Air Pollution – Brief Analysis for the quarter July – September2020
As more and more sectors and areas re-open after the lockdown and more industrial activities start, the air pollution in the country starts increasing. The quarter of July-September 2020 show an increasing trend in Air pollution which clearly indicate that most of the...
CC16 Biomarkers – A potential tool for early diagnosis of the disease
Considerable attention has recently been paid to the biomarkers in the prevention of occupational diseases, in form of scientific literature. Different categories of biomarkers are used to (1) assess exposure, (2) identify early changes or effects of this exposure,...
Update on Central Industrial Hygiene Association Conference
3 day conference of Industrial Hygienists in New Delhi is being organized by Central Industrial Hygiene Association (CIHA) from 3-5 February. The central industrial hygiene association is the recognized leader in providing hygiene and health solutions for reducing...
Employee State Insurance Scheme: Is it for Workers?
Employees’ State Insurance Scheme (ESIS) is an integrated social security scheme based on the principle of “pooling of risks and resources”, mandated to provide protection to workers and their dependents in the organized sector in contingencies such as sickness,...
Peak into Health Schemes in Madhya Pradesh
India spends over 2% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on its core safety net programs. Although there are pockets of good performance and pathbreaking program and design, the overall returns to spending in terms of poverty and improvement in livelihoods of the...
Indian and Chinese Policies on Coal Mining and Thermal Power: Implications for climate change
1.1. Introduction - India and China, as two developing countries, are largely dependent on coal mining and thermal power for their economic growth. Coal, as a resource-driver of economy, gained momentum since 1800 onward and led industrial revolution till 1970s, when...
Celebrating Asian Women’s Day – A Day of Our Own for Our Rights and Future
This August 8, we mark Asian Women’s Day – the beginning of a tradition that brings Asian women’s voices and struggles in sharper focus and celebrates their gains with renewed commitment to fight for the realization of their rights and a better life. Inspired by...
Villagers make bathing soap from Neem seeds
Innovation is creating something out of nothing. This comes true as in case of the people of Bhalumuda village in Tamnar tehsil of Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district. A team from Environics Trust visited the village that is dominated with tribal people. The village lies...
National Consultation on Land and Forest Right Movement and the Way Forward
Minutes of the meeting 2nd July’19 Two day (1st – 2nd July’19) National consultation of Land and Forest Rights Movement organized by Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan took place at Assam Association in New Delhi. It saw a participation of more than 200 representatives of various...
Preventing Asbestos Related Diseases In India – Proceedings of conference
Proceedings of conference - 16 February 2019, New Delhi On 16 February 2019 during the International Conference organised by International Conference on Occupational & Environmental Health (ICOEH), Occupational and Environmental Health Network of India (OEHNI) and...
- Along The Burnt Coal Corridor…
- Musings from Near and Far
- A day to remember – Coal Satyagraha – The article appeared in Times of India
- Nature’s Trail by John Seed – This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949)
- Why Socialism? by Albert Einstein
- Airbender – Air Quality Monitoring Map