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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- It Is Time Tuf Focussed On Dyeing Units (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
Next in priority should be the employment-intensive readymade garment sector facing competition in world markets
- When Backward Is Forward (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 14, 2007)
Mark Twain famously said that there are lies, damn lies and statistics. Substitute statistics for psephology and the adage still rings true. But strictly speaking psephologists are not liars but in error.
- Ever Green (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
When I first met Anil Agarwal in his office in the early ’90s, there were these bottles containing a brown liquid. Intriguing, since Agarwal did not exactly come across as a cola-drinking man.
- Housing Catastrophe (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
The author brings us face to face with the consequences of decisions taken by those far removed from the stench and struggle of slum reality.
- Sky's The Limit For India Flight Boom (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
India is now the fastest growing aviation market in the world.
- Dark Side Of Mining (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
AS the shadows lengthen on Keonjhar's main street, the tube-lit sign above Hotel Arjun flickers to life, illuminating both the entrance to the hotel and the cigarette seller next to it.
- Rural-Based Abattoirs Are The Need Of The Hour (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 10, 2007)
The proposed move to shift the Slaughterhouse in Tannery Road, Bangalore, to Iggalur in Anekal Taluk will be opposed by meat traders and residents in and around Iggalur.
- Merlin And Milkwood (Telegraph, Anabel Loyd, May 09, 2007)
I’ve just come back from Wales. Shamefully for someone who considers herself well-travelled in general, I know the British Isles less than comprehensively.
- Global Warning (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 09, 2007)
The setting could not have been more appropriate for a meeting of the UN Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change — Bangkok, a modern city of 12 million that belches up a variety of gases from the millions . . . .
- ‘Heady Times’ For India And The Us (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 09, 2007)
Indians are one of the best educated and successful immigrant groups in the US.
- Hills Become A Garbage Dump (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, May 08, 2007)
India is a country where the definition of wanton destruction and that of anarchic progress is the same.
- Doomed Planet? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 07, 2007)
The doomsday clock is ticking away at an increasingly faster rate.
- Air Pollution Suffocates Calcutta (Singapore Times, Subir Bhaumik, May 04, 2007)
Some 70% of people in the city of Calcutta suffer from respiratory disorders caused by air pollution, a recent study by a prominent cancer institute in India has concluded.
- Heady Times For Indo-Us Ties (Frontier Post, editorial, Frontier Post, May 04, 2007)
While Iraq and Iran have dominated recent headlines, the United States and India have quietly forged the strongest relationship the two countries have enjoyed since India's independence in 1947.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 04, 2007)
Government is supposed to prevent and punish murder and other homicides, not commit them.
- Missing The School Bus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 04, 2007)
If you are unfortunate enough to live near a school in one of our bigger cities, chances are that there will be huge traffic jam right outside your home every time school begins and ends. You are worse hit if you happen to have a play school next door.
- How Green Is My Growth? Environmentally Sustainable Model Needed (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 03, 2007)
Lawrence Summers, the former US treasury secretary is known to speak his mind, however unpolitic. So if his plain speaking on women’s supposed inability to tackle the rigours of higher mathematics riled women in the past, his latest call to . . . .
- Climate Change And India (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 03, 2007)
India's planners find themselves in a fix in the wake of the fourth assessment report of the UN intergovernmental panel on climate change. On the one hand, the economy is growing at a robust 9 per cent and has bagged investment grade rating by . . . .
- India Taps Into Wind Power (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
The industrial area of Bhiwandi, about an hour's drive from Mumbai (Bombay) is a prime example of just how voracious India's demand for energy is.
- With A Little Help From Above (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 01, 2007)
How CNG and the ban on plastic bags have made a world of difference to Bangladesh.
- Living On The Edge (Telegraph, Chirosree Basu, May 01, 2007)
Surveys on the ‘liveability’ of the Indian cities concern themselves with the needs of the prosperous few, writes Chirosree Basu .
- Ganga's Water Quality Improving: Govt (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2007)
Water quality of river Ganga has shown improvement after completion of pollution abatement works under the Ganga Action Plan (GAP), government told the Lok Sabha today.
- Sacrificing Environment (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 30, 2007)
The focus is more on smoothening of project clearances than on long-term measures.
- Green Turning Grey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2007)
With each passing day, Bangalore is becoming more and more grey. What once used to be the pensioner’s paradise is metamorphosing into a corporate jungle. Arun Prasad looks into what went wrong.
- Finding The Money In Going Green (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2007)
London has become a world centre for clean technology companies
U.S. firms ashamed of the country's lack of green targets clamour to join THE U.K.-listed exchange
- Rs. 31 Lakhs Collected Through Green Tax (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2007)
The Hyderabad Regional Transport Authority has generated a whopping revenue of over Rs.31 lakhs through green tax collection since the notification came into effect in November last year.
- Home Alone (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 27, 2007)
At the Indian President’s ‘At Home’ 12 years ago, Shahid Malik, currently Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, found a group of octogenarians huddled together in a corner.
- Save Chandigarh Before It Is Too Late (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Apr 27, 2007)
The average citizen of Chandigarh, who invested his savings in settling down in the city when it was being raised in the Sixties, is today disillusioned and does not know whom to turn to when it comes to his leading a peaceful and hassle free life . . . .
- Blackmail Politics (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Apr 26, 2007)
Developed nations are using global warming as a weapon against developing nations to retard development.
- Recall Pokhran On May 11: This Time Too We'll Shake Up Politics: Vajpayee (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2007)
His famed oratory still as powerful as ever, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, addressing an election meeting here on Wednesday, said just as India's status had changed on May 11 nine years ago after the Pokhran explosions, the country's . . .
- The Lost World Of Koli Fishermen (Frontline, DIONNE BUNSHA, Apr 26, 2007)
The dreams of urban planners are turning into a nightmare for the city's fisherfolk.
- Sc Seeks Certificates Of Fund Utilisation On Ganga Action Plan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took serious exception to the neglect by the Centre and State Governments in the implementation of the ambitious Ganga Action Plan (GAP) asking the agencies involved to submit certificates on utilisation of funds . . . . .
- Comments From The Ringside (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2007)
The 'outsider' analysis has value, but a wariness of messy democracy lurks in his prescriptions
- Icon Exchange (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 23, 2007)
To hard-boiled businessmen it would appear a queer quid pro quo. Yet for those with “taste” it makes lip-smacking sense that Indian mangoes will soon hit the American market while that time-tested peerless of the motorcycle firmament, the . . .
- Payback Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 23, 2007)
From the present 6.5 billion, the world population is expected to grow to nine billion in the next 50 years.
- 'Curtail Tourism In Antarctica' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2007)
India on Saturday strongly opposed tourism in Antarctica and favoured preservation of the icy continent for scientific research.
- Nature's Treasure Chest (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2007)
Nairobi, lush and green, is a dangerous city, my friends, Roger and Cathy, warn me immediately.
- Climate Change And The World’S Poor (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Apr 21, 2007)
Throughout the 20th century, many scientists repeatedly warned that the increasing use of fossil fuels and other emissions would accumulate in the atmosphere, and start warming the earth.
- The Value Of Restraint (Tribune, P.P. Rao, Apr 21, 2007)
The speeches made by the Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India at the Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices on April 8 have received wide coverage in the media, giving rise to this healthy debate.
- Government Targeting Jaya Tv Shareholder: Aiadmk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2007)
Veerasamy denies that the Government is intimidating S. Vaikundarajan MLAs stage walkout over "action contemplated" by Government
- Same Track (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 20, 2007)
Exceptions have become the rule in West Bengal. It is not for the judiciary to look after the proper running of public utility services or assure a healthy environment for citizens.
- Media Initiative To Build Regional Trust (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2007)
A unique, private media initiative involving joint television programmes may do what political leaders in South Asia have failed to do so far — bring together the people of this fractious region.
- Ethanol Carries Health Risks: Study (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 19, 2007)
Ethanol, widely touted as a greenhouse gas-cutting fuel, would have serious health effects if heavily used in cars, producing more ground level ozone than gasoline, particularly in the Los Angeles basin, according to a Stanford University study out . . .
- A Better Way To Use Cars (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 19, 2007)
For residents of crowded cities, sharing a car to go to work or to an event is a cost-effective and faster alternative to driving one's own vehicle.
- 'We Can Adapt' (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Apr 17, 2007)
A technocrat by training, P. Raja Goundan, General Manager of the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), believes in imparting a "humane touch" to everything he does at the workplace.
- No Sign Of Green (Frontline, Ashish Kothari, Apr 14, 2007)
AT the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, India along with other member-countries of the United Nations, committed itself to a path of sustainable development. In 2002, at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in . . .
- Green Cry Over Posco ‘Pollution’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2007)
Non-government organisations and environmentalists today piled heat on South Korean steelmaker Posco and the state government, raising concerns that heavy police deployment in the project-affected villages would severely limit public participation . . . .
- Climate Change And India — Dark Clouds On The Horizon (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Apr 14, 2007)
A recent Nicholas Stern report says that global warming could shrink global economy by 20 per cent. The worst affected will be the world's poor, India included. But acting now will cost less than 1 per cent of India's GDP.
- Doom Is Round The Corner (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Apr 14, 2007)
Sea levels will rise at least by 40 cm by 2100, inundating vast areas on the coastline.
- Nail The Liar (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 13, 2007)
Court orders concerning the environment in West Bengal invariably incite a Pavlovian reaction from the state government.
- India's Dirty Secret (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 12, 2007)
Released earlier this week, a World Bank report, 'Strengthening Institutions for Sustainable Growth: Country Environmental Analysis for India', presents a doomsday scenario.
- Joseph Bazalgette (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 12, 2007)
Such was the genius of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the Victorian engineer, that the sewerage system he designed and built for London in the 1850s has endured almost untouched.
- Street Food Is Curbed To Beat Delhi Belly (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2007)
On a teeming street corner in Chandni Chowk market, in Delhi, Dipankar Das deftly flips a paratha on to a metal plate and piles it high with steaming vegetable curry.
- Knut Helping? (Indian Express, Anne Applebaum, Apr 12, 2007)
He is small, white, fluffy and cuddly. Though only 4 months old, his face has already graced thousands of T-shirts and a good number of coffee mugs.
- Bangalore Not Breathing Easy (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Apr 11, 2007)
A World Bank report has revealed that Bangalore’s air is worse than that of Hyderabad and Chennai with higher concentration of suspended particles, which chokes people’s airways...
- India Will Have To Pay Very Dearly For High Growth (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2007)
India’s growing economy that will scale a record high by 2020 will take its toll on environmental and financial resources, a new World Bank study has predicted.
- Sezs: India Must Develop Its Own Model (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 11, 2007)
The impact of SEZs in China has been mixed. India's ability will lie in securing the benefits of SEZ through institutional reforms, and avoiding the negative fallouts.
- Us In Energetic Pursuit Of Alternative Fuels (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Apr 11, 2007)
The recent call of scientists and climatologists highlights the need for curtailing, if not eliminating the greenhouse effects, caused mainly by fossil fuels.
- Dda Hit By Big Land Scam (Asian Age, Rashme Sehgal, Apr 10, 2007)
One of the biggest land scams in Delhi’s National Capital Region allowed for a 25-hectare plot of land valued at Rs 20,000 crores to be auctioned by the Delhi Development Authority for a mere Rs 1,100 crores.
- Judicial Reform (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Apr 10, 2007)
As the Congress party and its Left allies pick an ill-considered fight with the judiciary, Communist China’s Chief Justice, Xiao Yang was in New Delhi last week to learn the tricks of distancing the court from the executive.
- Hoping Against Hope In Uttar Pradesh (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2007)
With more than 175 million inhabitants, the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh would be the sixth largest country in the world if it were an independent nation.
- Contaminated Water (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 09, 2007)
IT IS distressing that almost a quarter of a million children in the country die of waterborne diseases every year. Consumed by people in both urban and rural areas, contaminated water accounts for some 80 per cent of all illnesses in the country.
- Climate Change Will Hit The Poor Hard, Says Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2007)
The Earth faces increased hunger and water shortages in the poorest countries, massive floods and avalanches in Asia and species extinction unless nations adapt to climate change and halt its progress, according to a report approved Friday by . . .
- Panel Warns Of Thaw In Himalayas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2007)
Top climate experts issued their bleakest forecasts yet about global warming on Friday, ranging from hunger in Africa to a thaw of Himalayan glaciers in a study that may add pressure on governments to act.
- Environment-Anthropogenic (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 06, 2007)
Human beings are now considered more endangered by environmental security issues. Environment is strictly associated with security of all life on earth along with humans considering as foremost infiltrators towards the earth’s environmental degradation.
- Foreign Remittances Don't Translate To Industrial Investments For Kerala (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 06, 2007)
The issue of why there are no industrial investments in Kerala from foreign remittances cannot be detached from why there have not been major investments.
- How Violent `Outsiders' Are Produced (Hindu, MADELEINE BUNTING, Apr 05, 2007)
IT IS a measure of Mary Douglas' reputation as probably the United Kingdom's greatest living anthropologist that tickets for a lecture she gave on Tuesday night ran out weeks ago, and prompted a long waiting list. At 86, her productivity and . . .
- India And U.S. To Cooperate In The Environmental Sector (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Apr 04, 2007)
Memorandum of Understanding signed; focus on four priorities
"Pollution knows no political boundaries"
Collaboration on cost-effective recovery of methane
- Market, Business And Community Development (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Apr 04, 2007)
If too much regulation by the state can kill entrepreneurship, too laissez faire a market could lead to uneven growth and social inequalities.
- Badal Rocks Builders’ Foundation (Tribune, Chitleen K Sethi, Apr 03, 2007)
The Punjab Government has withdrawn the change of land-use (CLU) approvals granted to promoters of mega-housing projects in the state.
- Drying Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 03, 2007)
It is becoming difficult for India to look away from the reality of global warming. About 80 per cent of the Himalayan glacial cover might melt because of the rising temperatures and confront India with a severe freshwater crisis around 2030.
- Judicial Activism And Democracy (Hindu, Anil Divan, Apr 02, 2007)
The great contribution of judicial activism in India has been to provide a safety valve and a hope that justice is not beyond reach.
- Making Lalbagh Clean & Plastic-Free (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 02, 2007)
The month-long awareness programme to make Lalbagh clean and plastic free is an initiative taken by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Horticulture Department in co-ordination with NGOs-Sahas and Development Alternative.
- ‘Those Who Have Power Decide Who Can Use Resources. We Need A . .. (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 02, 2007)
• Hello, and welcome to Walk the Talk. I am Shekhar Gupta, and my guest this week is the Tree Woman of Africa, actually the Tree Woman of the World, Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, on her first visit to India.
- Beat Summer Heat In Southern Splendour (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 02, 2007)
The best way to reconnect with yourself is to just pack your bags and begin a journey to places you have never been before.
- Polymers: The Crude Chain Reaction (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 30, 2007)
The ever-growing demand for plastics, fibres and petrochemicals can be sustained only with reasonable crude oil prices.
- Not Just People, Trees Too Stressed In Central Delhi, Shows Survey (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2007)
While a falling tree is always a sad story, those standing tall as of now in Lutyens’ Delhi are also no good news.
- Depoliticise Environment (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Mar 30, 2007)
No scientific experiment should start with the premeditation that its results would be used to meet political ends, says Surajit Dasgupta.
- Hidden Eco-Dangers Of Hydropower (Hindu, David Adam, Mar 29, 2007)
Generating electricity with water appears to be a clean option, so why are soaring emissions being recorded at hydropower plants?
- Defence Notes (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Mar 28, 2007)
The Indian Coast Guard has launched its first dedicated pollution control vessel built by the ABG Shipyard. Launched at Surat, the vessel is named as “Samudra Prahari” (Ocean Guard) and was launched by Mrs.
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