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Compounding the crime

The irrigation department has made matters worse by leasing out disputed land
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Blowing in the wind

Civil society cannot distance itself from the phenomenon of right wing parties finding their way to the top in Europe
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Tiger trapped

This book works as a quick guide to the conservation of tigers in India. Relevant legislations have been discussed and the Wild Life Act, which is crucial to understanding the discussion that
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- - Tiger
  - India
Felling forbidden

Supreme Court order may benefit Andaman natives
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Footlongs

Long nanotubes made possible
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- - Research
Smart cities are here to stay

Imagine a city that is a zero-emission zone, conserves resources, prevents pollution from commercial and entrepreneurial ventures by disallowing activities with voluminous liquid effluent discharges
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Foetal Attrition

Womb may not be quite the safest place on earth
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Nipped in the bud

Residents of Gurdwara Road in Delhi's Karol Bagh succeeded in preventing the chopping down of around 90 trees that are more than 50 years old. After the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (mcd) felled
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The final outcome

 Ban on felling in Andaman Islands  Compensatory afforestation required for any new felling  Trees to be cut only for locals  Expiry of sawmill licences by March 31, 2003
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Heading Downhill

Thailand policymakers volte face on community forestry bill jolts devolution process
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www.digitalopportunity.org

OneWorld, the online sustainable development and human rights network, keeps at its mission of bridging the geographical and ideological gap among the developmental community. On May 17, the United
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Unpalatable facts

Mothers to-be, infants and children: beware of eating shark, swordfish and marlin! This alert has been sounded by the uk Food Standards Agency in the wake of studies which reveal that these
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Need to inject ethics

Pact on <font class='UCASE'>aids</font> vaccine sparks debate on human trials
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- - Trade
  - Vaccination
  - AIDS
  - Research
  - NGO
  - India
Divided colours of genomics

WHO reports on the growing genetic divide
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- WHO
Daring to be different

California state senate okays emission standards for vehicles
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In remembrance

Demise of Stephen Jay Gould is a big loss for humanity
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Pinch of salt

How poor research claimed 14,000 lives every year
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Containing the contagion

The foot-and-mouth disease has reared its ugly head once again in South Korea. Tens of thousands of pigs have been slaughtered in the country as the dreaded disease has shown signs of spreading. The
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Goa set to soar

Sky bus project promises to be environment friendly and economical
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- - Pollution Control
  - Air Transport
  - Electricity
  - Tourism
  - India
  - Goa
Even Bigger Family

Astronomers have recently discovered 11 small moons encircling Jupiter. The team of astronomers led by Scott Sheppard and David Jewitt from the University of Hawaii had previously found 11 new moons
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- - Astronomy
  - Planets