Punjab water ‘is risk to health’
The study says that blood samples collected from people in the area showed that in 65% of the cases the DNA had mutated.
In India, One Cheap Car Could Go a Long Way
// November 24th, 2007In India, One Cheap Car Could Go a Long Way – washingtonpost.com
“Can you imagine if even half of the 1.1 billion Indians owned a car?” said Mahesh Mehta, an environmental lawyer in New Delhi. “We should not be following the Western model of car ownership. I think this will be disastrous in India.”
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Jobs Abroad Support ‘Model’ State in India | NextBillion.net – Development Through Enterprise
// November 24th, 2007Jobs Abroad Support ‘Model’ State in India | NextBillion.net – Development Through Enterprise
Kerala’s low-level economy works, though it may be dependent on the larger global capitalist structure by way of the migrant workers that comprise 1/6th of its population and work force. They have long longevity and high literacy rates, however, and the matriarchal state lends itself to economics making pnderings such as the one below:
“The fact that quality of life can be improved through government intervention, even in societies that are very poor — I think that’s important,” said Prabhat Patnaik, the vice chairman of the state planning board. Kerala’s experience, he said, shows “the quality of life is not just related to the growth rate” of the economy.