The building blocks of a movement
The first group to work seriously on stabilised mud blocks was based in Bangalore. Over the years, the group has achieved many s significant breakthroughs in mud technology.
The first group to work seriously on stabilised mud blocks was based in Bangalore. Over the years, the group has achieved many s significant breakthroughs in mud technology.
14/10/1992
From archangels to archfiends the reputation of IAS officers has certainly nosedived. Anil Agarwal, director, Centre for Science and Environment, and N C Saxena, director, Lai Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie, share their v
29/04/1996
About 11 million people in Orissa and Bihar have become victims of a famine that has occurred despite adequate food stocks in the country.
14/06/1993
The Thar of Pakistan is an arid region troubled by long spells of drought, rapidly falling groundwater levels, abysmally low literacy levels and rudimentary medical centres. But the crisis facing the Thar today stems from beyond all this. It can be traced
The recycling option has once again shown that wastes like bagasse and wheat straw can be profitably used to generate energy, which could in all probability, ease the continuing energy shortage
14/09/1996
ALIGARH Aligarh was among the six districts chosen for the Green Revolution along with Ludhiana in the 1980s. The Green Revolution happened and Aligarh, like many other towns, went on to bigger
29/11/1998
How prepared is Bihar?
30/08/2005
About 70,000 maunds of wood valued at Taka 36,00,000 as fuel is being used everyday in 250 brick fields of Tangail district of Bangladesh. Trees valued at Taka 10 crores are burnt in kilns everyday
19/05/2001
Brick and tile manufacturers in Tamil Nadu will have to conform to emission standards with the Central Pollution Control Board asking them to change the design of the kilns at the earliest. The
31/12/2001
Development of a low cost kiln for baking pottery in rural areas comes as a boon to those dependent on this ancient craft for a living. At the same time, it reduces pollution considerably
29/04/1996