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31/07/2007
New Delhi based organisation Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), announces a five-day refresher workshop on how to use the environment to eradicate poverty in rural India, from 19-23 November, 2007 at the Anil Agarwal Green College New Delhi 110062, India.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Capacitació] [Pobresa] [Medi Ambient] [Informació / Mitjans] [Polítiques governamentals] |
31/07/2007
Indian state Gujarat, which lies on the west coast, is celebrating a successful school enrollment drive that started five years ago to ensure all children, especially girls, are enrolled in schools. Through community mobilisation in 18,000 Gujarat villages the initiative has met with sizeable success.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Capacitació] [Infància] [Educació] [Polítiques governamentals] [MDGs] Image: Restoring smiles...
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31/07/2007
Greenpeace India has released a set of thermograph images of the Mysore Palace as a part of its campaign to phase out inefficient lighting in India to fight climate change. The palace uses approximately 96,000 ordinary light bulbs, which are energy inefficient and replacing them with compact fluroscent lamps (CFLs) can save Rs 41 lakhs and a significant amount of power.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Energia] [Consum] [Canvi climàtic] [Polítiques governamentals] |
31/07/2007
The tribals of Ranchi, the capital of the east Indian state of Jharkhand are bringing out handwritten newspapers to highlight the problems faced by them and raise issues that are overlooked by major newspapers. Through newspapers they also try to create awareness among people about government welfare programmes.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Capacitació] [Drets Civils] [Exclusió social] [Informació / Mitjans] [Coneixement] [Polítiques governamentals] |
31/07/2007
Arms control advocates expressed "grave concerns" this weekend about U.S. concessions to India on key non-proliferation provisions.
Més informacióFont: Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Temes/Zones: [Estats Units] Image: © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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31/07/2007
Tuhannet ihmiset joutuvat köyhyyden edessä työskentelemään teknologiajätteen kierrätyksen parissa. Altistuminen vaarallisille metalleille on muodostunut ongelmaksi jo ennen Intian astumista laajempaan tietoyhteiskuntaan, osittain länsimaista laittomasti maahantuodun e-jätteen myötä. Kehitystä on kuitenkin tapahtumassa Intian ensimmäisen yksityisen e-jätteen kierrätyslaitoksen rakentamisen myötä.
Més informacióFont: Digital Opportunity Channel Temes/Zones: [Conservació] [Contaminació] [Codis de conducta] |
30/07/2007
Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam encourages the media to encompass a classical model of mass media and national development.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Capacitació] [Informació / Mitjans] [Llibertat d'expressió] [Activisme] Image: Role of media
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30/07/2007
CMS, a Delhi based research and advocacy organisation is coordinating a film festival on environment and wildlife documentaries – 4th CMS VATAVARAN- Environment and Wildlife Film Festival to promote space for environment issues in the public media. The festival is slated for from 12 to 16 September 2007 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Capacitació] [Medi Ambient] [Activisme mediambiental] [Informació / Mitjans] |
30/07/2007
The Delhi Police has printed a booklet on Security tips for North East Students /visitors in Delhi and advising them on how to behave well and to blend into the mainstream society of Delhi. But many activists and concerned citizens believe this a violation of human rights.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Joventut] [Drets Civils] [Codis de conducta] [Ètica / Sistemes de valors] [Polítiques governamentals] |
30/07/2007
Analysis of phone records by the Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), an NGO in the western state of India, Gujarat, indicates that top police officials who were responsible for controlling the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, in 2002, were not at the spot when two worst attacks against the Muslim community took place.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Drets Civils] [Exclusió social] [Polítiques governamentals] [Justícia] |
30/07/2007
ActionAid’s Hunger Monitoring project reveals that climate change and oppression in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have worsened hunger and deprivation amongst the population. The study points out significant changes in weather patterns over the last four to five years which has adversely affected farming.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Agricultura] [Ajuda] [Pobresa] [Canvi climàtic] [Polítiques governamentals] |
28/07/2007
NEW YORK, Jul 27 (OneWorld) - Calls for increased help from Washington are on the rise as global efforts to tackle the world's burgeoning water and sanitation crisis have largely failed to produce any meaningful results so far.
Més informacióFont: OneWorld US Temes/Zones: [Estats Units] [Aràbia Saudita] [Pakistan] [Iran] [Xina] [Agricultura] [Aigua potable / Salubritat] [Política] [Polítiques governamentals] Image: Water handpump, India. © Centre for Science and Environment
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27/07/2007
A special school in central Indian state Madhya Pradesh trains women to become ideal, obedient and submissive wives and daughters-in-law, which has drawn the ire of social activists and women's organisations who feel that men should also be part of the training for a balanced society.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Gènere] [Comunicació] [Coneixement] |
27/07/2007
The cotton has now been dubbed "the killer crop" as continues to take the lives of farmers in the Vidarbha region of western India. High cost of farming and poor returns have taken the lives of nearly 8,000 farmers in four years says activist farmer Kishor Tiwari.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Agricultura] [Economia] [Deute extern] [Polítiques governamentals] Image: © Centre for Science and Environment
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27/07/2007
New Delhi-based NGO, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says that the crisis in the bus transport system in the Indian capital is due to policy failure to recognise the role of buses in making cities clean. The organisation has suggested some steps for the government to sort out the mess that has put commuters to great inconvenience.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] |
27/07/2007
New evidence reveals that the toxic ship-for-scrap renamed "Blue Lady" and currently anchored 4,000 feet off India's coast has radioactive material on board.
Més informacióFrom: Indian Platform on Shipbreaking |
26/07/2007
India currently produces 150,000 tons of e-waste a year but has been slow to regulate disposal with no proper guidelines and law. Delhi itself has 10,000 people who search for gold, copper, palladium, or anything else in the e-waste to reap profit from it even though it is a hazardous task.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Economia] [TIC] [Societat Civil] |
26/07/2007
Aborted female foetuses continue to be unearthed from all over India irrespective of regional differences as recent investigations
Més informaciódemonstrate from two economically diverse states - Orissa and Maharashtra. Temes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Infància] [Drets Humans] [Gènere] [Polítiques governamentals] Image: Why discriminate girls. © James Hawkins / Oxfam Great Britain
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26/07/2007
Indian Council of Medical Research is organising a 10-week training program on Bioethics at St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India from 20 August 2007 - 27 October 2007. The program will include a foundation course in bioethics, elective course in research ethics or clinical ethics, or ethics in social science research related to health.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Capacitació] [Salut] [Comunicació] |
26/07/2007
The Green Revolution has been a useful response to food insecurity at a certain point in India's history. But the strategy cannot be a permanent one for a country like India. The fact is that intensive agriculture could happen only with high a level of irrigation, with diversity of ecology, rainfall and water table on which India is lacking.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Àsia Meridional] [Agricultura] [Alimentació] [Economia] [Polítiques governamentals] |
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