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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Toxic Tour Takes Away Charm Of Beverly Hills (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2007)
Every day, tourist buses trundle along the Hollywood Walk of Fame and through Beverly Hills so that sightseers can gawk at celebrities and gasp at their mansions.
- Paris Embraces Plan To Become City Of Cycles (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 27, 2007)
Paris is for lovers – lovers of food and art and wine, lovers of the romantic sort and, starting this summer, lovers of bicycles.
- Rivers In Danger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 24, 2007)
It may become impossible to preserve rivers as life-giving watercourses that have nurtured communities for millennia if governments fail to address, with a sense of urgency, the factors that threaten their health.
- Dangers Of The Growing Global Population (Hindu, Juliette Jowit, Mar 24, 2007)
While the green lobby tells us to fiddle with our standby buttons and low-energy light bulbs, no one is willing to address the accelerating growth in the world's population.
- Rivers Of No Return (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 24, 2007)
Great civilisations rise by rivers and die on their banks. The World Wildlife Fund has predicted that 10 of the largest rivers in the world are dying. Among them are the Ganga, Indus, Nile, Yangtze, Mekong and Danube, that are the lifelines of . . .
- Dying Ganga (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 23, 2007)
The Ganga is considered the holiest river of India, so much so that many consider it Mother Incarnate, “Ganga Maiyya”.
- Sharing Of Water A National Issue: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2007)
Calling for a bipartisan approach to the issue of water sharing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the country should optimise the use of “increasingly scarce and competed resource.”
- River Mythologies Tell A Different Story (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 23, 2007)
With most of the world's rivers under threat from pollution and global warming, it would be instructive to revisit our traditional perceptions of rivers as life-givers and sustainers.
- Dmk’S Closest Ally Pmk Starts Flexing Muscle (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Mar 23, 2007)
Political equations between the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu and its closest ally, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), have changed rather dramatically of late. After the initial coziness, the PMK has now given up all pretensions of being a “constructive Opposit
- Pm For National Approach To Address Water Conflict (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2007)
“We cannot allow human societies to descend into chaos due to conflict on utilisation of water resources, be it within nations or between nations… At home, we must view the issue of sharing of water as a national issue. Our national strategies . . .
- Who Will Benefit From "Green" Courts? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Mar 23, 2007)
What is worrying is not just the precise nature of the proposed Environment Tribunal Bill but the motive behind it.
- Schumacher Pained By Ganga Pollution (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2007)
Formula 1 racer Ralf Schumacher was on a different track in Varanasi on Wednesday. Not speeding cars, but the plight of the Ganga drew his attention. He was clearly pained at the river’s sorry state.
- Who Sez It's The Right Way (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Mar 22, 2007)
Nandigram violence has raised a few valid questions regarding the viability of Special Economic Zones in the country, says Bulbul Roy Mishra.
- Court Orders Action Against Puthencruz Panchayat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
For obstructing work on Brahmapuram plant
Panchayat dug up road leading to the plant
Government was asked to provide security to the City Corporation
- Court Order Puts Pooram In A Fix: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
Law Minister M. Vijayakumar has said that this year's Thrissur Pooram festival is in a predicament following a recent order of the Supreme Court relating to sound pollution.
- An Inconvenient Life (Times of India, Shobhan Saxena, Mar 21, 2007)
When life is all about having everything, you wouldn't want to waste time racking your brains about the perils of global warming. Because time means money and money means more time to make more money, and you wouldn't like to think about rising sea . . .
- "Indo-U.S. Civil Nuclear Deal A Major Opportunity" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
U.S. Energy Secretary Bodman calls for a push forward with necessary next steps
The agreement is good for the global non-proliferation system
Major component of clean energy strategy must be n-power
- World’S Major Rivers Drying Up: Wwf (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 21, 2007)
Pollution, dams and climate change could destroy some of the world’s most important rivers in coming decades, causing severe water shortages and the extinction of a number of fresh water species, a leading conservation group said today.
- Expanding Public Transport (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 20, 2007)
The report of the Planning Commission's working group for the 11th Five Year Plan on urban transport contains welcome recognition of the mobility crisis that is affecting the qualify of life in the cities.
- Urbanisation And Industrial Growth (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 20, 2007)
In 2000, the world leaders met at United Nations and agreed on the establishment of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).
- Yoganomics: The Art Of Business (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Mar 20, 2007)
The growing awareness about lifestyle values has made yoga a global industry. Besides, diseases and the high cost of medical expenditure also force people to take recourse to the ancient art of yoga.
- China's Non-Energy Focus (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 19, 2007)
Beijing promised to transform itself from a high energy consumer to sustainable development practices to reduce the 15 per cent of the world consumption rate to contribute 5.5 per cent of the global gross domestic product (GDP).
- Lalu Bowls Over U.S. Students (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Mar 17, 2007)
Says he has become the `new management guru'
Credits the turnaround of Railways to its employees
Says core sections will not be privatised
- Indo-Australian Project On Solar Energy To Be Taken Up In July (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2007)
Collaborative effort of Madurai Kamaraj and Melbourne varsities
Project to focus on conversion of solar energy into electricity
To study pollution control through solar energy applications
- Status Of Women In Islam (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 16, 2007)
HALF of the population of the world consists of women. It is, therefore, necessary that any religion or social theory that stands for the good of mankind should also be concerned with the welfare, the rights and progress of women.
- It’S Not Hammer Vs Sickle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 16, 2007)
There were 141.1 million hectares of net sown area as per the Ministry of Agriculture in 2000-01. There were 127.3 million cultivators and 106.8 million agriculture labourers as per the Census of India.
- Heat Is On (Times of India, SHARMISTHA GOOPTU, Mar 16, 2007)
An Inconvenient Truth is a documentary that presents former US vice-president Al Gore's campaign to make the problem of global warming a recognised issue worldwide.
- For A Revival Package? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 13, 2007)
Heavy industries and public enterprises minister Santosh Mohan Dev and Prof Prahlad K Basu, who heads the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE), do not seem to be getting along too well.
- Rs.16-Lakh Sewage Treatment Project Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2007)
Kozhencherry grama panchayat has launched a Rs.16-lakh sewage treatment project.
- Pollution Board Seeks Sc Help To Save Trees Around Taj Mahal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2007)
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) today asked the Supreme Court to direct authorities to assess the impact of felling of trees around the Taj Mahal on the environment.
- Duty-Free Coking Coal Imports — A Blow To Environment (Business Line, LYLA BAVADAM, Mar 09, 2007)
The Finance Minister's statement that India will continue not to be a major contributor to greenhouse gases is contradicted by his concession to coal importers.
- New Ways Of Measuring Growth (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 09, 2007)
A country's state of development is normally a function of its economic growth which, in turn, is measured all over the world by means of gross domestic product (GDP). But is GDP all?
- Looming Gas Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2007)
Few options are available and time is running out. According to official estimates, the country’s gas shortage will assume serious proportions in three years’ time and has the potential to spiral out of control thereafter.
- Asian Pollution Making Region Cloudier, More Stormy: Study (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2007)
Asia’s growing air pollution — billowing million-tonne plumes of soot, smog and wood smoke — is making the Pacific region cloudier and stormier, disrupting winter weather patterns along the West Coast and into the Arctic, researchers reported Monday.
- Rs.4 Cr. For Development Of Infrastructure Facilities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2007)
The Goldenrock Railway Workshop has embarked on the task of improving infrastructure facilities in various shops located within the workshop at a cost of Rs.4 crore with a view to improving the working condition, its Chief Workshop Manager . . .
- China Lays Stress On Equitable Growth (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 06, 2007)
China must avoid a strategy of "seeking only faster growth" and focus instead on efforts to create more equity, save energy and cut pollution, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday at his annual address to the National People's Congress . . .
- Pragmatism In Politics (Telegraph, André Béteille, Mar 06, 2007)
As society and politics have changed in India in the last sixty years, our perceptions of them have also changed.
- Death By Garbage Dumping (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 05, 2007)
The death of ten-year-old Susmita Sarki in an avalanche of garbage in Darjeeling must shock the conscience of a nation that does not generally like to admit the environmental consequences of consumerism.
- The Cost Of Inaction (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Mar 05, 2007)
The Physical Science Basis is a 21-page summary of a report prepared by Working Group I appointed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IPCC was set up in 1988 jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological
- Books All The Way (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2007)
Despite the rain and a shift in venue, people poured in as usual at the Kolkata Book Fair this year.
- Into The Jungle (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2007)
Two women and all that silence? I am not talking about the two women traveling alongside me on the drive to Silent Valley but Sairandhri (Draupadi after whom the forests are named) and Kunthi (the river that flows through it).
- In The Throes Of Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2007)
The 19 stories contained in the slim volume presents a unique combination of literary creativity and a sensitive perception of human travails.
- Cng-Based Public Transport (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 02, 2007)
Much can be achieved with the right political will and the commitment to see a project through from the planning to the implementation stage.
- Dangerous Denial (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
If all the people of the world had the same living style as the average American, the holocaust would have already visited us.
- On Indian Response (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
India, projected by a recent study as the worst victim of climate change, needs to chart multiple strategies to cope with threats.
- Giving Roads Back To The People (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Feb 28, 2007)
A radical shift in the way cities think about moving people is essential.
- E-Waste Is The New Age Monster (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
There is nothing more terrible than watching an innocent child crippled for life. Struck by an optic nerve disorder after drinking polluted water from a hand pump in Shahdara, 11-year-old Anuj has lost nearly 80 per cent vision in both eyes.
- Kabirdass Motor Launches New Electric Scooters (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
Chennai-based Kabirdass Motor Company has launched four models of their environmental-friendly, zero emission non-polluting vehicle scooterette series XITE - K101 LA, XITE - K100 LA, XITE K15 SI and Arrow.
- Rs.20-Crore Project For Developing Periyar River Basin (Hindu, G. Krishnakumar, Feb 27, 2007)
Proposal is part of 26 projects submitted to State Planning Board
- Ensuring Safe Water (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 26, 2007)
THE evidence is in and keeps mounting by the day. Research in recent years by both official and independent organisations has confirmed that the country is moving recklessly towards environmental ruin, yet little is being done to arrest this . . .
- Tackling Industrial Pollution (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 24, 2007)
A ludable precedent was set on Wednesday when the Supreme Court ordered the immediate closure of two steel mills on account of their failure to comply with environmental standards.
- Spirit Of The New Year (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Feb 22, 2007)
Come Chinese New Year, and it’s time for the two most powerful men in China to spend time with the country’s most powerless citizens. So President Hu Jintao spent New Year’s eve with awestruck farmers in the north-western Gansu province, and . . .
- Innovation In The Driver’S Seat (Indian Express, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Feb 22, 2007)
During the last two decades, the Indian automobile industry has taken long strides. After 1983, standards of automotive technology have been redefined and Indian consumers are able to get what their western counterparts are getting.
- Chinese Litter On Taiwan Shores (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2007)
It's been decades since artillery shells landed on this strategic frontline island at the height of the China-Taiwan civil war, but now a new battle rages as garbage from the Chinese mainland washes up on Kinmen's shore.
- Green Trade And The Wto (Deccan Herald, Pascal Lamy, Feb 20, 2007)
Sustainable development should be the cornerstone of our approach to globalisation.
- Antony Sees Threat In Ltte, African Smugglers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2007)
Defence Minister A K Antony today said the Indian coastline faces threat from African smugglers and LTTE infiltrators.
- Troubles Are Here To Stay (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 19, 2007)
One does not need any proficiency in reading the economist’s abracadabra to explain the bane of jobless growth currently afflicting the Indian economy. Common sense is enough, commonsense in regard to what liberalization is about.
- Provoking Iran (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Feb 19, 2007)
An attack on Iran's nuclear facilities will have catastrophic political, economic, military and human consequences. Diplomacy is the only way out.
- All Chennai Autorickshaws To Switch Over To Lpg Within A Year (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Feb 18, 2007)
2,500-strong MTC fleet to follow suit the year after
Rs. 2,000 as subsidy for each LPG kit
Vehicle owners should seek loan for rest of cost
- ‘My Own Foreign Country’ (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2007)
Yang Lian is a Chinese poet of international repute who now lives in the UK. An advocate of individual freedom, he was instrumental in organising poets against the oppressive cultural policies of the Chinese government during the Cultural Revolution . . .
- Masters Of A Planning Mess (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2007)
Public reaction to the government’s ‘Master Plan 2021’ for Delhi has been unusually muted. It appears that we are not sure about how to question its premise or how it can be improved.
- Centre For Science And Environment Demands Imposition Of Cess On Diesel Cars (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2007)
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), on Thursday, demanded imposition of environment cess on diesel cars in order to discourage the use of such vehicles. It also sought incentives for public transport buses that emit less and use less . . .
- Bearing The Post (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 16, 2007)
The minister for external affairs was proceeding to Tehran to represent the country at the week-long anniversary celebrations of Iran’s Islamic Revolution.
- Public Hearing On Port Project Ends Abruptly (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Feb 15, 2007)
Fishermen, activists, NGOs disallow conduct of proceedings
- Disappointing Cauvery Verdict (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 14, 2007)
After 17 years of deliberation and unimplemented awards, the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal passed a disappointing verdict where not only were the four states unhappy but also disappointing those who were looking for a broader direction.
- The Lure Of The City For Rural Migrants (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2007)
As India's economy flourishes, there is plenty of evidence that the wealth gap is growing too.
- Growth Leaves China Polluted (Pioneer, Scott McDonald, Feb 13, 2007)
The China's environmental watchdog has admitted that the country has failed to reach any of its pollution control goals for 2006 and fallen further behind with its economy picking up speed.
- Bush Urges Congress To Approve Energy Proposals (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2007)
President George W Bush on Saturday urged Congress to approve his energy proposals, saying it was an area with "great potential for bipartisan cooperation."
- India Facing Grave Water Crisis (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 10, 2007)
India is facing a grave water crisis and in some parts of New Delhi, the water table has sunk to 130 feet, while the slum dwellers of Mumbai have no tap water, according to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
- The Need To Rethink The Past Paradigm (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Feb 10, 2007)
Signs of global warming are all too clear and India should get cracking on emission controls
- Notices Issued To Polluting Cement Units (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2007)
Nine of the total 31 cement units functioning in Jammu division have been issued notices for violating the environmental norms while one such unit has been issued with notice of closure by the state pollution control board.
- Taxing Exercise (Tribune, Nirmal Sandhu, Feb 09, 2007)
Union budgets usually have a pro-corporate, pro-urban, pro-employee and pro-government approach in which the ordinary citizen does not get a just share.
- Get Cracking (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 08, 2007)
One of the governmental bodies that should be asking themselves some fundamental questions following the Calcutta high court’s verdict on the book fair’s venue is the state’s pollution control board.
- Un Scientists, Villagers Make Natural Dyes (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Feb 08, 2007)
Residents of a hamlet on the Western Ghats have shown to the world how the toxic and ecologically-damaging consequences of synthetic dyes used in textile industries, can be overcome.
- The World Needs Our Help (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 06, 2007)
We must include the global biodiversity while making strategies for adapting to a hot world.
- New Environmental Body (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 06, 2007)
France has proposed a new environmental body that could police, monitor, and hold responsible nations that over-use resources in the name of development and received support of several nations but not the US, China, India, and Russia.
- Let’S Budget For Climate Change (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Feb 06, 2007)
The finance minister will go through the annual budgetary rite of passage later this month. He will do so against a backdrop of unprecedented economic buoyancy and optimism. His speech will strike a note of triumphalism, and justifiably so.
- Global Warming As A Budgetary Priority (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, Feb 06, 2007)
The finance minister should set out a framework of environmental incentives
- Budget 2007: Time For Key Initiatives (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 06, 2007)
In presenting the Budget, it is common for finance ministers to first narrate the expenditure allocations to enthuse citizens and their elected representatives and prepare them for the bitter pills to come — new or increased taxes and fresh bouts of . . .
- Global Green Advocacy (Hindu, N. R. Krishnan , Feb 06, 2007)
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