Jim Knight, UK s minister for biodiversity, landscape and rural affairs, responds to Kushal Pal Singh Yadav s queries on the British government s intention in helping India tackle wildlife crime and illegal trade in wildlife
<font class='Question'> Why did you go to Lebanon?</font> <br> Survival was a struggle. My husband earned a pittance as a vegetable vendor and we had to take care of our two boys and three girls. The children were then 19, 17, 15, 14 and 4, respectively. They needed food, clothes, books and shoes. It became really tough when my third child, Kajendani, attained age in 2000 and she had to walk more than a mile, alone, to collect water for cooking, washing or bathing.<br>
Every year, the World Bank channels about US $18-20 billion to developing countries in the form of loans and grants with the ostensible aim of reducing poverty and promoting economic growth. The bank
<font class='UCASE'>Roger Moody</font> is the director of Nostromo Research, which <br> investigates mining practices around the world. A leading critic of <br> the mining industry, his report Ravages through India exposes <br><br> Vedanta s pract
Nuchem is a company in Delhi that develops and sells water/effluent treatment technologies, chemicals and laminated panels. Sudev Barar, its owner, has adopted a Linux-based open-source computing
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<font class='UCASE'>M Vijay Gupta</font>, former assistant director general, World Fish Center, Penang, Malaysia was the World Food Prize winner in 2005. He talks to <font class='UCASE'>Sourav Mishra</font> on inland aquaculture s relevance for the Thir
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There can be several reasons for taking loans. Anmol Jain's report for the International Labour Organization lists weddings and medical expenses as the primary causes. "There are no medical
Hindu religion generally considers life forms as sacred and it has developed sanctity by association, such as the swan, eagle and bull that serve as vehicles for the major deities such as the
Has industry become environmentally responsible?
<font class='UCASE'>Graham Brookes</font>, an agricultural economist and director of the UK based PG Economics limited, a research and consultancy organisation, has authored a study on genetically modified <font class='UCASE'>gm</font> crops. He talks to
Kyoto compliance Our Kyoto compliant waste-to-energy programme coupled with super-green buildings and other Kyoto compliant technologies offer a complete technical answer to climate change. As
T he year 2006 will go down as environment's watershed year. This is not because this year we have had extraordinary success in environmental management; there was also no environmental disaster <i>per se</i> . This year must be remembered because the task of environmental management has come to be even more contested and even more challenged.
What is needed is to undertake liberalisation from the point of view of the poor. This is the message of Dewas
At a time when USA is banning MTBE , Indian public sector companies, with the blessings of the petroleum ministry babus, are promoting its use
Fiscal incentives for the middle class would help mobilise Indian money for NGOs. They would not have to depend on foreign funds
While the buzz of e commerce has been accepted, the discordant noise of environment has been conveniently left out
