Environment

 Rural electrification: a non starter

Rural power not happening

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Electrification, Legislation, Governance
Industry

 Spectrum wars

Mobile service providers battle over additional bandwidth

Publication Date: 
30/05/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
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Conflicts, Technology, Telecommunication
India

 Line of Vulnerability

Tsunami experience redefines coastal zones

Publication Date: 
14/04/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems, Coastal Development, Tsunami, Legislation, Governance, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India
Mining

 Keep the bucks ready

Users may soon have to pay for what they see online

Publication Date: 
14/04/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Science, Technology, Internet, Telecommunication
Water Resources

 Dipping levels

WB chokes Lake Victoria

Publication Date: 
14/04/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Lakes, Dams, Drought, Power Industry, World Bank, Africa
India

 Brinksman

As Le Clemenceau bobs on the horizon, reactions in India get sharper, noisier. We ve discovered occupational safety. Asbestos is used in popular lingo. The workers at the shipbreaking yards of Alang have suddenly become people. Almost. For the media ha

Publication Date: 
27/02/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
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Asbestos, Shipping, Waste Conversion, Mercury, Hazardous Products, Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Bangladesh, India, Gujarat, Statistics, Waste Recycling, Toxic Wastes
India

 Generic options

Roche grants licence to Indian pharma company

Publication Date: 
30/01/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Drug Industry, Patents, India
Agriculture

 Timber risk

Common preservative can cause arsenic leaching

Publication Date: 
30/01/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Arsenic, Wood, Environmental Science, Research
Water Resources

 Drug abuse

Ranbaxy, Dutch pharma put paid to groundwater

Publication Date: 
30/01/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Resources, Groundwater, Drinking Water, Drug Industry, India, Punjab
Water Pollution

 In a lather

Soaps, tubewells are causing arsenic contamination

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Tubewells, Arsenic, Environmental Science, Research

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