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Why a groundwater cess won't work
The proposed cess on groundwater extraction will only give big players such as the bottled water industry carte blanche to extract as much as they need. A water cess in the absence of blanket checks on over-extraction is not a good idea More... Northeast of EdenIndia chooses to showcase the northeast as an exotic tourist destination of great natural beauty. Several documentaries at a recent environmental film festival in Guwahati showed it as a neglected corner of the country, with gaunt tribals and civil and political unrest More... The ugly truth about the HIV pandemicThe impact of HIV and AIDS on children exposes the ugly truth that children are at the bottom of the ladder of social and economic priorities More... Copyright: Keeping a balance between public and private interestThe copyright system is meant to promote access to knowledge in the public domain, not to restrict it. The proposed amendments to the Indian Copyright Act 1957, however, may land us with an ever-growing list of restrictions More... Reconsidering the pirate nation: Notes from South Africa and IndiaTrade losses to software manufacturers due to piracy are as high as $125 billion. We need to interrogate why piracy of software, books, music etc exists as a market phenomenon. Could it be an organic market reaction to the exclusion of consumers by copyright industries? More... Measuring global poverty: India on 20 cents a dayGlobal poverty estimates report the number of people living on less than $1 or $2 a day. But purchasing power (dis)parities suggest that it could be more accurate to say that the poor in countries like India are living on less than $0.20 or $0.40 a day, says Aseem Shrivastava More... Model lawLaws drafted in dusty government offices are often vague and full of loopholes. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 is a clear and concise piece of legislation that demonstrates the value of involving stakeholders in the drafting of a law More... Absence of sanitation points to massive deprivationSanitation remains one of the most neglected issues both in the national policies of many countries and by the global community. Failure to increase the number of people with access to clean water and basic sanitation endangers progress towards other important development targets More... Killing ourselves slowlyWith growing calls for the reintroduction of DDT to fight the resurgence of malaria worldwide, we must not forget the reasons why many countries have banned this toxic substance and other dangerous chemicals that cause cancers and other persistent diseases that impair health and possibly prove fatal More... Playing God: The arbitrary nature of capital punishmentThe Supreme Court has stated that the death penalty is to be awarded only in the rarest case of exceptional depravity and brutality. But human judgement, as several recent court cases have revealed, is totally subjective More... The powerful get water, the powerless don't: UNDP reportThe UNDP's annual Human Development Report for 2006 focuses on water and advocates small-scale solutions and efficiency improvements to tackle the global water crisis More... |
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