India

 In the dock

Ex CJI faces contempt case

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
Sreedevi Jacob
Down to Earth
Tags:
Coca Cola, Legislation, Supreme Court, High Court, Kerala
Biodiversity

 THERE IS NO JUSTICE

E VIJAYALAKSHMI and RUHANI KAUR travel around Padre village, Kasargod district, Kerala and find what living with endosulfan has done to the area and its people

Publication Date: 
14/04/2004
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Pest Control, Plantation Crops, Health Effects, Endosulfan, Kerala, Kasaragod (D)
India

 In short supply

Mathrubhumi

Publication Date: 
14/04/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Unemployment, Advertising, Kerala
India

 Sinking feeling

Of rising temperatures and dipping groundwater levels

Publication Date: 
14/04/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater, Water Management, Legislation, India, Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
India

 LIES, DAMN LIES AND ENDOSULFAN

At Down To Earth (DTE) we believe that truth withheld is truth denied. Fresh evidence suggests a web of lies and deceit was weaved to declare that the pesticide endosulfan is not responsible for the horrendous mutations and ailments that many in the villages of Kerala’s Kasaragod district are suffering from.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2004
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Health Effects, Pesticide Industry, Diagnostic Methods, Pesticides And Toxins, Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, Research, India, Kerala, Kasaragod (D)
India

 Tribals lose out as herbal drug is stuck in IPR jam

India s wonder drug Jeevani developed by the Thiruvananthapuram based Tropical Botanic Garden Research Institute tbgri using the traditional knowledge of Kerala s Kani tribe hit the headlines a few years ago. It was heralded as the world s first pro

Publication Date: 
30/03/2004
Vibha Varshney
Down to Earth
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Tribals, Traditional Knowledge, Herbal Medcine, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Kerala
India

 Long lives the drink

New technology facilitates commercialisation of coconut water

Publication Date: 
30/03/2004
T V Jayan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Coconut, Soft Drinks, Food Preservation, Technology, Kerala
Economy

 In Short

coke restrained: The bottling plant of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited (HCBPL) at Plachimada in Kerala has temporarily stopped drawing groundwater from the area. The company had to

Publication Date: 
30/03/2004
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Soft Drinks, Kerala
Biodiversity

 KERALA: 7 years on

A programme in crisis. RICHARD MAHAPATRA and E VIJAYALAKSHMI find out the many ways decentralised planning is faltering

Publication Date: 
30/03/2004
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Water Management, Rural Water Supply, Water Privatisation, Private Sector, Panchayats, World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Kerala, Kozhikode (D)
India

 The development laboratory

Where civil society, says SUNITA NARAIN, could learn a decentralisation lesson or two

Publication Date: 
30/03/2004
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Finance, Legislation, Governance, Political Parties, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, Politics, India, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh

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