Two years have elapsed since who passed its global strategy

parliament in Nepal is now determined to find out how much property King Gyanendra owns. The government is already preparing a huge tax bill for the king and his family. "We are collecting details

Pesticide residue norms: Cola majors yet to clean up their act, govt drags its feet.

The disaster management bill has nothing new to offer besides

ON MAY 11, 2005, the Lok Sabha passed the Right To Information (rti) Act, an improved version of the Freedom of Information Act of 2002. "Eventually the right to information enables the

Fixing of norms for pesticides in soft drinks delayed further

Elections 2004 are over. Was it a vote for development, social inclusion and justice? Or simply a vote against an incumbent government, flattened by sleazy and slick self promotion? The answer is

JPC report sets serious reform agenda on food safety, water security and public health

The Joint Parliamentary Committee has finally delivered its verdict. Affirming that the Centre for Science and Environment s findings about the presence of pesticide residues in aerated water were correct, the panel dismissed as hot air soft drink manufac

The Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC was set up to investigate the issue of pesticides in cold drinks, and everyone told us that we had reached a dead end. Parliamentarians aren t interested,

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