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Tag Archives: India
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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On Tenterhooks in Geneva – Developing countries push for markets at WTO Mini-Ministerial
Developing countries push for markets at WTO mini-ministerial Farmers’ associations all over India were holding protests demanding exclusion of agriculture as an agenda in the World Trade Organization (wto) talks, even as the organization’s mini-ministerial debated ways to secure “meaningful … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, India, News
Tagged * Imports, Agriculture, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Farmers, Food Security, India, Subsidies, Trade, WTO
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Shelf Destruct – Government study kicks up the Supermart vs Small Store debate
Government study kicks up the supermart vs small store debate At a time when efforts are being made in the West to bring back small retailers into the mainstream, the Indian government has come up with a study that lauds … Continue reading
Just a Lament – Pollution in Yamuna
Biking along the Yamuna from Delhi to Agra, Ravleen Kaur hears constant calls for saving the river, but witnesses little action. Photographs by Vaibhav Raghunandan. The roaring of motorcycles shattered the early morning calm on the Yamuna floodplains in Delhi. … Continue reading
Posted in Delhi, Environment, Pollution, Rivers, Travel
Tagged Agra, Delhi, Faridabad, Haryana, India, River Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Uttar Pradesh, Water Pollution, Yamuna
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15 Rules Of Life In Delhi
Today I got this interesting mail from one of my friends with 15 Rules about Living Life in Delhi. Delhi is known for its multi-ethnic culture. Anyone can survive in Delhi by hard or easy way. The Other Side Law: … Continue reading
RTI (Right To Information) Assessment
An 85-year-old lady was having problems getting her passport. She needed it to go and live with her children abroad. The status, the website showed, was delivered. Visits to the passport office yielded little results. “We helped her draft a … Continue reading
Posted in India, News
Tagged * Government Of India (GOI), Andhra Pradesh, Assam, India, Information, Maharashtra, NGO, Orissa, Right To Information (RTI), Uttar Pradesh
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