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Sea change

In MP s stance on river linking
- 30/03/2004
- Down To Earth
Weighty issue

UK mulls tax on fatty food
- 30/03/2004
- Down To Earth
- - Fast Foods
  - United Kingdom (UK)
Update

Victims of arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh have suffered a major setback, with the Court of Appeals in London ruling that the British Geological Survey (BGS) is not responsible for their plight.
- 30/03/2004
Timber tussle

Landholders want tree rights
- 30/03/2004
- - Afforestation
  - Trees
  - Legislation
  - India
  - Karnataka
Stiffer norms

For in use vehicles
- 30/03/2004
- Down To Earth
Patent mess

Wheat s the problem
- 30/03/2004
- Down To Earth
- - Wheat
  - Patents
  - Supreme Court
  - India
Purity check

Nepal to monitor fuel quality
- 30/03/2004
Sprucing up

Chinese paper industry in for a makeover
- 30/03/2004
In Short

coke restrained: The bottling plant of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited (HCBPL) at Plachimada in Kerala has temporarily stopped drawing groundwater from the area. The company had to
- 30/03/2004
- - Soft Drinks
  - Kerala
Inhumane conclusion?

Human trials of pesticides can be permitted, state US scientists
- 30/03/2004
- Down To Earth
Bush whacked

US officials distort scientific facts
- 30/03/2004
- Science
- - Science
  - United States Of America (US)
10th planet?

Large object of ice and rock found beyond Pluto
- 30/03/2004
Food for thought

Vegetables, and not carbohydrates, should be the diet mantra of Americans
- 30/03/2004
- Down To Earth
Killing oneself

Magnetic field of devices like hair dryers can damage brain
- 30/03/2004
- Down To Earth
- - Mental Health
Bytes

trouble gets modified: Researchers from the National Centre for Compositional Characterisation of Materials, Hyderabad, have found that mercury can accumulate in the environs in various forms. They
- 30/03/2004
- - Research
Portents are gloomy

Karnataka is in the grip of severe drought for the third year running, and the extended dry spell has left the state parched. That the situation is serious can be gauged from the fact that industries
- 30/03/2004
- Down To Earth
Sounds of self-interested silence

I write this to provoke, not to insult. It is increasingly important to understand that in the modern world, the term sound science is becoming the choicest of insults. Science is a passive
- 30/03/2004
KERALA: 7 years on

A programme in crisis. RICHARD MAHAPATRA and E VIJAYALAKSHMI find out the many ways decentralised planning is faltering
- 30/03/2004
Wealth from water

Water Business is Good Business
- 30/03/2004
- Down To Earth
- - Water Resources
Zeroing in

On fine particulate matter emissions
- 30/03/2004
- Down To Earth
- - Air Pollution
  - SPM
  - India
  - West Bengal