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Use technology to uplift people [India]: CM [Chief Minister]
Author: The Hindu [India]
The Technology Summit and Technology Platform 2001, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), got off to a start with the speakers focussing on the use of technology as a tool to eradicate poverty and achieve growth on the one hand, and...
Unilever's Mercury Fever [India]
Author: Nityanand Jayaraman, special to CorpWatch
The fifth in our series of articles on Global Compact companies examines Unilever's response when caught dumping toxic mercury waste from a thermometer factory in Southern India earlier this year. The Anglo-Dutch company recently closed the factory....
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SOUTH ASIA: UNEP Launches State Of Environment Reports
Author: UN Wire
Poverty remains the biggest hurdle to reaching sustainable development in South Asia, a U.N. Environment Program official said Saturday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, at the launch of four national "State of the Environment" reports...The reports identify...
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India court extends clean fuel deadline by 18 days
Author: Reuters
India's highest court has extended by 18 days a deadline for buses in New Delhi, one of the world's most polluted cities, to switch to cleaner fuel and cut air pollution
India plans to regulate GM farm imports - official
Author: Reuters
India plans to regulate imports of genetically modified (GM) agricultural products due to concerns about their effects on health and the environment, a top government official said.
Greenpeace targets India's HLL for mercury pollution
Author: Reuters
Environmental lobby group Greenpeace and former employees of Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) demanded yesterday the Indian consumer goods company pay for healthcare costs from alleged mercury pollution caused by its thermometer unit.
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LANDMINES: Conference Calls For More Countries To Join Global Ban
Author: UN Wire
An anti-landmine conference concluded Friday in Managua with leaders of the 70 countries that have already banned mines calling on 90 countries to destroy the estimated 245 million mines in their military arsenals. In their resolution, the countries...
India may pull old vehicles off roads
Author: Reuters
The Indian government has asked an automobile industry body to draw up a plan for retiring older vehicles in a bid to reduce pollution and improve road safety, an industry official said last week
Indian 'Untouchables' Protest
Author: The Sowetan [Johannesburg]
Representatives of the Indian Dalit 'untouchable' caste attending the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) began a hunger strike yesterday, in a bid to ensure that their concerns are addressed in the final conference declaration.