India

 Recurrent scourge

Spread of rat fever in Kerala, once again points to the lacuna of the authorities in controlling the disease

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
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India, Kerala, Diseases
India

 Power em

More power for villages and people will ensure better governance and less corruption

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
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Legislation, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, India, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
India

 Turncoat thieves

Former teak smugglers become official forest guards

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
Surendranath C
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Forest Policy, Timber Smuggling, Tribals, Medicinal Plants, Finance, Poverty, India, Kerala, Malappuram (D)
India

 Muddy and misleading

Pesticide industry attempts to 'educate' people on Endosulfan

Publication Date: 
29/09/2002
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Pesticide Industry, Endosulfan, India, Kerala
India

 Waterhunt

Going thirsty in the Kerala backwaters

Publication Date: 
29/09/2002
M Suchitra, M P Basheer
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Pollution, Water Pollution, Waterlogging, Water Resources, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Epidemics, Governance, India, Kerala, Diseases
India

 Clean up act

After figuring in the list of 27 most polluted cities in India, Kochi in Kerala has decided to advance the deadline for the conversion of all vehicles to Euro-II norms from 2005. In view of the high

Publication Date: 
30/08/2002
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Vehicular Pollution, Euro II, Legislation, Kerala
India

 Fishworkers union calls off stir after meeting PM

after a series of agitations demanding the protection of rights of the tradi

Publication Date: 
30/08/2002
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Fish Marketing, Fisherfolk, Legislation, Human Rights, Governance, Political Parties, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha)
Agriculture

 A hound on the pound

Trailing the pesticide industry for murky revelations was a crazy

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Kushal P S Yadav
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Pesticide Industry, Endosulfan, Research, Kerala
India

 Pesticide politics

As the endosulfan controversy erupts afresh, the Kerala government finds itself in a tight spot

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Kushal P S Yadav
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Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, Government Of India (GOI), NGO, India, Kerala
India

 Ecotourism: Scrambling for paradise

Does tourism always have to be a threat to the environment? Not anymore, claim the promoters of the globally emerging industry of ecotourism. Socially responsible and ecologically sustainable tourism, which could at the same time be profitable for the com

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
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Ecotourism, Marine Ecosystems, Mountains, Lakes, Economy, Tourism, Biodiversity, Economic Development, Kenya, South Africa, Peru, India, Kerala, Sikkim

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