VIAGRA IN SOUTH ASIA

Talking grants

In sight, but out of mind

WHO raises concerns about hazards posed by the 'not so talked about' diseases

First-time study: child poverty

Toxic spray

Sugar debate

Spiced by developing bloc

Davids, Goliaths and others

Relieved? Not quite

Tactless fisherfolk 'pactless'

Transcending Kyoto

Time to move beyond the protocol's shadow

Elusive pact

Miscalculation

GEF funding cause for worry

Doctor, heal thyself

South Asia has lost most human capital due to air pollution: World Bank

World Bank releases the Changing Wealth of Nations report that says environmental degradation is leading to a decline in overall wealth

The Danish Proposal Surfaces

A secret negotiating text is leaked to the media, and the day goes from dull to anything but.

Warsaw Climate Talks Day 12: November 22

A developing country delegate received message that there has been no progress on long term finance.

Lollipops, fizz, chips

Twenty-five years ago, small shops would sell foods produced by local home-food processors, but that important part of the informal economy seems …

Billed for conservation

A bill, to be tabled in Parliament early next year, will promote energy conservation in the industrial sector

Doubts cloud desertification convention

Developing nations fear that the lack of a proper financial mechanism may hinder the world in its battle against desertiflcation

A purge for choking cities

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Gasbagging the North

The South has opposed the North's proposal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in yet another stalemate

Toiling unsung

Rural women manage the family and the field, yet most development programmes target just the male farmer

And miles to go before we meet

The North-South divide is not a fabrication: for three-fourths of the world, it is a fact of daily existence. Ignoring it will not make it …

USA confronts Third World on nuclear front

The Reed panel recommends specific nuclear weapons against the developing nations, even as the US retains its hold on their retaliatory rights

Patent paradox

Developing countries may get trapped by the brazen and unabashedly faulty bio-patenting model that a US firm is flaunting