NOVEMBER 2007 E-Magazine - Pravasi Today

NEWS DIARY
NRI to head International Recycling Bureau
Leading NRI, R S Baxi has been unanimously
elected the President of the Brussels-based
Paper Division of Bureau of International
Recycling. It is for the first time an Asian has
been elected to head the division in its 59year-old
history, a spokesman of the BIR said.
London-based Baxi, Chief of J & H
International, a company exporting secondary
fibres (waste paper) to Asia, said, "I am
overwhelmed by the huge honour and I will
strive to live up to the expectation of the
international community." Bureau of
International Recycling has offices in 65
countries, with its headquarters in Brussels.
Baxi, a champion of the environmental issues, said, "Our Planet Earth is
undergoing rapid and sustained destruction of its eco-systems. This is giving
rise to unacceptable levels of pollution increasing worldwide population
disruption and leading to higher levels of carbon emissions."
"Climate change is the most pressing environmental, social and economic
problem facing the planet. The consequences of climate change are global,
long-term and in some cases, irreversible. Some of the recent extreme
weather events are caused by Climate Change," he added.
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Pravasi Today ✦ November 2007
Indian led taxi
strike in New York
The second strike in two months
by New York taxi drivers led by an
Indian origin union leader to
protest installation of global
positioning devices (GPS) and
credit card readers had a lukewarm
response on Monday.
Bhairavi Desai, the executive
director of the New York Taxi
Wo r k e r s A l l i a n c e ( T WA ) ,
estimated the number of striking
drivers to be 60 percent, but the
local news media put the number
at no more than five percent.
About 60 percent of the over
40,000 licensed taxi drivers in the
city are known to be of South
Asian origin. TWA's membership
is around 7,000.
The main issue in the two strikes
has been the new city regulations
for taxis effective from January
next. The city says the navigation
system will let passengers know
where they are. The drivers feel it
is an invasion of their privacy.
The city says credit card payments
will be a convenience for riders.
The drivers argue they have to pay
a five percent fee for every
transaction and they stand to lose
the fare if the credit card
processing malfunctions. Besides,
the devices cost over $5,000 to
install.