India

 Revision of regulation of EIAs for what?

the Union ministry for environment and forests has recently amended its draft notification putting in place a new regime that will govern environment impact assessments (eias), (see

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
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Air Transport, Urban Sanitation, Rag Pickers, NGO, Brazil, India, Delhi
India

 Corporate pressure may put India's obesity prevention plans on hold

Two years have elapsed since who passed its global strategy

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
Vibha Varshney
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Lifestyles, Nutrition, Fast Foods, Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Child Health, Obesity, Advertising, Parliament, New Zealand, India, Delhi, Global
India

 Alitalia apologies to wastepicker but that is not enough

The airline company, Alitalia, was recently forced to issue an apology letter after its officials at New Delhi airport stopped a passenger from boarding a Belo Horizonte-bound flight. The company

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
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Air Transport, Urban Sanitation, Rag Pickers, Media, NGO, Brazil, India, Delhi
India

 India's strategies for rice congress

India will host the second International Rice Congress from October 9-13 in New Delhi. This is the most important event in the calendar of rice research since the International Year of Rice in 2004.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
Sourav Mishra
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Agricultural Research, Rice, Nutrition, Farmers, Genetic Engineering, India, Delhi, Global, Food Security
India

 States take the fizz out of cola

Centre for Science and Environment's latest findings on pesticides in soft drinks (see

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30/08/2006
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Food Standards, Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Pesticide Residues, Supreme Court, CSE, India, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, Punjab, Rajasthan
Transport

Implementation of the parking policy

This report is submitted to the Hon

Publication Date: 
01/08/2006
Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority
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Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Transport, Parking Policy, Parking Pricing, Supreme Court, Delhi
Transport

Measures to further control Vehicular pollution grant of subsidy for replacement of retro-fitted two stroke, TSR

Measures to further control Vehicular pollution grant of subsidy for replacement of retro-fitted two stroke, three wheel Scooter Auto Rickshaw (TSR) by those with four stroke engine technology.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2006
Government of NCT of Delhi
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Vehicular Pollution, Transport, Three Wheelers, Supreme Court, Delhi
India

 Medical education in India does not address larger social needs for health care

Medical education is in the news for all the wrong reasons. The government s decision to extend reservations in institutions of higher education under the Centre triggered off a storm of protest, led by medical students. There were spurious arguments on b

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14/07/2006
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Health Care, Health Policy, Health Education, Health Personnel, Private Sector, India, Delhi
Water Pollution

 The roots of eviction

1994: Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of an article published in Hindustan Times,

Publication Date: 
14/07/2006
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Slum Demolition, Delhi
Industry

 Malpractice

Santosh Medical College in Ghaziabad, affiliated to Santosh Hospital, is a private college that has been exposed by media reports as being inadquate both in terms of infrastructure and faculty. The hospital has 800 beds, 80 per cent of which are free. But most of the facilities are not used.

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14/07/2006
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