IN SHORT
thrown out: Tamil actress Radhika has been expelled from the primary membership of AIADMK, the main opposition party in Tamil Nadu "for acting against the interests of the party'. She appeared in a
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SOUTH ASIA
Insuring fisherfolk
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Tsunami hit farmers of Nagapattinam against prawn industry
The prawn farming industry in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu has bounced back from the losses of the tsunami of December 26, 2004, causing irreperable damage to agriculture. The tsunami hit farmers of
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So near, so far
Panchayati raj has many failures. And, many ways of looking at it THE discussion on panchayats remains polarised. Proponents of new economic models and privatisation decry panchayati raj as
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Up for grabs
<b> Violators make hay, regulators don't shine</b> <br>
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Web Exclusive Pak issues norms to address health risks from mobile phone base stations
Pakistan's minister of information technology Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari recently announced a policy establishing national guidelines for mitigating environmental and health related effects of cellular
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In short
us not in chemical safety forum: The US government in the third week of September pulled back from the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety. In a letter to the forum, the director of
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Award for ecosecurity
For his outstanding work in fighting malaria, V P Sharma gets the Green Scientist Award 2001
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Kerala panchayat wins face off with Coke
Two recent directives of the Kerala High Court have further vindicated the Perumatty Grama Panchayat s stand in its face off with the Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Private Limited
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Dateline: farm
Agri Watch Eight pages of all the news that the Indian farmer can use
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Crisis persists
India Pakistan talks on Sir Creek inconclusive
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Stop trade
Soligas harvested forest produce. For them, it was a sustainable business. Then, irrationally, government moved to
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Sapped
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
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Deep-rooted benefits
Organic farming boosts biodiversity of all species
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Persistent poison
Review highlights need to ban organochlorines worldwide
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In Court
No remorse: Counsel for major US chemical companies have demanded the dismissal of a civil lawsuit which claims that nearly four million Vietnamese people suffered dioxin poisoning due to the use of
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Poison sellers past sins
Leading tobacco firm Philip Morris sought to downplay the well-established link between passive smoke and sudden infant death syndrome (sids) by influencing a scientist's research paper, according
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Recipe
lemon peel sharbat Normally, juice is squeezed out of lemons to make the sharbat . But if one wants a slightly tangy taste, then without peeling, cut the lemons into small pieces. Add them in
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Blood soaked chocolates
The world's largest cocoa producing country recently witnessed its worst ethnic clash in several years. At least 60 members of the Guere ethnic group were killed in a tussle for control over the
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Locust invasion
A severe locust invasion has destroyed large tracts of cotton and grain crops in Uzbekistan's Kashkadarya province. All attempts by farmers and Uzbek authorities to contain the crisis have proved