-The Economic Times If I say today that I am ready to supply onions, in an improvised form, at Rs 20/kg home delivered, and round the year, people may think either I have gone crazy or I am dipping into the general exchequer to pull off a massive subsidy scheme for onions. Wrong. I will make a cool profit of 15 to 20% in this deal, do a great service to...
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Dangers of letting cars dictate city design-Anumita Roychowdhury
-Down to Earth If any other cause was responsible for so many deaths and injuries as we see on our roads it would have been a state of emergency Sunita Narain-our colleague and friend-was seriously injured in an accident while cycling yesterday. A car hit her and fled. This cruel act of crime and heartlessness could have shattered our faith in humanity had it not been for the kind act of the...
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-The Hindu Number of people killed in accidents up 8% annually in past decade: Study New Delhi: "Cyclists and pedestrians account for more than half of all road fatalities in the country, but they draw public disdain and policy hostility," a study by the University of Michigan and the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has observed. The study also indicates that the number of people killed in road accidents in India have increased...
More »Sunita Narain hit by car, undergoes surgery
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Environmental activist Sunita Narain was hit by a car while cycling to Lodi gardens in central Delhi from Green Park around 6am on Sunday. She sustained serious injuries on her face, nose and both arms, and underwent an eight-and-a-half hour surgery at AIIMS trauma centre during which two rods were implanted in her arms. Narain, who heads the NGO, Centre for Science and Environment, Cycles...
More »When the rains don’t go away-Nagraj Adve
-The Hindu A warmer world may be leading to a delayed withdrawal of the Indian monsoon, hitting crop yield and affecting the livelihoods of small farmers and agricultural workers The joys of a bountiful southwest monsoon are increasingly changing to anxiety as the rains unseasonally drag on in many parts of India. "The normal rains should be from June 1 to mid-September. In fact it usually reduces by August 15, and is...
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