Disciplining disposal
HOSPITALS, clinics and other institutions where bio-medical wastes are leading to environmental and health hazards, will have to adhere to clear-cut guidelines in the future on waste disposal
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Bending ceramic
Malleable and bendable ceramic materials have been developed in Saarbrucken, Germany. Deutchland (No I 9/10). Scientists at the Saarbrucken's Institute for New Industrial Material have
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Fraud free greenbucks
The Swiss, trust them! have come up with a digital bank note aesthetic, state of the art and in copiable
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CATCHING 'EM ALL
In a momentous order given last month, the European Court of Justice ruled that European Union (EU) states must compensate individuals and companies for losses ensuing from government failure
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DAMNED FURTHER
The construction work on the Sardar Sarovar dam has been delayed further. The Supreme Court of India ruled on March 12, that there shall be no further construction of the spillway portion of the
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Passwords passe
Even for adroit forgers, goings will become hard as a new fingerprint recognition system may replace passwords in the near future
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Tusker's tragedy
IVORY smugglers are having a field day in the famed Simlipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district of Orissa, despite the ban on ivory trade. Poachers are on an elephant killing spree, while park
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Network
Toll-free phone Installing the right software can transform the computer into a toll- free phone. To connect, both parties must have Internet accounts, the same brand of telephone software
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Oily nightmares
PEOPLE of three hamlets in Alathur village near Avadi in Tamil Nadu are fac- ing the hazards of severe pollution caused by brick-kilns using poor quality crude. Despite repeated appeals by vil-
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When a river weeps...
Reduced to being a receptacle of household and industrial wastes and victimised by lopsided development, the Yamuna, Delhi's lifeline, is crying out for attention
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Ungreening the revolution
A programme initiated with much drum beating, the green revolution has not just backfired but even eroded traditional systems of farming. Farmers from Madhya Pradesh are trying hard to recover from its disastrous effects
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"We are dealing with attitudes"
The National Tree Growers Cooperative Federation Limited is an organisation devoted to the restoration and protection of the native ecology of the country. The organisation's managing director, VK MISRA, spoke to RAJAT BANERJI about this cooperative m
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What is to be done
AS THE general elections approach, a number of independent initiatives to influence the mainstream political process are coming up. The overriding concern of most of these initiatives by the non
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Games genes play
The 'selfish gene' is the one which loses in the long run and in this game, the meek survives
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Tele talk
The first ever weekly telemagazine on the subject of Ayurveda will be beamed on Doordarshan very shortly. The magazine has been named Amrit Pravah. Its production is being managed by Virendra
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Unveiling the past
People are now realising that the solutions to many modern problems lie buried somewhere in our traditional sciences
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The slide's roots
Tracing their origins to Lord Vishwakarma, the mythological source of all creative intellect, India's artisans evolved into a distinct social group with the emergence of settled agriculture and
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The minister and the menace
A recent workshop on people's management of the Rajaji National Park brought out in full fury the debate whether the local communities are wiser managers of forests or the menace threatening them. While the environment and forests minister, RAJESH PILOT,
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A comission of no good?
The Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) was setup in 1957 to cover 10 village industries, besides khadi (cottage or handloom weaving). In 1987, its scope was expanded to 96 industries, as
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Piloting disaster
I WOULD like to strongly denounce the message sent by Rajesh Pilot to this august assembly to discuss people's management of the Riljaji National Park by the Van Gujjars. It appears from his message