Economy

Punjab human development report 2004

Punjab is at a more advanced stage of development than most other Indian states. However, the remarkable achievements of the state have not been equitable. Amidst prosperity, pockets of deprivation remain among sections and areas.

Publication Date: 
Jan 2004
Government of Punjab
Tags:
Agriculture, Health, Economy, Migration, Scheduled Castes, Women, Children, Economic Development, Unemployment, Education, Punjab
India

 Unhealthy deals

Mar government agencies drug procurement process

Publication Date: 
29/11/2003
Vibha Varshney
Down to Earth
Tags:
Children, Health Care, Drugs, Drug Industry, Government Of India (GOI), India, Corruption
Air Pollution

 Bytes

gm on the platter: The US government has recently issued a notice to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for failing to comply with safety laws when it allowed offsprings of animals used

Publication Date: 
14/11/2003
Down to Earth
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Air Pollution, Pesticides, Pest Control, Asthma, Cancer, Children, Child Health, Occupational Health, Electronics Industry, Genetic Engineering, Research, Media, Legislation, Iran, United States Of America (US), California
India

 A day with Shibu Karmakar

Nitin Shethi learns more than he had reckoned, from local wisdom

Publication Date: 
14/05/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Firewood, Children, Birds, India, West Bengal, Darjiling (D)
India

 Bold strokes of pain children depict the Muthanga episode

In these days of global and domestic wars, to which many grown ups respond by simply shrugging their shoulders cynically, children react more readily to the inner urge for creative protests. The paintings of two young girls on the bloodbath in Muthanga sh

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
Down to Earth
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Children, War
India

 Tiger's new friends

The Kids for Tigers initiative of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage INTACH , in collaboration with Sanctuary magazine and Britannia Industries aims to educate 1.5 million children across the country on the need to save the ti

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Children, Tiger, Information, Environment Education, INTACH, India
India

 Perpetually ill prepared

Inept response as mystery fever grips Uttar Pradesh

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Pranay Lal
Down to Earth
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Children, Health Policy, Medical Research, Child Health, India, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Saharanpur, Diseases
India

 Housewarning

Pesticide exposure can lead to leukaemia in children

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pesticides, Health Effects, Cancer, Children, Child Health, United States Of America (US), California, Statistics
Air Pollution

 No breather in sight

Research reinforces theory that air pollution and smoking perpetrate asthma

Publication Date: 
29/11/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Asthma, Respiratory Diseases, Children, Child Health, Statistics
Poverty

 Thumbs down

ANTI-MCDONALD'S DAY . October 16, 2002 October 16, 2002 is UN World Food Day. It is also the 18th annual worldwide Anti-McDonald's Day. A day of protest against the

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Fast Foods, Health Effects, Canada, Children, Philippines, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil

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