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24/09/2008; Source: The Times of India
Chennai, till recently home for sparrows, has seen the bird fast disappearing from the metro apparently due to global warming as the city witnessed a significant rise in temperature over the past century.
10/09/2008; Source: Times News Network
Garbage is literally flying and hitting the roof thousands of kilometres away. A TV report about household waste collected weekly across Britain for recycling being shipped and dumped in India has the green brigade up in arms.
08/09/2008; Source: The Times of India
British scientists claim to have found a solution to the world's worst case of poisoning through exposure to arsenic in rice and water in eastern India. According to an estimate over 70 million people in Eastern India and Bangladesh experience involuntary arsenic exposure from consuming water and rice.
04/09/2008; Source: Times of India
Every time you see a swanky new building coming up in Delhi, think of the ravaged Aravalis, savagely slashed along the red quartize face, innards gouged out. Think of the labourers working in dust-laden pits and stone crushers for 12 hours, if not longer, for Rs 100 a day - work that, more often than not, leaves them with tuberculosis or silicosis a few years down the line.
19/08/2008; Source: Times of India
People in developing countries are facing growing health risks caused by the widespread use of raw sewage to irrigate crops, according to a study unveiled on Monday at a global water conference in Sweden.
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