.jpg)
MOST POPULAR
- Man-made reasons for Uttarakhand disaster 1
- Dhari Devi idol goes missing 2
- Pedestrian questions 14
- Transition failure 1
- Rains over past three days extreme weather event: scientists 1
- Where all did extreme events cause disasters last decade
- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- Monsoon arrives early; kills over 30 people in Uttarakhand
- Rush of hydropower projects on Ganga, tributaries
- Ahmedabad’s beat-the-heat plan
- Don’t just cash in on tigers 18
- Pedestrian questions 14
- Weather dice is loaded 13
- Odisha's waterman 6
- Is Ganga losing its resilience? 4
- Banking on mothers 3
- Dhari Devi idol goes missing 2
- Court upholds Soliga tribe’s community forest rights 2
- Almost half of doctors in US from lower-income countries 2
- Hills of greyville 1
FOLLOW US ON
News Briefs
In Short
0 Comments
Nov 30, 2004 | From the print edition
US appeals: The US has formally appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that subsidies paid to US cotton farmers are against the rules of global trade. WTO's decision on the US appeal would be final. The process normally takes about three months. In September 2004, the WTO had supported Brazil's allegations that the subsidies given to US farmers were robbing the Brazilian farmers of their income (see 'Torn to shreds', Down To Earth, May 31, 2004).
monitoring births: Concerned about the declining number of girl children in India, the Union government has decided to monitor the country's child sex ratio every month. Suman Prasahar, joint director, office of the registrar-general of India, recently said in New Delhi that the registrar-general has asked the state offices to prepare monthly reports in this regard. "We cannot wait until the 2011 census to check the trend," she said. Registration of births is mandatory under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. There are about 213,000 registration centres in the country's rural areas and about 40,000 in urban areas.
