Full Coverage: India

29.03.2007 Greenpeace activists beamed huge slides on to the cooling tower of the National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) power plant, that supplies electricity to Indian capital New Delhi, to brand the culprits of climate change. The message Stop Climate Change – Energy (r)evolution now! is for the Indian government to rethink its energy strategy before climate change starts affecting economic development of the country.

29.03.2007 Citisens of Indian capital New Delhi and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) appealed to the government to stop and review the brutal onslaught on thousands of trees lining the roads of the city for making way for the High Capacity Bus Service Corridor and widening of roads for more lanes.

29.03.2007 UNESCO has launched an online platform to make available training and capacity-building resources developed by a variety of stakeholders in myriad subjects, including literacy, computers, business, environment and community development.

27.03.2007 Every seven minutes a woman in India dies of a pregnancy-related cause. The White Ribbon Alliance India is raising awareness about safe motherhood, building alliances to effect changes, and acting as a catalyst for action.

22.03.2007 India must close a highway running through Jarawa lands, or the Andaman Island tribe may be wiped out, a UN report warns.

21.03.2007 One of India's popular environment and wildlife film festivals - CMS VATAVARAN 2007 - is accepting early bird entries till 31st March 2007. The last date for sending in films is 30th April 2007. For more information and entry form, visit the CMS VATAVARAN website.

21.03.2007 Intian hallitus on viimein myöntänyt, että Intiassa myytävissä virvoitusjuomissa on jäännöksiä tuholaismyrkyistä. Kansalaisjärjestön hälyttävästä raportista lähteneen kohun ja Coca-Colan ja Pepsin osittaisten myyntikieltojen jälkeen Intia on nyt asettamassa rajoja tuholaismyrkkypitoisuuksille virvoitusjuomissa. Yhtiöt pitävät tätä hyvänä kehityksenä.

20.03.2007 Patenttisäännöt ovat osoittautuneet yhdeksi globalisaation akhilleenkantapääksi kansainvälisten lääkefirmojen pitäessä kiinni "oikeuksistaan" - huolimatta kasvavasta halpojen lääkkeiden tarpeesta. Paine muutoksiin kansainvälisissä patenttilaeissa on kuitenkin jatkuvasti kasvamassa.

16.03.2007 An Asian rights group has called for international protests over an alleged massacre in an Indian village which it says occurred when security forces clashed with villagers trying to halt construction of a special industrial area.

13.03.2007 More than 100 protestors, including 20 women, were arrested on the first day of two-day talks designed to save stalled World Trade Organisation negotiations in Delhi.

12.03.2007 New Delhi-based NGO working on media issues - Centre for Media Studies - is holding a conference, Communication for Social Development: Discourse and Practice at the south Indian city of Hyderabad from April 12-14, 2007. The three-day event is being held in collaboration with the University of Hyderabad.

06.03.2007 The Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is beginning to lose the battle to protect its own reputation as it continues to pursue a controversial court case against India over an AIDS drug, an international development charity said today.
+ MSF urges Novartis shareholders to join the call to ‘Drop the Case' against the Indian government

05.03.2007 Indian NGO Toxics Link has brought out a report Mumbai: Choking on E-Waste - A study on the status of e-waste in Mumbai that reveals that Mumbai is not just the leading generator of electronic waste in the country, but also exports a large part of it to adjoining areas and also to Delhi. It is a detailed report on the Electronic and Electrical Equipments (WEEE) in Mumbai.

05.03.2007 The Indian government has initiated the registration of plant varieties with the Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPV&FRA) to provide them globally-recognised protection against piracy. The government plans to register 12 varieties of crop that will provide protection to farmers and farm communities to evolve, preserve and refine crop varieties.

02.03.2007 Yhdysvaltain ja Intian välinen ydinteknologiasopimus horjuttaa YK:n ydinsulkusopimusta, pelkäävät rauhanliikkeet. Kauppasopimus viimeistellään tänä keväänä, ja USA:n demokraattienemmistöinen kongressi on jo antanut sille siunauksensa. Ydinsulkusopimus kieltää yhteistyön siihen liittymättömän valtion kanssa, mutta Intia halutaan nyt nähdä poikkeustapauksena, uusin PAX-lehti uutisoi.

02.03.2007 Intian lapsista jopa lähes 80 prosenttia kärsii raudan puutteen aiheuttamsta anemiasta, samoin kuin yli puolet alle 50-vuotiaista vaimoista. National Family Health Surveyn tekemän tutkimuksen mukaan anemia on yleisintä Assamin osavaltiossa, jossa yli 70 prosenttia 15-49-vuotiaista naisista kärsi anemiasta. Tutkijoiden mukaan naisten heikko asema, huono ravinto ja kallis terveydenhuolto selittävät anemian yleisyyttä.