Natural Disasters

After the Tsunami

As Asia prepares to rebuild itself after the killer wave, it will take a lot more than just political bickering to prevent a similar situation from recurring

Publication Date: 
03/01/2005
Business India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Cyclones, Tsunami, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Asia, United States Of America (US), India
India

 Sound knowledge

Genetically Modified Crops: A Resource Guide for the Asia Pacific

Publication Date: 
14/12/2004
Rajeswari S Raina
Down to Earth
Tags:
Crop Biodiversity, Research, Asia
Environment

 The Bishkek bite

The streets of Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyztan, are unsafe. Hundreds of incidents of rat bites have been reported across the Central Asian republic. The menace is from super rats that are as big as

Publication Date: 
30/10/2004
Down to Earth
13
20041031
0
Tags:
Health Effects, Rodents, Asia
Health

High prevalence of insulin resistance in postpubertal Asian Indian children is associated with adverse truncal body fat patterning, abdominal adiposity and excess body fat

The objectives of the study were to study the relationships of insulin resistance with generalized and abdominal obesity, and body fat patterning in urban postpubertal Asian Indian children.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2004
A Misra, NK Vikram, S Arya & et al
International Journal of Obesity
28
10
1217–1226
Tags:
Obesity, Child Health, Asia, India, Delhi, Epidemiological Studies, Research
Climate Change

 Pollution killed the radio star

Signs of climate change can also come through mute radios

Publication Date: 
29/09/2004
Down to Earth
13
20040930
0
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Radio, Asia
Agriculture

 Wanted

An Asian measure of obesity

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
Sarita Bahl
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Care, Obesity, Research, WHO, Asia, Europe
Water Pollution

 QED

Cancer in the region of the Aral Sea linked to its drying up

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Aral Sea, Cancer, Asia
Water Resources

 Hot spots

Global warming will lead to water scarcity in Asia

Publication Date: 
14/07/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Glaciers, Rivers, Global Warming, Research, Asia, Kerala
Air Pollution

 Sinister pattern

Analysis of Asian studies highlights universality of air pollution problem

Publication Date: 
14/07/2004
Anumita Roychowdhury
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Asia
Sanitation

  Water is a national resource

GOURISANKAR GHOSH, executive director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva, Switzerland tells NIDHI JAMWAL that there should be a regulatory framework to manage water resources nationally

Publication Date: 
14/07/2004
Down to Earth
13
20040715
0
Tags:
Sanitation, Legislation, Governance, UN, Africa, Asia, Sustainable Development

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