Butterfly wings to the aid of glaucoma patients
INSPIRED by tiny structures on transparent butterfly wings, scientists have developed a light-manipulating surface for more effective and longer-lasting eye implants for glaucoma patients. Researchers
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In a vicious circle
Despite the efforts of several NGOs, Manipur continues to be in the grip of an AIDS epidemic, whose spread is aided by widespread poverty and a thriving business in the smuggling of
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For climate justice
If the world is to be saved from an environmental catastrophe, it is essential for the civil society in Third World countries to take an active role in pressuring their governments and in moulding
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The tussle over animals
The exit of Maneka Gandhi, who was in charge of the Animal Welfare Department, and C.P. Thakur, handled the Health portfolio, from the Union Council of ministers has somewhat abated the debate over
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Flood fury in Thane
The monsoon wreaks havoc in Maharashtra's Thane district, but the response of the local administration has been inadequate. Five days of torrential rain caused flash floods which claimed about 60
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Starving still in Jharkhand
A public hearing on hunger and the right to food, held in one of India's most deprived areas following starvation deaths, reveals gross irregularities in food-related programmes and a disastrous
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An award and despair
The people affected by pollution caused by tannery units in six districts in Tamil Nadu are left disappointed by an award that they see as having failed to assess the damage to the ecology and to
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A prognosis of gloom
The government is seriously constrained in the matter of managing the consequences of the drought owing to the inadequate reach of the PDS, the pattern of its foodgrain stocks and its aversion to
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In search of anti-AIDS strategies
The International AIDS Conference in Barcelona sounds the alarm regarding the increasing numbers of HIV-infected persons, particularly in the developing countries, and identifies funding as the most
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Drought challenges
The capricious monsoon of 2002 acquires the contours of a human tragedy of vast proportions, possibly the worst in three decades. The 2002 drought marks a moment of reckoning. All through the 1990s,
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Towards Johannesburg
On the agenda and the imponderables before the World Summit for Sustainable Development scheduled to be held in Johannesburg from August 26. The champions of development and the defenders of the