Monthly Archives: December 2010
Four Myths That Hold Back Progress In Fighting Climate Change
The U.N. Secretary-General has presented options for raising $100 billion a year to promote development while fighting climate change. This is timely, but for such funds to make a difference, we must get past a set of myths that prevent … Continue reading
Keep RP 2021 Plans Open To Public: GBA
Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) demanded that finalized plans of the Regional Plan for Goa (RP) 2021 (release one) comprising taluka plans of Pernema and Canacona be kept open for 30 days prior to notification to rule out import of projects through … Continue reading
Understanding What Young Kashmiris Want
At the height of the agitation, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced an “employment package” that would give 50,000 young people jobs. Aware that the government simply does not have so many jobs to absorb young people, the Centre is now … Continue reading
SEX RATIO DROPS IN GOA
While the state boasts of many achievements on various fronts, it appeared to have been fighting a losing battle in maintaining a healthy male-female sex ratio, as the figures for the last three years indicate a big fall in the … Continue reading
India Racing To Buy an Untried Reactor?
India is slated to purchase up to six of these reactors, of which the first two alone carry an estimated price tag of €11 billion. A memorandum of understanding for the sale of two EPRs was signed in 2009 and … Continue reading
Carping At Cancun
The government’s offer at the United Nations Climate Change Conference at Cancun – to submit India to international measurement, review and verification – makes for a welcome change after Japan’s decision last week not to extend the Kyoto Protocol. The only international treaty obliging … Continue reading
Chhattisgarh’s Industrial Jungle
Chhattisgarh is set to become the largest producer of thermal power, cement and sponge iron. The push is on to install 77 per cent of India’s current thermal power capacity, 51 per cent of the country’s present cement capacity and … Continue reading
On Day 1, Copenhagen ghost haunts Cancun
On the first day of the 16th annual climate change conference that began in Cancun on Monday, it became clear that the countries had made little progress from the failed previous meet in Copenhagen, but had actually moved backwards on … Continue reading
HIV-TB co-infection
In 2009, Mumbai had 1,623 HIV-TB co-infected patients; of these, 541 were initiated on anti-retroviral therapy (ART). It’s believed that better access to ART has improved the TB infection rates among such patients. Amid reports of the HIV epidemic slowing down … Continue reading