India

 Unabated growth

India is the second most populated country in the world. In 195 1, the National Family Welfare Programme was launched with the objective of reducing the annual birth rate, by AD 2000, to 21 per

Publication Date: 
Monday, July 14, 1997
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Population, India, Statistics
India

 'We are fighting a losing battle'

The mere knowledge that mosquitoes are the carriers ofa number of Diseases like malaria, filariasis and dengue is not enough to check the spread of vector-borne diseases. P K Dits, director of the Pondicherry-based Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC

Publication Date: 
14/05/1997
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Malaria, Population, Vector Control, India
Fisheries

 Catch constraints

The global fish catch now appears to have reached the upper limits of sustainability. More than one billion

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, April 29, 1997
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Tags:
Nutrition, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Population, Global, Developing Countries, Statistics
India

 Grandma s recipes

granny often knows best. Whenever there was a sore throat or a toothache we went to her and grandma obligingly pulled out a potion from her treasure trove of remedies. Many of them even worked.

Publication Date: 
29/04/1997
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Water Harvesting, Population, Traditional Knowledge, India
Industry

 CHINA

The country is planning to re-target its family planning programme in the rural areas to stem population growth and reduce the wide economic chasm between urban and rural citizens, announced Premier

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
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Tags:
Population, Family Planning, Economic Development, China
Economy

 RICE RIGOURS

The demand for rice is constantly rising in Bangladesh with nearly 2.3 million people being added every year to its burgeoning population of 120 million. Bangladesh faces production constraints like

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
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Tags:
Rice, Population, Bangladesh
India

 Thirsty islands

Islands in the Bay of Bengal have to contend with increasing scarcity of fresh water

Publication Date: 
30/03/1997
Kailash
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Tags:
Islands, Bay Of Bengal, Water Management, Population, Andamans
India

 UNITED NATIONS

Representatives from over 100 countries unanim

Publication Date: 
14/03/1997
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Tags:
Population, Health Care, European Union (EU)
Air Pollution

 A revolution misplaced

Apathy towards China s environmental degradation may seem a thing of the past. But the damage that has already occurred places a daunting task before the Chinese

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
Fons Tuinstra
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Tags:
Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Croplands, Construction Industry, Population, China
India

 Tiger under threat

There has recently been an upsurge of speculation about the future of the Indian tiger. The number of tigers in Indian reserves increased by 39 between 1989 and 1993. But this includes tigers in

Publication Date: 
Friday, February 14, 1997
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Tags:
Population, Tiger Reserves, India, Statistics

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