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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Monkey muddle
ONE of the rarest of the species, the golden langur is facing extinction. Increasing encroachment on their habitat and smuggling have led to a sharp decline in the number of these dazzling
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Farce on wrong flows
The issue of interbasin transfer of water in India has got muddied by controversies and official indolence
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My story today your story tomorrow
As an environmental activist and writer, I have tried for years to promote nationwide concern about the deteriorating state of our environment. The idea of writing about my own travails as an
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Many want to gain from India s experience
While India s rule of the fist wildlife conservation programmes focus on protection, UNESCO s Man and Biosphere Programme seeks to lay emphasis on the people. <font class='UCASE'>Miguel Clusener Godt </font> of the Programme spoke to <font class='UCASE
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Water alarm
A study highlights the serious contamination of groundwater in Delhi due to excessive use of fertilizers
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Towards transparency
Microbiologist R S Upadhyay and his student R K Maurya from the Banaras Hindu University have isolated two fungal and one bacte rial strain which are capable of removing dyes and heavy metals from
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Dry run
The number of Pacific salmons that return to their birth place to spawn is decreasing at a dramatic rate. Despite efforts by the Canadian government, the salmon population faces a bleak future
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The study says it all
ICMR s withdrawn research points to pesticides cancer connection
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Abuse of the used
Nigerian environmentalists protest against the import of second hand vehicles from Europe
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Cultivating a turn around
Depredations of a virus, public outcry and strictures of the Supreme Court combine to make the aquaculture industry sit up and take note of its own misdemeanours