India

 Three in one offer

pharmaceutical giant Cipla has introduced a three-in-one aids drug called Triomune. The new drug is a combination of stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine. Cipla could synthesise the drug

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Trade, Health, Medical Research, Drugs, Drug Industry, AIDS, India, Developing Countries
India

 Fuel cell buses for Delhi Going nowhere?

Grants have been approved to facilitate the use of fuel cell buses in the developing

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Environment, Carbon Dioxide, CNG, Diesel, Public Transport, Urban Transport, Fuel Cell, Technology, UNDP, United States Of America (US), India, Delhi, Developing Countries
Agriculture

 Mutual interest

Farmers care for the hill slopes only when the hills provide livelihood a simple lesson that has been forgotten

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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Environment, Land Degradation, Soil Erosion, North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Resources, Tropical Forests, Trees, Asia, Honduras, India, Nagaland, Developing Countries, Forests
Agriculture

 Issue at hand

Science needs to come home scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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Environment, Land Degradation, Soil Erosion, North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Resources, Tropical Forests, Trees, Asia, Honduras, India, Nagaland, Developing Countries, Forests
Health

 Vitaminimum

The advocates of agricultural biotechnology maybe overselling the usefulness of the genetically modified

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
A Asha
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Agriculture, Rice, Malnutrition, Health, Genetic Resources, Biotechnology, Developing Countries
Industry

 Malnourished Children

S K Kabra , associate professor in the paediatric pulmonology division of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi talks to Nidhi Jamwal about

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
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Pollution, Malnutrition, Starvation, Respiratory Diseases, Urban Habitat, Children, Health Care, Breast Feeding, Pneumonia, Environmental Health, Governance, Developing Countries
India

 Playing safe

Nations finally draft a treaty to combat the use of toxic chemicals like DDT and PCBs, which are known for their damning health effects

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
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Global Environmental Agreements, Pollution Control, Health Effects, Vector Control, DDT, Environmental Health, PCBs, Dioxin, International Cooperation, Africa, Global, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Toxins
Industry

 The shifting smoke of tobacco

With falling sales, lawsuits and stringent measures in developed countries, tobacco companies have shifted their focus to developing countries. In 1998, tobacco firms spent US $10 billion in

Publication Date: 
Saturday, December 30, 2000
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Tobacco, Health Effects, Smoking, Industry, Advertising, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries, European Union (EU)
Environment

 Noise and a sane voice

We hope that this voice of academics, professionals and scientists will become a shout and then a scream very soon

Publication Date: 
14/11/2000
Anil Agarwal
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Environment, Pollution Control, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Environment Training, Environment Politics, Anil Agarwal, Developing Countries, Public Participation
Biodiversity

 Biodiversity fund

the World Bank along with Conser

Publication Date: 
29/09/2000
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Tags:
Biodiversity, Aid, World Bank, Developing Countries

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