Full Coverage: India

31.01.2007 from Unplugged Living:
“These heaters are capable of heating water up to 80 degree Centigrade. It takes 30 minutes to boil rice using these heaters,” explains hospital Dean.

29.01.2007 Valtaosa intialaisista on sitä mieltä, että maan talouspolitiikka on hyödyttänyt vain rikkaita, selviää tuoreesta kyselytutkimuksessa. Vahvasta talouskasvusta nauttiva Intia on uudistanut talouspolitiikkaansa rankalla kädellä 1990-luvun alusta lähtien, mutta vain kolme prosenttia väestöstä on tarkasti selvillä siitä, mitä oikeastaan on tehty.

27.01.2007 Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis must drop its controversial court case against India which begins in Chennai on 29 January, Oxfam urged. The case challenges India's patent law designed to promote cheaper generic medicines for poor patients.
+ MSF urges Novartis to drop its case

22.01.2007 Intian ja maailmankin informaatioteknologian keskukseksi nousseen Bangaloren synkkä puoli tuli esiin, kun lauma kulkukoiria repi kahdeksanvuotiaan tytön kappaleiksi. Infrastruktuurin, varsinkin teiden ja alikulkutunneleiden rakentaminen, etenee takkuisesti Bangaloren kaupungin lupauksista huolimatta. Se kärjistää osaltaan ristiriitaa it-huuman ja arjen koettelemusten välillä 6,8 miljoonan asukkaan metropolissa.

22.01.2007 An Indian law intended to promote economic development is causing environmental damage and harming the livelihoods of some of the nation's poorest people, according to a report released today.

19.01.2007 A five days training programme on computer applications and its effective usage in advocacy and communications at rural level was organised for the filed functionaries of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) on 13 – 17 January 2007 at Jehangirabad in Barabanki district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

18.01.2007 Some of the work of the IMF, the World Bank and the UN should be brought together, the British Chancellor, Gordon Brown, said in a speech in India yesterday. He suggested that the Bank should have a focus on energy security and environmental care.

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18.01.2007 Environmental, human rights and occupational health workers from 14 Asian countries attending the fifth Waste Not Asia (WNA) conference have called for adoption of Integrated Zero Waste Management instead of polluting technologies like incinerators. The conference also called upon the UN and affiliated bodies to condemn and end the promotion of incinerators and other materials destruction technologies.

18.01.2007 The Earth Caare Foundation and India International Center are holding a memorial function on January 24 in New Delhi to remember two NGO workers - Ms. Sarita and her colleague Shri Mahesh Pitti - who laid down their lives three years ago while working for the rights of rural people of Gaya district in the central Indian state of Bihar.

17.01.2007 Intialainen The Hindu -lehti kertoo, että Intian pääministeri Manmohan Singh on lähettänyt tiukkasanaisen kirjeen osavaltioiden johdolle, jossa hän epäilee, ettei kansallinen terveys- ja ruokaohjelma ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) ole onnistunut parantamaan 0-6-vuotiaiden ravitsemustilaa.

17.01.2007 UK Chancellor Gordon Brown must put pressure on the Indian Government to do more to end the exploitation of millions of children forced into child labour when he visits the country this week, following his recent comments on the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, says Save the Children.

17.01.2007 Rekha Devi is a reporter for Aangan Ke Paar, a BBC World Service Trust-produced weekly radio programme broadcast from 22 AIR stations and BBC Hindi dealing with issues concerning women, especially HIV/AIDS. But unlike other such shows which rely on interviews with experts, this programme has its ears to the ground. Literally.

16.01.2007 from The Hindu:
A choice is now available for those living in apartments to switch over to a renewable energy mode of cooking.

10.01.2007 Tuberculosis, malnutrition, and the devastation of wars in the Central African Republic, Sri Lanka, and the Congo are profoundly affecting millions of people yet remain almost invisible in the U.S. media, says Médecins Sans Frontières.

10.01.2007 Indian laws, policies and political rhetoric appear to favour the rights of Dalits and other low-caste communities. But do these translate into improvement in their lives? Meenakshi Ganguly reports.

10.01.2007 While large multilateral agencies are touting reconstruction successes in India since the 2004 tsunami, community groups say a closer look reveals a population dissatisfied with the results of a process that largely ignored their input.

09.01.2007 JAGORI and the Women’s Studies Department Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy present a talk on The GLOVE Project: Gender, Violence Prevention and Local Governance in Victoria by Dr. Carolyn Whitzman at 2.30 pm on January 10, 2006 in JNU-Room 2, School of Social Sciences II, New Delhi.

09.01.2007 Dr. Abusaleh Shariff, Sachar Committee member, told in an interview with The Hindu, a national daily, that India's spectacular diversity must be visible in its public spaces.

09.01.2007 from The Independent:
Some dismiss carbon-offsetting as a way of buying a clear conscience. Some Indian farmers would disagree.