India

 Compromised!

Tiger reserve security in Karnataka

Publication Date: 
14/06/2003
Nitin Sethi, E Vijayalakshmi
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National Parks, Bandipur NP, Tiger Reserves, India, Karnataka, Nagarhole NP
India

 New wheat variety

a recent development is bound to bring a smile on many faces. A high-yielding variety of wheat has been given the green signal for commercial cultivation in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Scientists

Publication Date: 
14/06/2003
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Wheat, Research, India, Karnataka, Maharashtra
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 Rabies vaccine shortage in Bangalore

the Karnataka Lokayukta's revelations about inadequate stocks of an advanced rabies vaccine show that healthcare in the state

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
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Health Care, Vaccination, India, Karnataka
India

 The link with a hole

At a time when river networking is being touted as a panacea for the entire country’s water woes, the tide of opinion in Karnataka is turning against the concept. The dissent is moored to a proposed local scheme to divert Nethravathi river

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
Ramya Viswanath
Down to Earth
Tags:
Western Ghats, Rivers, Groundwater, Water Distribution, Canal Irrigation, Finance, Legislation, Governance, India, Karnataka
Water Pollution

 Nitrates in Karnataka wells

yet another case of contamination of water has surfaced. The southwestern regional office of the Central Ground Water Board (cgwb) recently released a report of the water quality study conducted in

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
Ramya Viswanath
Down to Earth
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Water Pollution, Wells, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Child Health, Karnataka
India

 River politics: Krishna changes course

The Krishna river waters have changed course. They are suddenly flowing in the reverse direction, from the lower riparian state of Karnataka to Maharashtra which is an upper riparian state. But the

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
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Rivers, Krishna, Water Distribution, Water Demand, Reservoirs, Political Parties, Politics, India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Energy

 Up in smoke

National programme on improved chulhas put on ice

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Richard Mahapatra
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Air Pollution Control, Health Effects, Forest Conservation, Women, Energy, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Finance, Information, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Statistics, Corruption
India

 Gust of dissent

Against windmills in Karnataka s protected Bababudangiri hills

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Keya Acharya
Down to Earth
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Wind Energy, Sanctuaries, Tiger Reserves, Karnataka
India

 The Krishna lesson

River waters are contested ground. What is needed is an equity based agenda

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
K J Joy And Suhas Paranjape
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Rivers, Krishna, Water Distribution, Water Demand, Governance, India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
India

 Injunction on policy

Acting on a public interest litigation (pil) petition, the Karnataka High Court directed the Union government not to implement the Pharmaceutical Policy 2002 "insofar as it relates to the formulation

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
Down to Earth
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Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Drugs, Drug Industry, Legislation, High Court, Karnataka

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