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The aim of the Guide is to provide a general introduction to sustainable development issues in India
06.11.2009
India’s response to climate change has been paltry, half-hearted and directed at preserving existing elite lifestyles. Its credibility in international negotiations will only be restored if it takes urgent measures to reduce domestic energy use, says Praful Bidwai.
more...From: Transnational Institute Related topics/regions: [Climate change] |
12.10.2009
The UK government today blasted Vedanta Resources over its treatment of the Dongria Kondh tribe in Orissa, India.
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01.09.2009
An attractive portal which encourages India and its people to demonstrate leadership and action on climate change.
more...Related topics/regions: [Environmental activism] [Climate change] |
31.08.2009
The Indian cabinet has cleared a proposal for constitutional amendment to provide 50 per cent quota to women in local government, up from 33 per cent.
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28.08.2009
Almost half of India is reeling under a drought as a result of insufficient monsoon rainfall, says Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.
more...From: ActionAid India |
23.08.2009
Jeffery Sachs, supposed UN champion of the poor, has no time for the Copenhagen process as a means to fight climate change. InfoChange
more...Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Climate change] |
23.08.2009
Indian environmentalists borrow the photo-opportunity tactics of western campaign groups in a drive for renewable energy legislation. InfoChange
more...Related topics/regions: [Environmental activism] [Climate change] [Energy] |
17.08.2009
This story encapsulates the energy-technology-climate debate across the developing world. The Indian government has great plans for renewable energy but is confused about paying for it. Guardian
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Energy] |
17.08.2009
News from India of a variety of rice which will survive periods without rain. BBC
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Food] |
13.08.2009
The Government of India makes another attempt at getting poor children into school. Legislation is only part of the answer. BBC
more...Related topics/regions: [Education] |
04.08.2009
The Indian government should take major steps to overhaul a policing system that encourages human rights violations, an international rights group said today.
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27.07.2009
Campaigner Bianca Jagger and musician Nitin Sawhney will stand alongside indigenous activist Sitaram Kulisika of India's Khondh people at British mining company Vedanta's AGM today to protest against a proposal to open a massive bauxite mine on their spiritual homeland.
more...+ Other London events From: ActionAid UK Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
24.07.2009
Repeated protests by indigenous people in Orissa, India, have blocked the mining plans of one of Britain’s biggest companies, leading to a costly delay.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: Last January protesters formed a human chain to protect their sacred mountain from Vedanta (© Survival)
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22.07.2009
A Dalit (Untouchable) community in India is being punished for one person's alleged crime, according to a human rights organisation in Gujarat: it claims 12 households have been living under a boycott which denies them work, the use of village shops, contact with non-Dalits and access to parts of the village.
more...From: Asian Human Rights Commission |
15.07.2009
The UN and India’s National Human Rights Committee have been asked to stop a controversial bauxite mine in India.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: Vedanta protest, London, 2008
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09.07.2009
The Yes Men, two US filmmakers whose funny but alarming documentary feature is to be released in UK cinemas next month, are to bring the plight of the people of Bhopal to the West by dispensing Bhopal drinking water to Londoners on 13 July.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
09.07.2009
Heavy monsoon rains have been falling on the Indian state of Assam and neighbouring states for several days, causing floods which have forced 500,000 people from their homes.
more...From: ActionAid UK |
15.06.2009
A luxury resort being built on the Andaman Islands in India is threatening the survival of the Jarawa tribe, who number just 320 and have only had contact with outsiders since 1998.
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23.05.2009
Cherie Blair is to launch a campaign to encourage people to hold dinner parties for needy Indian children.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Aid] [Children] |

