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Footprints of flying
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2013
WITH the problem of climate change acquiring increasing urgency, activists are turning the heat on industry. In Europe, the aviation industry has become a target.
The website features reports and opinion pieces on issues surrounding aviation and its impact on the environment. It also features statistics from the aviation sector, mainly European though.
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‘Manipulate market, lower drug prices’
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2012
What is UNITAID’s objective?
Interviewee:
Denis Broun
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Reaching for the Skies
Issue Date: Nov 15, 1994
THE Indian skies are not as generous and capacious as they appear to be in the rosy light of touristy optimism when it comes to accommodating the steadily increasing domestic and international aircraft flights. The "airport stress syndrome" has come to roost in India, following its establishment as the hub of burgeoning air traffic in the newly open Asian market.
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Kingfisher and Cronies
Posted on: 15 Dec, 2011
Government bailouts planned for Vijay Mallya’s floundering airline are proof of how well crony capitalism is working in India
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Near ready for take-off
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2010
The Union environment ministry is all set to approve the Navi Mumbai international airport. The ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) recommended clearance to the airport on November 10 subject to conditions.
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News 360° - Briefs
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2010
MINING
ALARM IGNORED
Some of the 33 Chilean miners trapped 700 metres underground for 69 days had informed the management about the risk of a cave-in three hours before it occurred. Their bosses told them not to stop the work.
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More hurdles for Navi Mumbai airport
Issue Date: Oct 22, 2010
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forest has asked the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) to re-examine the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report of the proposed airport in Navi Mumbai. It has also asked CIDCO to conduct fresh studies on the suitability of alternative sites.
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Navi Mumbai airport hanging in air
Issue Date: Sep 30, 2010
AS MAHARASHTRA government pushes for Navi Mumbai as the only site for Mumbai's second airport, the environment ministry has asked for re-examination of three alternative sites. The ministry's expert appraisal committee (EAC) had expressed concerns over the project, saying it would lead to destruction of 121 hectares (ha) of mangroves, levelling of an 80-metre-high hill and diversion of two rivers.
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