First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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"Polluters are today s environmentalists"
Crusader for the rights of over eight million Indian fisherfolk, <font class='UCASE'>Thomas Kochery</font> , 57, made news headlines when he rejected the US $150,000 Fellowship of Pew foundation of Massachusetts, USA. He was recently elected unanimously
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You take my heart away
When it comes to recieving hearts and kidneys, men do better than women. Women do better when it comes to donating organs
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Population bomb
Seventy-four developing countries, where the population of those under 15 years is one-third of the total will double their population within 30 years or less. This is in spite of death rates having
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In the dumps
Despite international regulations and campaigning by environmentalists, hazardous waste continues to be dumped in India
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Green promises
Political parties pay lip service to environmental issues in their election manifestos
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Vanishing green
India lost about 5,550 sq km of forest cover in the last two years. Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh were the worst hit
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Here to stay
The Supreme Court stays the auction of toxic wastes
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Neem green
The menace of pesticide resistant varieties can be effectively managed with the help of neem based pesticides
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Change at last
A recent study says that the Ganga Action Plan has led to some improvement in the water quality of the Ganga
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Shallow land, wrong crops
American rivers, an environmental protection group based in Washington, DC, USA, has warned that farmers along the Minnesota river are severely damaging the river by their crop selection. Cultivation