India

 Corporate wastelands

Tamil Nadu seems set to gift community land to corporates under the name of wasteland regeneration

Publication Date: 
14/03/2003
Richard Mahapatra, J Saravanan
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Wastelands, Finance, Private Sector, High Court, Governance, Community Groups, Political Parties, Panchayats, NGO, India, Tamil Nadu
Industry

 Anti GM suit in Pakistan

an unprecedented legal battle is being fought in Pakistan's Lahore High Court. Responding to a petition filed by two food rights groups against the import of genetically modified (gm) soyabean from

Publication Date: 
14/03/2003
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Soyabean, Health Effects, Genetic Resources, Biosafety, Imports, Legislation, High Court, Governance, Pakistan, United States Of America (US)
India

 Poplar demand

Trees take centrestage in Himachal Pradesh

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Richard Mahapatra, Baldev S Chauhan
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Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Trees, Compensation, Legislation, High Court, Himachal Pradesh
India

 Vociferous protest

Stiff opposition to recent amendment in noise rules

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
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Noise Pollution, Legislation, High Court, Government Of India (GOI), NGO, India, Kerala
India

 All the water they need

Rainwater harvesting is catching on in a big way in Kochi

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Reshmi C R
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Waterlogging, Water Resources, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Technology, Legislation, High Court, India, Kerala
India

 The battle over forests

Are the recent eviction drives misdirected?
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Publication Date: 
14/01/2003
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Forests, Nilgiri, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Tribals, Conflicts, Elephant, Legislation, Supreme Court, High Court, Governance, India, Andamans, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 State sponsors disability

Several UP villages fall prey to crippling disease
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Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Nidhi Jamwal
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Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Cancer, Child Health, Fluorosis, Tuberculosis, High Court, India, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh
India

 PILing up pressure

HC tells UP government to submit action taken report on fluorosis incidence

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
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Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Cancer, Child Health, Fluorosis, Tuberculosis, High Court, India, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh
India

 Are pills doctored?

A Punjab resident holds inferior quality drugs responsible for his son s serious illness

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
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Compensation, Medical Research, Diagnostic Methods, Drugs, Drug Industry, High Court, Bangladesh, India, Haryana, Punjab
India

 CNG sputters on

Another public interest petition, this time in Kerala

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
CNG, Diesel, Supreme Court, High Court, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala, Calcutta (D)

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