Sinister pattern

Analysis of Asian studies highlights universality of air pollution problem

A flavour of risk

Caffeine in soft drinks linked to high blood pressure

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Review of film The name of the disease

Comic film on workings of big-business tobacco industry

Interstate disputes over Krishna waters

British American Tobacco's documents smoked out

Documentary on post-tsunami situation in Sri Lanka

NGOs face obstacles in Eurasia, Eastern Europe on Internet

Water conservation slogans mandatory on Bhopal's hoardings

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Review Blood Diamond

Puppet power

Gyani Baba (wise saint, literarily), a seven feet-tall puppet with handle moustache, is up for a big task in Rajasthan's Ajmer district. He is …

Book review: Panchayats, democracy and development

In 1992 the Indian Parliament approved of the 73rd constitutional amendment, which made it mandatory for state governments to devolve powers to …

Report: Face financial risk - Ignore climate change

A 2003 report, Carbon Finance and the Global Equity Markets, identifies changing climate due to rising global average temperature as one of the …

Book review: Water's many nuances

The Rule of Water -- Statecraft, Ecology and Collective Action in South India By David Mosse Published by Oxford University Press New Delhi …

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Plastic interest

The lie of the land

The Bhakra Nangal project's success is rooted in myth, says a new study

Coal a human history

Radio programmes a hit in Pakistan occupied Kashmir

High nicotine in US cigarettes perpetuates tobacco pandemic

New car from Maruti sold through Pete Seeger

Book review: Water: Perspectives, Issues, Concerns

This is a work of encyclopaedic scope. The subjects it deals with range from an in-depth study of the treatment of water in the Indian …

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Price mechanism is the only way to discourage the use of dirty fuels