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Journey from purdah to power
By Rina Mukherji  | 21 May 2012

The difficult journey traversed by the women's movement in India can be best understood through the gamut of posters and visual media used to create awareness on the women's struggle. 'Our pictures, our words - A visual journey through the women's movement' examines the processes which contributed to Indian feminism becoming a broad-based movement for human rights.

Do you know about Monsanto?
By Pandurang Hegde  | 27 Dec 2011

The detailed profile of agribusiness giant, compiled after prolonged investigation by award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin, provides insight into the corporate ways to control the food supply chain.

Global life expectancy on the rise: WHO
By d-sector Team  | 16 May 2011


Addressing violence against women and girls in sexual and reproductive health services
By d-sector Team  | 26 Aug 2010


Climate cash must not increase developing countries' debt
By d-sector Team  | 01 Jun 2010


Deforestation dips but all's still not well
By d-sector Team  | 30 Mar 2010


Gorillas fast disappearing from central Africa: UN report
By d-sector Team  | 30 Mar 2010


World on track to meet drinking water target of MDGs: UN
By d-sector Team  | 24 Mar 2010


Migratory birds under threat, says US Report
By d-sector Team  | 24 Mar 2010


Drug-resistant TB now at record levels: WHO
By d-sector Team  | 23 Mar 2010


Urban policies benefit the rich and powerful: UN
By d-sector Team  | 22 Mar 2010


Few countries have laws prohibiting violence against women: UNDP
By d-sector Team  | 15 Mar 2010


WB blueprint for Economic Cooperation in South Asia
By d-sector Team  | 02 Mar 2010


Partnerships needed to save children: UNICEF
By d-sector Team  | 06 Feb 2010


Human Rights defenders under attack: HRW
By d-sector Team  | 25 Jan 2010


HRW's digest on Crimes against Humanity in Rwanda
By d-sector Team  | 21 Jan 2010


Women vulnerable to climate change: UNFPA
By d-sector Team  | 21 Jan 2010


Global trade logistics improving - WB
By d-sector Team  | 21 Jan 2010


Presence of Maoists help save forests
By d-sector Team  | 09 Jan 2010


Report on migration issues in India
By d-sector Team  | 09 Jan 2010


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Coke Nation

The news that Indians consume far less aerated beverages each year than their neighbours in Pakistan and China could be interpreted differently. In comparison to per capita annual consumption of 39 and 21 bottles of aerated drinks in China and Pakistan respectively, average Indian drinks just about 14 bottles in a year. For Coca-Cola this means a serious job at hand for which the company has announced an advertisement budget of $5 billion. For the company, economic growth of a country and its peoples' thirst for aerated beverages is directly coorelated. 

Coca-Cola doesn't consider 'negative' publicity for cola behind poor consumption of the aerated beverage in India. As per its books, brand Coca-Cola has registered consecutive growth for past 27 quarters and has been a leader with a brand volume of 30 per cent. For Coca-Cola the target is to turn it into a 'Coke Nation', on the lines of Mexico where per capita annual consumption is 745 bottles..Whether Indian consumer exercises restraint in gulping the drink whose health consequences are all but known, the flipside to the story is that  the state governments are falling prey to Coca-Cola's investment plans?

Waste Appetite

The clock has turned full circle! After dumping industrial and toxic trash in the developing world all these years, Europe is now shopping for garbage to keep its cities, schools and homes heated. What better place than the developing world to shop for garbage! Reports indicate that northern Europe needs more than 700 million tons of trash to keep its waste-to-energy plants running. Most of its current demand is either domestically met or from garbage shipped from southern Europe.Yet, the demand is far more than what neighboring countries can spare after meeting their domestic needs. 

As more waste incinerators are being built in Sweden, Norway, Austria and Germany to meet the growing demand for heating public places, these countries are left with two options - either encourage households to produce more trash or else import garbage from across the world. For sure, it is easy to import than to produce! A company in England is already shipping some 1,000 tons of garbage to keep its systems running. Since incinerators have cornered environmental controversy in India and for rightful reasons, there exists an opportunity to explore feasibility of exporting as much as 109,589 tonnes of garbage that piles our streets on a daily basis. 

Lead View
To pee or not to pee
By Sudhirendar Sharma
21 Apr 2013

Sustained pollution of major rivers; continuous decline in groundwater reserves; priority allocation to non-consumptive sectors; and, growing disparity in water distribution only indicates that the worst is still to come!..
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