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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The government gives and takes away
Sixty year old Shakur Khan lives in J P Nagar, one of the areas worst affected by the gas leak. Governmental callousness, fading vision and tuberculosis have compelled Khan to give up the tailoring that used to provide his income. His wife and eight child
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Fun and information on wildlife
NATURE Scope-India, one of the first publications of its kind in the country, is being brought out on the lines of the Washington-based National Wildlife Federation's NatureScope. The first issue
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Greedy wasps damage flowers to steal nectar
CERTAIN wasps are inveterate nectar thieves. The wily insects sneak through the back door and loot nectar, damaging the flower and reducing chances of pollination and fruit formation (Current
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CBI versus Union Carbide
While the Central Bureau of Investigation tries to get Union Carbide convicted for mass murder, the multinational contends the gas leak was sabotage.
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A wealth of anecdotal material
THIS BOOK is a misnomer for "heritage" connotes something far removed from the present. Kautilya's work, for example, might be described as India's heritage. The book, however, presents 10
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Scandal in sandal
SANDALWOOD smuggling is raising quite a stink in Karnataka, where poacher-smuggler Veerappan has reportedly recruited three retired army personnel and a former BSF jawan to train other gang members
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Selling diarrhoea
NESTLE seems to have perfected the fine art of profiting at another's expense. Its infant food substitutes have been a known cause of diarrhoea and death among year-old babies. Now, the company
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Restricted access
INDIA'S entire geography has been covered by aerial photography, but development agencies and town planners cannot use the data because of national security regulations. "Even archival maps are not
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Another extension
The Union ministry of environment and forests has once again extended for 30 days the deadline for enforcing the controversial draft notification under the Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986.
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Maidan in trouble
CALCUTTA maidan -- at 294-ha, the largest public ground in the teeming metropolis, is in danger of being developed as commercial property by the Indian army. The maidan belongs to the army's eastern