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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Destination drive
The Japanese have come up with a new software that guides drivers about the best route to where they are headed, avoiding the traffic jams on way
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In Focus
The cat is out of the bag, finally. The suspicions that had lurked all these years about the safety standards of India's nuclear power plants, have been substantiated by the atomic energy regulatory
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Tough time, safe landing
Results of simulated landings using the global positioning system show that planes can now land safely even in zero visibility
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What a trap
farmers in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu, have shown that it is possible to farm without using pesticides and have thus proven that eco-farming is a possibility even in water-starved regions
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Rapid siltation
in order to overcome the problem of siltation and decreasing water storage capacity, the Central Water Commis sion (cwc) is examining a proposal to increase the height of the Tungabhadra dam in
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That s an old remedy
the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (csir) has objected to a patent granted by the American patent and trade marks office. The patent obtained by Suman K Das and Hari Har P Cohly of
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World Bank at it again
There are several contradictions in the WB report on a mega hydel project in Orissa
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A look at the global sacrifice zone
A report foretells doom for Orissa if the World Bank proceeds with its projects in the state
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Cowering behind lies
PETER B STONE presents an objective re examination of the recent scare over the mad cow disease in Europe
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A call from within
THE curtains recently came down on the UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), held at Istanbul, Turkey. The event was the last of the mega UN conferences to be held in this'. century.