Health

The new obesity

Weight loss is no more a simple calculation of calories consumed and burnt. Studies show exposure to certain toxins in the environment can make it difficult for one to shed extra pounds. What are these toxins? How do they affect body?

Publication Date: 
30/06/2012
Vibha Varshney, Dinsa Sachan, Sonal Matharu
Down to Earth
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Obesity, Pesticides And Toxins, Health Effects, India, WHO, Epidemiological Studies, Child Health, United States Of America (US), Environmental Health, Dioxin, Arsenic, DDT, Non Communicable Diseases, Fast Foods, POPs, Europe
Environment

'N-E environmentally most-sustainable'

Chennai Five north-eastern states along with Himachal Pradesh have been rated as the most environmentally sustainable states in the country, according to the Environmental Sustainable Index 2011 released today by a city-based think tank here.

The report rates Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh in the top slots in its Environmental Sustainable Index 2011. It was released by Centre for Development Finance (CDF), affiliated to Institute for Financial Management and Research.

Publication Date: 
15/06/2012
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
North Eastern Ranges, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal, Mizoram, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Environmental Health, Orissa (Odisha), Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Sustainable Development, Ecosystems, Air Quality Standards, Air Pollution, Water Quality, Waste Management, Forests, Biodiversity, Agriculture, Health Effects, Energy, Environment
Energy

Activists ask State to start a dialogue with anti-Kudankulam protesters

Shifting the debate over the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant from the nuclear risk perception to the “Emergency-like” suppression of democracy and civil liberties of the local population of Idinthakarai, a panel of civil society activists on Monday urged the governments at the Centre and State to give up their confrontationist approach and start a dialogue with the affected people.

Addressing a press conference to make public the report of a jury headed by Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, that conducted public hearings on the State suppression of democratic rights in Kudankulam,

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