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<font class='Question'> Twenty seven year old <font class='UCASE'>chekkoth karian janu</font> has never attended school. But this has not prevented her from becoming a champion of the rights of the adivasi community native to Wayanad Kerala to wh
The brouhaha about neern patents gets a forceful rebuttal
Trilbals dependent on the jungle's gifts fight it out in Bilaspur district
Are the recent accidents at the Tarapur nuclear facility early warnings of a catastrophe in the making?
The proposed Rathong Chu dam in Sikkim is a potential threat to the state"s environment
As political parties, environmentalist banner-holders and indigenous industries cry themselves hoarse over the entry of the Cogentrix facility, moot ecological issues seem to take a backseat
France obstinately plans to ahead with nuclear testings in the South Pacific just after the NPT conference held by the Big 5
The birth pangs of development have been faced so far by the downtrodden, but things need to change soon
A recent encyclical from the Pope bolsters resurgent anti abortionist "pro life" groups in the US
A walkathon through 5 states traverses through a rich crop of traditional conservation methods and a thicket of disputes
Poachers and smugglers continue to snip through the tatty net of existing Indian wildlife protection laws
In the face of public pressure, Indian industry appears albeit dimly to be ready to clean up its act
The issue of toilet space for 8.1 million slumdwellers in India's 4 major metros threatens to expand into a matter of social rights
How did elements come to be tabulated according to their properties?
Nepal is slated to be a major hydropower supplier in South Asia with the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Australian government for a US$ 590-million 360-megawatt project on the Karnali river. But Nepal"s big projects, like t
Once again, shoals of dead fish were beached on the banks of the Tungabhadra, in Karnataka's Dharwad district, earlier this year. Most people blame the effluents from 2 industrial units on the banks of the river. But the government remains apathetic
Using automobile batteries both Indian and foreign, Clandestine lead smelting units near the Delhi border have played havoc with the health of villagers
A programme to provide education to the nomadic Gujjars is showing encouraging results and also checking their exploitation
When it started, it was considered a part of the lunatic fringe. Greenpeace is today perhaps the most influential of green movements
