-Tehelka The report also says that the reason behind these ailments is mostly centred around the conditions in which these workers do their jobs. According to report published by ASSOCHAM, an alarming 76% of e-waste workers suffer from respiratory ailments like breathing problems, irritation, coughing, chocking and tremors. The report also says that the reason behind these ailments is mostly centred around the conditions in which these workers do their jobs. All recyclers...

-The Indian Express It can be strengthened —by the collection of taxes at the local level, for instance. Democratic decentralisation, conceived two decades ago, seems to be a lost cause at first sight. Beyond lip service by politicians, neither panchayats nor municipalities have captured the public imagination as viable, responsive, accountable institutions of government. Just after the Karnataka panchayat elections, which ended on June 2, the continued DISEmpowerment of local governments is...

-Outlook New Delhi: A significant ozone build up has been witnessed this summer in several areas of the national capital, including the one where Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal resides, increasing the public health risk, a green body warned today. A latest analysis done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on the eve of World Environment Day on June 5 found that the area where Kejriwal resides was "highly vulnerable" to...

-IANS Mumbai: A new survey has revealed that 80% of all Indians are protein-deficient. As many as 91% vegetarians and 85% non-vegetarians among Indians are deficient in proteins, the survey titled 'Protein Consumption in the Diet of adult Indians Survey' (PRODIGY) said. Conducted by IMRB in seven major cities among 1,260 respondents, it revealed that majority of Indians are not getting the right amount of proteins in their diet daily. The survey included...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: As the death toll in the current heat wave crossed the 2,000 mark, this has become the fifth deadliest ever heatwave in the world and the second deadliest in India, according to an international database of disasters. Weathermen are predicting that there are a few more days left in the ongoing heatwave which has killed the most number of people in Andhra Pradesh and Telengana, while...