STAFF REPORTER

WATER TRANSPORT Waterways of Asia

Although a safe and energy efficient mode of transport, waterways still remain underdeveloped.

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TOXIC INDIA Mercury poisoning

Mercury is poisonous in any form. Neurological and behavioural disorders may be observed after inhalation, ingestion or dermal exposure of different mercury compounds.

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TOXIC INDIA The CFL conundrum

Though CFLs consume a fifth of the energy required by incandescent lamps, they contain highly toxic mercury. The absence of fixed standards for mercury content and the lack of disposal norms, even a decade after CFLs were introduced in India, mean there are huge quantities of mercury lying in our waste, seeping into our atmosphere and entering our food chain.

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TOXIC INDIA Lead with LED

LEDs consume less energy, have better light quality and are robust. Once the drawbacks - high cost and photobiological effect - are resolved, they may allow the phase out of mercury-containing CFLs.

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AGRICULTURE पारिस्थितिकी और पर्यावरण

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IN BRIEF Organic Update

Organic farming is providing a good option for many by providing climate resilience in stressed water regimes as well as achieving a competitive market. If developed adequately, organic farming can bridge the nutrient gaps in inputs and usher in a new agricultural regime.

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INDIA REPORT Bloody Plastics-Part II: The Alternatives

The modern sanitary pads being primarily plastics, clog up drainage and incinerating it leads to noxious air pollutants. Putting the used napkins in landfills adds toxins to the soil and groundwater. Without an environmentally safe disposable product, the spread of sanitary napkin usage would exacerbate the piling garbage at ground zero.

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INDIA REPORT Are we happy?

Strengthening the case that well-being should be a critical component of how the world measures its economic and social development, the 2013 World Happiness Report has identified the countries with the highest levels of happiness. India ranks at 111 out of the 156 countries studied.

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QUANTITATIVE GEOGRAPHY Quantitative Geographers

This section brings to lights a few of the prominent figures that gave rise to what we know as the quantitative revolution in geography. It is with their path breaking work that we today see geography in a new perspective—one that defines in numbers the various spatial phenomenon.

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IN BRIEF Organic farming Vermicompost

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