It’s official. The Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb), the nodal body for regulating environmental norms in India, is being “reduced to a near-defunct body”. The parliamentary standing committee on science … Continue reading
Pyrrhic Victory
The US steals Kamal Nath’s party in Geneva The trade talks at the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva collapsed in the last week of July. The Union minister for Commerce, Kamal Nath, said India would not accede to the … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, India, News
Tagged * Imports, Agriculture, Cotton, Developing Countries, Farmers, India, Subsidies, Switzerland, Trade, United States Of America (US), WTO
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