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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Sheets Of Water (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
Some years ago, my idea of an RLT was a destination cut off from the madding crowd. Read, no buses, bad or no roads, and no tea shops.
- Indian Elephants Get Photo Ids (Chicago Sun Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Wildlife groups have created photo ID cards for wild elephants in India to help track the effects of poaching, conservationists said Thursday.
- Campaign Launched To Save 200 Endangered Birds Worldwide (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
An international conservation group launched an ambitious plan on Thursday to raise tens of millions of dollars to save 189 endangered birds over the next five years by protecting their habitat and raising public awareness about their plight.
- Rescuing Rainforests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Rainforests are acknowledged treasures of nature, harbouring remarkably diverse life forms.
- Environmental Issues: Undo The Damage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2007)
The new magical technologies in our hands have been used indiscriminately to damage nature.
- Advocate Of Conservation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
At a time when an average Indian’s interest in wildlife remained either commercial or gastronomical and when hunting was still a respectable pastime, M. Krishnan was pleading for conservation.
- Monkey Man In Jail (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Dutch scientist Marc van Roosmalen's success at combing the Amazon for new monkey species has earned him international acclaim and recognition as one of the world's leading biologists.
- A Vacation In Victoria (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
The Yarra, the predominant river in Victoria, is a river of many colours. A bright green running through forests, a clear blue running through the sparsely populated but fine-looking suburbs, silver and glass reflecting off the skyscrapers in Melbour . .
- Victoria’S Secret (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
The Yarra, the predominant river in Victoria, is a river of many colours. A bright green running through forests, a clear blue running through the sparsely populated but fine-looking suburbs, silver and glass reflecting off the skyscrapers in Melbour. . .
- India Should Rope In The Neighbours (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2007)
Floods are as much a natural phenomenon in India as they are in the rest of the world. But their calamitous impact on large parts of the country is clearly a problem of political will; or more precisely its absence.
- Deadly Designs On Yamuna's Bed (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 10, 2007)
The Centre should either scrap the Commonwealth Games or relocate the site and plan in a transparent manner, writes Anuradha Dutt
- India Should Rope In The Neighbours (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Floods are as much a natural phenomenon in India as they are in the rest of the world.
- Victoria’S Secret (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 08, 2007)
In Victoria, you can just sit back and enjoy the beauty of Nature
- Kaziranga Gets Back Ngo Saviour (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
When two rhinos die in Kaziranga National Park on an average every month, Anwaruddin Choudhury is the last person to develop a thick hide.
- Pm Sets Up Panel On Yamuna (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today decided to set up a high-powered committee for the conservation and development of Yamuna with the Lt-Governor and Chief Minister of Delhi as co-chairpersons, saying that development of the river front was. . .
- Tiger Trial (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
TIGER conservationists have been shouting themselves hoarse for a couple of years now, and it was apparent ever since the Centre started dithering on the findings of its own tiger task force, that the news is quite bad.
- Pm For Immediate Steps To Arrest Decline In Tiger Population (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Dr Singhs concerns probably rise from an estimate by the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, which has pegged the national tiger count between 1300 and 1500 a drop of more than 50 per cent, when compared to the 2001-02 tiger census...
- Strengthen Anti-Poaching Laws, Say Experts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Tiger experts and conservationists said on Friday the enforcement of anti-poaching laws needed to be strengthened in view of declining population of the species.
- Census Shows Tiger Crisis In India (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
India's tigers are facing their severest crisis, with only between 1,300 and 1,500 left in the wild, less than half the population previously estimated, conservationists said yesterday.
- Senior Maoist Leader Quits Nepal Cabinet (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Aug 03, 2007)
Senior Maoist leader and minister for forests and soil conservation Matrika Yadav today resigned from the Girija Prasad Koirala cabinet after accusing his ministerial colleagues of not cooperating with him.
- Maoist Minister Quits Koirala Cabinet (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Aug 03, 2007)
Maoist leader Matrika Yadhav resigned as the Minister for Forest and Land Conservation on Thursday.
- Warning To Pedestrians (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Unless someone dies after tripping on the loose granite and concrete slabs left strewn after the atrocious pavement "renovation" work carried out around Bangalore, no one will take note of pedestrians' safety.
- Payments For Ecosystem Services (Hindu, Rohini Nilekani, Aug 03, 2007)
Two symbols come to mind immediately when we look at India as it is instead of through the aspirational prism of an India shining or poised.
- Poetry In Architecture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Architecture is the only art, which demands wanderings through space for us to appreciate it.
- ‘Birds Don’T Have A Voice In Indian Politics’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Stating that socially insensitive policies were having a bearing on our country’s bio-diversity, environmental activist Ashish Kothari has stressed the need to evolve a partnership between the Government and civil society to save the declining . . .
- People, Not Govt, Can Save Tigers (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
The tiger is an endangered species with its number dwindling alarmingly, more so in India.
- Two Missions For The 60th Anniversary (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Jul 28, 2007)
Much remains to be done to make India hunger-free and to achieve a rural knowledge revolution.
- Us Farm Bill Faces Bush Veto (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
A massive US farm bill packed with consequences for global trade is moving through the Democratic-controlled Congress in the face of a veto threat by President George W. Bush.
- Why Worry About Nuclear Waste Now? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2007)
Atomic power is crucial in the fight against global warming. When we need to deal with the leftovers, we’ll have the technology.
- Software Quality And Car Racing (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Change four tyres, add more than 80 litres fuel, tweak the car for better efficiency, clean the windshield, clear debris from the front grill, and give the driver water. All in less than 13 seconds.
- Depletion Of Groundwater (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Jul 24, 2007)
Groundwater is getting depleted fast across India and it is time the authorities thought of making and enforcing effective laws governing its use.
- Zone Of Progress (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Jul 24, 2007)
The AIADA's commitment to industrial development is transforming Adityapur into a preferred destination for investors.
- Debate On Saving China's Tigers (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 24, 2007)
Should China revoke ban on domestic tiger trade to increase the number of tigers in the wild? Conservationists are divided.
- Big Apple Bites (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 23, 2007)
This summer, while visiting Manhattan, I found myself staying in a neighbourhood chockful of restaurants. As a vegetarian by choice, my quest for an evening meal was not a prolonged exercise.
- Shahrukh Khan Goes Green, But For A Just Cause (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2007)
While other celebrities are doing their bit for the environment, talking about global warming or posing as caged animals, Shahrukh Khan will be doing his bit, telling the country about the hardships faced by the forest guard to protect its wildlife.
- Heritage At Stake, Strengthen The Asi (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jul 21, 2007)
A complete restructuring of the Archaeological Survey of India is requiredif the country’s vast cultural heritage isnot to be lost.
- Going All Out To Save Tigers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 20, 2007)
An official census of tigers in central India presents disconcerting evidence that the big cat may have suffered a serious population decline in reserves where it was thought to be abundant. Project Tiger says the animal has disappeared from . . . .
- Sow The Right Strategies (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jul 18, 2007)
The farm sector grew at just 1.8 per cent per annum during the Tenth Plan period against the targeted four per cent. Stepping up public investment alone is unlikely to yield the desired results.
- Nine Injured As Colombian Plane Skids Into Sea (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2007)
Nine people were injured when a Colombian plane with 54 people on board skidded off the runway on landing and ended up nose-first in the sea in the Caribbean coastal city of Santa Marta, civil aviation authorities have said.
- The Silent Wail Of Our Marine Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
A source of protein-rich fat, sometimes to feed the hungry fisher folk, and at times to grease their boats, or simply to be sold as curios.
- Saving A Precious Natural Heritage (Hindu, Kumaran Sathasivam, Jul 17, 2007)
Birds occupy a special place in our lives. They are among the most popular groups of animals. Given the diversity of birds — there are some 10,000 species of them worldwide — it is only to be expected that the association of birds with humans . . . .
- Shadows At The Tunnel’S End (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 17, 2007)
Not a day passes without some controversy or the other and usually it has to do with grossly incorrect decision-making.
- Just A Day At The Museum (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 17, 2007)
Invaluable manuscripts, paintings, relics and remains are scattered throughout Calcutta’s museums and libraries. A look at how much care is taken . . .
- After Tiger, Project Snow Leopard On Anvil (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Jul 16, 2007)
After tiger and elephant, the Environment Ministry proposes a conservation plan for the elusive snow leopard.
- Projects Worth Rs. 1,830 Crore To Be Taken Up Under Jnnurm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2007)
Detailed Project Reports of a few schemes to be submitted to Centre by December-end
Centre will fund 80 per cent of the project cost
State Government will chip in 10 per cent
- Who Pays For It? (Telegraph, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, Jul 10, 2007)
Global warming is no longer merely a future prospect. The latest reports of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change show that we are already witnessing climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Ironically, those least responsible . . .
- Six Cos Refuse To Participate In Acreage Auction (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2007)
Six global exploration giants have conveyed to the government that they were unlikely to participate in the forthcoming exploration acreage auction due to lack of a transparent upstream regulatory framework, forcing the government to consider . ..
- Lessons From A City That Was (Hindu, KAUSALYA SANTHANAM, Jul 10, 2007)
“Bhuj: Art, Architecture, History” by Azhar Tyabji throws up vital questions on heritage and urban development.
- People Hail Laurel For Taj Mahal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2007)
Would give a new impetus to tourism
Taj deserves to be on the list
International airport at Agra sought
- Village Of Birds (Hindu, AKBER AYUB , Jul 09, 2007)
A visit to Kokkrebellur leaves one wondering about the strange kinship between birds and humans. Akber Ayub
- A Forest And Its People (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2007)
As conservation efforts are set in motion, a look at how people living around the Arabuko Sokoke Forest in Kenya cope. VENKAT RAMANUJAM RAMANI.
- Time To Act (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 06, 2007)
Appeals for water conservation, like the one made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the water ministers’ conference in Delhi on Wednesday, do not have the desired effect unless the water wasters are penalised and the precious natural gift is . . .
- Retrace The Roots (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 06, 2007)
Will the great government of India pay the ridiculous duty of 30 per cent that it imposes on artefacts returning to the home country for Gandhiji’s letter?
- Tigers May Be Down To 1,300; Alarm Bells Begin To Ring (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2007)
After the news that the central Indian belt had lost a third of its tigers, comes yet another shock. India currently has only about 1,300 wild tigers, which is 2,342 less than the 3,642 last enumerated in 2001-2002.
- The Green Agenda (Hindu, N. R. Krishnan , Jul 04, 2007)
How to save the planet from self-inflicted ecological disaster? Have an international treaty that ticks. And how to work out such a treaty? Just mix two ingredients:
- Soil Conservation Measures In Krishnagiri Yield Results (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
The various soil and water conservation measures taken up by the district administration under the Drought Prone Area Programme at the Chinnamanavaranapalli watershed area prior to monsoon have resulted in reducing damages caused by floods and in . . . .
- Domestic Cat Origin Traced To West Asia (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 03, 2007)
They were revered in ancient Egypt and are doted over in modern Britain, where they have become the country's most popular pet. Now a study has revealed that the domestic cat is descended from a type of wildcat that lived in the middle east . . .
- Climate Change: Such A Domestic Matter (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Jul 03, 2007)
In the din of the cacophonous multilateral dialogue on climate change and the actions that countries must take to mitigate global warming, I am concerned that India loses sight of one simple but important fact: measures to limit carbon and . . . .
- Poor Mans Ecologist (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jul 02, 2007)
Anil Aggarwals writings tackle not so much the black and white but grey regions of environmental-development issues.
- The Red Fort And Other Parables (Indian Express, NEHA SINHA, Jul 02, 2007)
Many would argue that the immense popularity and love that the Taj Mahal — now again in the reckoning as a ‘new’ wonder of the world — enjoys is because of its structural beauty, its flourish and its astonishing whiteness.
- Azad Wants Dulhasti Power Project Shifted To J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has called for the transfer of the 390 MW Dulhasti power project to the state as compensation for the losses it suffered due to the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan.
- Island In The Sun (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
Mainland aborigines called it Karta, island of the dead. Today we know it as Kangaroo Island, lying 15 km from South Australia’s coastline. Kangaroo Island was separated from the Australian mainland about 10,000 years ago.
- Domestic Cat Origin Traced To West Asia (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 02, 2007)
They were revered in ancient Egypt and are doted over in modern Britain, where they have become the country's most popular pet. Now a study has revealed that the domestic cat is descended from a type of wildcat that lived in the middle east . . .
- Metro Rail To Harvest 50,000 Cubic Metres Of Rainwater Annually (Hindu, Govind D. Belgaumkar, Jun 30, 2007)
BMRC to store rainwater in sumps under landscaped area to irrigate its garden
- Majestic Heritage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 30, 2007)
The Red Fort is a fitting addition to the list of UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites in India.
- Taking The Tiger By The Tail (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
India should oppose tiger farms and create natural habitats with ample biodiversity for the animal.
- Modi Lays Foundation For Rs 3,000 Gift City (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
Chief Minister Narendra Modi here on Thursday laid the foundation stone of an ambitious Rs 3,000 crore Gujarat International Finance Tec -City(GIFT), sought to be designed as a hub of the global finance services industry that would also provide back . . .
- No Kissing, Cuddling In Nepal Temples (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
Fresh out of the jaws of one danger, Kathmandu's famed temples and royal palaces now face another peril - "immoral and disgraceful activities" on their premises.
- Treatment Of War Prisoners (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 29, 2007)
“O ye who believe! Be steadfast witness for Allah in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly.
- Awareness About Ones Roots Will Help Preserve Culture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 28, 2007)
Namgyal Lhamo, an exponent of Tibetan Opera music, speaks to Utpal Borpujari of Deccan Herald in the backdrop of the recent release of The Enchanted Land and Pure, her new albums, in India.
- “Continue Measures Against Chikungunya” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
Mayor Sarubala R.Tondaiman has urged the elected representatives of the Corporation and the officials to continue preventive measures against chikungunya.
- China Aims For Bigger Share Of South Asia's Water Lifeline (Japan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Jun 27, 2007)
Sharpening Asian competition over energy resources, driven in part by high growth rates in gross domestic product and in part by mercantilist attempts to lock up supplies, has obscured another danger:
- Crocodiles Scare Tiger Poachers In India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
Poachers seeking to bag a Royal Bengal tiger in the Sunderbans reserve are encountering a unique new security measure to keep them away: hundreds of crocodiles that have been released in the mangrove forest.
- Microchip Shawls To Save Wildlife (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
The government of Jammu and Kashmir in India has started a new scheme in which microchip tags are used for all registered Tibetan antelope products.
- After Tigers, Leopards Are In Poachers' Line Of Fire (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
After slaughtering all tigers, poachers are now targeting leopards in Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan. Worse, the game of denial that the forest department indulged in during the tiger debacle is still continuing.
- Monsoon Assault (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 26, 2007)
As the mighty monsoon rains sweep across the subcontinent, they are taking a heavy toll on human lives.
- Tai Chi, Dim Sum And Disneyland (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
The most common warning: ‘‘Beware of pick-pockets. And guard your things — especially your passport!’’ Armed with all kinds of travel lore, we were in for a big surprise when we arrived in Hong Kong on our week-long summer vacation. Well, Hong . . . .
- Ten Things This Budget Ignored (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Jun 23, 2007)
Every year in Islamabad, even the most lacklustre parliament comes alive during the budget session.
- To Catch A Dead Tiger By Its Tale (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Jun 23, 2007)
It was a sign of the perilous state of wildlife conservation in West Bengal: the shocking death of a Royal Bengal Tiger near Coochbehar recently, apparently after a collision with a train.
- Theatre Of The Absurd (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 22, 2007)
Watching television these days is like watching the theatre of the absurd. To demean the office of the president and reduce the head of State to a pawn, manipulated by petty politicians for their personal ends, is totally unwarranted.
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