Environment

 Green levy plan scrapped

Andhra Pradesh government junks ecofriendly tax plan proposed for 15 year old polluting vehicles

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
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Tags:
Environment, Vehicular Pollution, Legislation, Andhra Pradesh
India

 New look for seven Indian cities

spurred by the success of the Taj eco-city project

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
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Tags:
Environment, Sanitation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
India

 Toxin trial blazer

Cost effective and easy way to test aflatoxin contamination evolved

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
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Tags:
Food Contamination, Groundwater, Health Effects, Cancer, Diagnostic Methods, India, Andhra Pradesh, Toxins
India

 With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
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Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Inputs, Basmati Rice, Wheat, Soyabean, Coffee, Aquaculture, Rural Development, NGO, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Internet, Computers
India

 The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment friendly decision

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
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Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ethanol, Petrol, MTBE, Emissions Trading, Research, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Statistics, Two Wheelers, Toxins
Industry

 Sitting Ducks

As polluting asbestos units and illegal mining thrive amid lax laws, lakhs of workers become easy prey for dreaded diseases

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Kushal P S Yadav
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Tags:
Pollution, Mining, Asbestos, Health Effects, Cancer, Industrial Workers, Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Industry, Legislation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Toxic Wastes
India

 Herb farming

the Andhra Pradesh Forest Develop

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
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Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Agricultural Systems, Medicinal Plants, India, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan
India

 Pollution costs dear

a recent World Bank (WB) study has

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
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Tags:
Pollution, Pollution Control, Industrial Dispersal, Water Quality, Legislation, Governance, World Bank, India, Andhra Pradesh
Industry

  Another Alang in the making

Andhra Pradesh is in choppy waters over a proposed ship breaking yard at Vodarevu

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Kushal P S Yadav
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Tags:
Marine Pollution, Asbestos, Shipping, Environmental Health, Hazardous Products, Dioxin, Industry, India, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (D), Gujarat, Developing Countries, Toxins
India

 Cotton conundrum

The fiery issue revolving Bt Cotton has little to do with farming and more with politicking

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
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Tags:
Agricultural Research, Pesticides, Cotton, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Legislation, Supreme Court, NGO, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Punjab

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