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Shamshabad to become a new Hyderabad

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:11:17 -0500

Real estate firms predict that Shamshabad will soon become a new city as areas surrounding the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport are witnessing speedy development.

WDF transforming health policy through DIPAP

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:08:50 -0500

Diabetes in Pregnancy—Awareness and Prevention (DIPAP) - a success story of World Diabetes Foundation (WDF)

Activists decry India's deferment of pictorial health warnings on tobacco products

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:50:59 -0500

Civil society in India has strongly condemned the recent decision of the Group of Ministers (GOM) in India to defer the implementation of pictorial health warnings on tobacco product packages which was to come in to effect from November 30, 2008. The pictorial warnings have been deferred, again, till at least end of May 2009.

Another blow to enforcement of tobacco control policies in India

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:08:55 -0500

Right after the strong and effective guidelines to stop tobacco industry interference in health policies were adopted by the government representatives of 160 countries including India, the pictorial warnings on all tobacco products that were supposed to become mandatory from 30 November 2008 in India, were, again delayed – reportedly due to hectic lobbying by the industry allies and other entities like the beedi growers’ association.

Cement industry set to take a big hit

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:57:34 -0500

India’s cement industry, which rode on a building boom to become the world’s second largest cement manufacturer after China with an installed capacity of more than 200 million tonnes (mt), is all set to take big hits.

LUCK BY CHANCE - First Look

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:30:06 -0500

Luck By Chance is here with its first look and has already started building its fan club.

India agrees that Tobacco industry puts "pressure" to relax health policies

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:45:55 -0500

The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare revealed before the Central Information Commission that tobacco industry is putting "pressure" to relax the tobacco control policies (source: The Hindu, 14 November 2008).

Hyderabad Realty in 'freeze' mode

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:33:26 -0500

Despite a recent drop in the prices of steel and cement, the construction sector in Hyderabad is facing a major business crunch thanks to the meltdown again.

US mission in Afghanistan: Doomed?

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:19:23 -0500

The US with her international partners have invested a great deal to win the war on terror that in 7 years has helped Afghanistan achieve a democratic constitution; an elected President; an elected parliament, and in addition to substantial infrastructure development, a GDP now worth US$ 21.5 billion. Following improvement of security in Iraq, foreign Islamic militants have moved to Afghanistan making the region, in the words of Senator Obama, the new frontier in the war against terror. Leaving now would mean letting the Taliban win power militarily that would be unacceptable for obvious reasons. A change of US strategy in Afghanistan is therefore a must to win that war. But it's not quite that simple, writes Ambassador Serajul Islam.

Countries meet to limit big tobacco’s influence

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:06:28 -0500

Representatives of 160 ratifying countries currently meeting in Durban, South Africa will negotiate guidelines for a provision in the global tobacco treaty that will determine whether millions of people get the health protections they are now guaranteed under the treaty.