Full Coverage: South Asia
July 2006
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07/31/2006
PESHAWAR, Jul 31 (IPS) - Two Afghan journalists, who spent three years in the infamous United States military prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have released a new chronicle on life in the now famous iron cages.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [East Asia] [Afghanistan] [Pakistan] [United States] |
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07/31/2006
Intialaisen kastijaon takia syrjityt Uttar Pradeshin kyläläiset elävät nälkäkuoleman partaalla, raportoivat avustusjärjestöt. Kylässä on raportoitu jo kolmen lapsen kuolleen nälkään parin kuukauden aikana ja järjestöt uskovat luvun kasvavan. Alueen paikallishallinto ei ole osoittanut piittaavansa niin sanotujen "koskemattomien" tilanteesta.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [India] [Food] |
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07/31/2006
Greenpeace, a non-governmental organisation working for the conservation of the environment, on Tuesday alleged that the information technology (IT) company, Wipro, had failed to keep its promise to develop a policy to phase out toxins from its products.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Poverty] [ICT] |
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07/31/2006
At least 30 families in India's Belwa village are starving--with many cooking food only once every four or five days--even though local news agencies have reported on the problem and human rights groups have lodged complaints with authorities, activists warned Friday after the death of a nine-month-old girl.
Read moreFrom: Asian Human Rights Commission Related: [India] Image: More could starve due to government discrimination, analysts warn. © Mark Bushnell / Oxfam Great Britain
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07/28/2006
The objective of the Workshop is to address problems related to safe motherhood and to learn from national and international experiences in improving maternal health and safe motherhood. The focus would be on strategies to overcome specific issues & challenges in this area and to identify technological interventions that can provide remedial measures with special focus on Rajasthan.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Health] |
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07/28/2006
In a bid to establish a communication channel to support all its e-governance initiatives, the State Government of Haryana is planning to deploy a statewide area network that will connect the state head quarter office at Chandigarh to all the district head quarters at the Block/ Sub-Division/ Tehsil/ Sub- Tehsil levels.
Read moreRelated: [India] [ICT] [Governance] |
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07/28/2006
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), in collaboration with the Ramakrishna Mission (RKM), is empowering the women of the Sunderbans to promote the use of solar power. This pilot project has successfully created viable enterprises, targeting women entrepreneurs, who provide solar products as well as services in remote and interior villages.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Capacity Building] [Energy] [Renewable Energy] [Gender] |
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07/28/2006
The UN has urged the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil rebels to resume peace talks so that the nearly 300,000 internally displaced people can return to their homes. UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said after a trip to Sri Lanka that conditions should be created all over the country that allow people to return home.
Read moreRelated: [Sri Lanka] [Shelter & Housing] [Arms & Military] [Conflict Resolution] |
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07/27/2006
from interim thoughts blog:
Read moreModern American farming uses the energy equivalent of three or four tons of TNT per acre each year. Can India leapfrog this oil-rich approach to farming? Related: [United States] [India] [Agriculture] Image: Cereal © People & the Planet
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07/27/2006
All women will now be inducted into the Army, along with their male counterparts, through the Short Service Commission (SSC). Until now, the only entry point for them was the Women Special Entry Scheme (WSES). The long-delayed notice was finally issued by Army Headquarters on July 20, just days ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
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07/26/2006
Indian trade experts are unanimous that no deal at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) augurs better for India than a bad deal but developed nations will continue to put pressure on developing countries to open up their markets.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [United States] [India] [Western Europe] [Agriculture] [Labor] [Business] [Trade] [Globalization] Image: © Focus on the Global South
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07/26/2006
"Let the infection end with us," and "We will not spread the infection" are the two zealous motives that keep the Society of Visakha Network of Positive members (SVNP Plus) go ahead with its work.
Read moreRelated: [India] [HIV/AIDS] |
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07/26/2006
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07/26/2006
Lakhs of the world’s poorest farmers, many of them in India, will remain shackled to the existing system of rigged rules and double standards in trade rules following the suspension of the Doha round of development trade talks, says a press release by British charity Oxfam.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Agriculture] [International Cooperation] [Business] [Trade] [Globalization] |
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07/26/2006
Despite spending the last three months engaged in peace talks with the Nepalese government, Maoist rebels are still not prepared to demobilise, disarm or integrate, their leaders said in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Nepal] [Democracy] [Justice and Crime] [Arms & Military] [Peace] |
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