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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Emission remission
A RECENT government decision which will -force power companies in the UK to bring down emissions of sulphur dioxide drastically,- could help large areas of land affected by acid rain to make
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Sending right signals
High optical efficiency and monochromatic light give light emitting diodes an edge over conventional traffic lights in saving a lot of energy
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On alert
INDIANS Could be at the mercy of a host of new deadly diseases. A recent report by Kalyan Banerjee, director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune, warns that viral infections hitherto
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• The Goldman Environmental Foundation, US, recently awarded the annual environmental prize for Asia, worth US $75,000 to M C Mehta, a Supreme Court lawyer who has won about 40 landmark
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Fluorescent gains
Compact fluorescent lamps could provide the right intensity of light and reduce power consumption at the same time
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Saving bucks and more
A TEAM of researchers from the school Of biotechnology of Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) in Tamil Nadu, has developed a new drug that could relieve the burden of treatment expenses for
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Now robomops!
Engineers from the University of Surrey, UK, have created an intelligent robot that accomplishes hazardous feats like cleaning up contaminated wastes in nuclear reactors. The robot has been
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The last flight
INDIAN ornithologists are a worried lot these days. The departure of four Siberian cranes - before satellite transmitters could be fixed on them to monitor their return journey - is only one of
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Survival kit
HUNDREDS of foundries at Howrah, West Bengal, facing closure may hope to survive after all. The Supreme Court had recently ordered the closure of these units for pot implementing pollution
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Exploring a deep gusher
Discovering Mars, a tantalisingly vast oilfield beneath the waves of the Gulf of Mexico, is petroleum giant Shell's big achievement, and the affordable way to tap its oil riches is a technological marvel in offshore drilling