Plaguing the question
The plague mystery still foxes the high level technical advisory committee constituted by the Centre. In its 7 page interim report, the committee headed by V Ramalingaswamy, former director general
The plague mystery still foxes the high level technical advisory committee constituted by the Centre. In its 7 page interim report, the committee headed by V Ramalingaswamy, former director general
In the face of public pressure, Indian industry appears albeit dimly to be ready to clean up its act
The NGO movement in South Asia has come a long way in the past 10 years. Last month, a panel discussion between some of them emphasised introspection and self-repair
ALEX C TOOHEY, a chemical engineer, is the chief executive of the World Coal Institute WCI , London. The WCI is a non profit, non governmental association of coal producing enterprises, with memberships from all the 6 continents. The WCI's mission is t
Writer Gerald Malcom Durrell's death leaves a void in both the animal and the human world
A Myanmarese shifting cultivation technique, once perverted by British colonisers to maximise teak exploitation, is still valued for its benefits
An Indian scientists has challenged the estimates of methane a greenhouse gas produced from paddy fields
American industry tries to power its way into the Indian renewable energy market
THE Indian fertility graph mirrors the falling rate. Urban women who have 1 child less, on an average, are spearheading the fertility downslide. Women in their 40s have an average 5 children each,
THE Review Committee on the Sardar Sarovar Project, instead of taking a principled stand and rejecting the extremely limited frame of reference set by the government, produced a report that was
A COMPREHENSIVE database on legumes, the first of its kind in South Asia is being set up by Sudershan Kumar, a researcher at the National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow. The bean family,
BECKY Sidebottom, a Yorkshire woman with "immortal longings" goes to a fantasy country, Lapalistan, where she encounters Desi Khunbarrah, the most sexually magnetic man she has ever met. Rana's
Authorities tread on slippery ground trying to resolve the fuel crisis in Mysore
A committee of transfusion medicine experts has suggested that accepting blood from professional donors be immediately suspended because of the risk of infection. This has put the Union health
Hindi poet Jayprakash Shakdvipiya has come out with a collection of his poems on the travails of the Bhil tribals. Kasak bhuke Bhil ki has 26 satires describing the benefits (sic) given to the
"A R Ammon's poem Garbage is a long ode to trash. It is also an autobiographical meditation and a reflection on humanity, which, according to the poet, is a form of garbage too." New York Times
The coordination committee of 4 ministries -- environment and forests, petroleum, surface transport and industries -- has decided to advance the enforcement of auto-emission norms specified for 1996
"NO MAP is a throuoghly objective value-neutral device for describing distances and locations", says Mark Monmonier in his book, Drawing the Line: Tales of Maps and Cartocontroveresy. There is an
Union minister of state for power P V Rangaiah Naidu has said that his ministry is considering the setting up of a National Ash Utilisation and Marketing Corp to promote utilisation of fly-ash from
The Green Buyer's Car Guide rates the environmental friendliness of various cars. It ranks each model's polluting potential from exhaust pipe emissions, engines, fuel systems and airconditioners. An