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 …
Filtering the fine print
The confusion resulting from reports about pesticides in bottled water and soft drinks saw a few companies sneak-ride upon the concerns of the …
Self medication - buyers beware
Australian doctors have warned Internet users against buying drugs online. They caution that many "health" websites do not provide adequate …
Website review: http://www.saukaryam.org
Vishakhapatnam residents can register and verify births and deaths online and get the certificates delivered to their residences. Payment of …
Book review: Plastics for Environment & Sustainable Development
For those concerned about the 'plastic age' in which we live, this 'eco-assessment study' is a must read. But do not go by the report's name, for …
Book review: Science in Indian Media by Dilip Salwi
Indian media is not known to pay any more attention to science news than is strictly necessary. This book cites a survey conducted by Delhi-based …
Banning spam
The uk government has proposed a crackdown on the much-hated menace of e-mail spam. It intends to check those indulging in the insidious practice …
Book review: Garbage Wars: The Struggle For Environmental Justice By David Naguib Pellow
Sociologist David Naguib Pellow has come out with an engrossing account of Chicago from the perspective of what surrounds us all: garbage. It is …
Book notice: Samagra Vikas
Diverse: this word best describes the compilation. The sources from which the articles are drawn are diverse -- The Hindu, New Scientist, Span …
Website review: Stargazers' delight
http://www.science.nasa.gov - This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-maintained website should be of immense interest to space-…
Book review: Seeds of Contention
The good thing about this book is that it makes a clear attempt to scale down the shrill rhetoric of the gm debate. The sharp language and …
Poison present
Greenpeace and Bhopal disaster survivors transported toxic waste from the Bhopal disaster site to Dow Chemical Co's largest European operation, …
Conflicts are bad for the environment, says UNEP report
At a time when the threat of war looms large over Iraq, here's more ammunition for peaceniks to confront warmongers with. The United Nations …
Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?
A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society …
Book review: Profound primer
Providing a good text is the primary step, now that environmental studies have become a scheduled subject at the graduate level in all …
Book Review
Accountability in the Pesticide Industry - A report based on a forum held at the Pocantico Conference Center . June 25-28, 2002 . Paper No 5
Privacy police: Total information awareness
The US congress is facing a key decision on the controversial Total Information Awareness programme. The programme seeks to construct and put …
Survey: Making waves
While it is known that radio reaches about 90 per cent of India's population, what is new -- and good news -- is that it is an extremely …
Website review: Sleuthing for information
Nosy journalists are urged to take a dekko at this website of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The project is …
Very fat bill: Obesity Research
64 per cent of Americans are obese. This is costing the nation a pretty weighty penny. According to the study -- State-Level Estimates of Annual …
A silver lining: Quotes from the earth
Till very recently, it was taken for granted in India that film festivals were avenues, which encouraged critical voices. Selection committees …
NCERT textbook: An excercise in multi-culturalism
The new National Council of Educational Research and Training (ncert) textbook on mathematics for class 1 is a welcome change from the earlier …
Balarama Digest: Kid stuff?
If you think free publicity, like 'free lunch', is a no-no in this newly liberalised world of ours, you have got it all wrong. Take a dekko at …
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