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Sterilisation: India's all-or-nothing birth control

Sterilisation: India's all-or-nothing birth control

Rediff.com8 Nov 2011

Eighty percent of women in India undergo sterilisation as a birth control method, the Earth Policy Institute has revealed.

Inflation in India? Blame it on America

Inflation in India? Blame it on America

Rediff.com23 Mar 2007

The diversion of US grain to produce ethanol to fuel cars has led to an increase in world food prices

India to face serious water shortages in future

India to face serious water shortages in future

Rediff.com25 Jul 2007

In India, water shortages are particularly serious simply because the margin between actual food consumption and survival is so precarious.