Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The Cambodian government has begun offering 300 battery-powered bicycles to tourists for rent while visiting the world-famous Angkor archaeological park, Cambodia's main tourist attraction. The introduction of this environment-friendly transportation is part of the government's efforts to reduce noise and pollution in and around the country's majestic former capital. There …
It is Saturday: wage labourers have been paid in Dhaba village in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandangaon district. Ration cards, empty bags and tins in hand, they queue up outside a new ration shop in their village. Inside, Jamunabai Sahoo, secretary of the women's self-help group (shg) that runs the shop, registers villagers …
With the rapid growth of population, the perennially thirsty national Capital will have to suffer if water-related projects remain choked with red tape. The Rs 800 crore Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant, which was to be commissioned in 2001, is gathering dust. The much-hyped Dwarka, Bawana and Okhla water treatment …
In a bid to find a lasting solution to the complex problems surrounding groundwater usage and ownership, and to lay down guidelines for proper water conservation practices, the Planning Commission has recently constituted a committee comprising members drawn from Central Ground Water Board, representatives of farmers and other experts. Concerns …
The Punjab government on October 27, 2005, agreed to give the full share of 8.6 million acre feet (maf) water from the Ravi-Beas river system to Rajasthan. Experts believe this could prevent acute water wars in the desert state. Earlier, Punjab agreed to release only 8 maf water to Rajasthan, …
A water-powered car named Microcab, running at 53 kilometers ( km) per litre, has been created by John Jostins, senior lecturer of design and digital media at Coventry University, uk. The car, powered by a hydrogen cell, is seen as an environment friendly solution to inner-city motoring. The car has …
nylon production generates large quantities of corrosive by-products. Now, a team of two British scientists has developed an environment friendly method to make caprolactam, which is the precursor of nylon. An important textile and industrial fibre, nylon is a polymer (chain) of caprolactam and is used to make a variety …
the department of ayurveda, yoga, unani, s iddha and homeopathy (ayush) under the Union ministry of health and family welfare (mohfw) recently issued a notification making it mandatory for manufacturers of herbal products to mention on containers that the amount of heavy metals is
scientists and even practitioners of traditional medicine have long believed that understanding the genetic makeup of a person could help tailor a healthier diet. The same principle can now be extended to a database of small variations in a person's genetic makeup called HapMap, to devise more effective cures and …
Is the Rs 13,500 crore Indirasagar dam another Narmada in the making? Despite protests, the project is on. "It is a historic moment. Call it god's gift." Thus spake a buoyant Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy announcing the environmental clearance granted to the Rs 13,500 crore Indirasagar project on …
China plans to use desalinated seawater to combat water shortages in coastal areas, planning to produce up to 800 million to one billion litres of water per day by 2010. A plan issued by the finance ministry and other agencies called for desalination plants to supply 16 to 24 per …
survivors of the October 8, 2005, earthquake in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and northern areas of Pakistan risk deadly diseases such as hiv / aids, hepatitis B, cerebral malaria and syphilis. Chances of unscreened blood transfusions are rife. Farhana Memon, program manager and secretary, Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (sbta) said, "There are …
the European Investment Bank (eib) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (ebrd), announced on October 6, 2005, that they would take into account the international standard for dam-building set by the World Commission on Dams (wcd). The eib told International Rivers Network (irn), a us -based ngo, it …
work is underway to create a gis database for 170 flood, earthquake and hazard prone districts as the Indian Space Research Organisation (isro) puts together information provided by Survey of India and the Central Water Commission. The data bank will contain spatial data with maps and non-spatial data or details …
infinite genomes: Scientists at the Institute for Genomic Research in the US claim researchers might never fully describe some bacteria and viruses because their genomes are infinite. Each strain of a species may yield significant new genes, conclude Herv
after years of peril in the waters of Chilika, the prized Irrawady dolphins have finally found a home of their own. India's largest brackish water lake will now have a dedicated sanctuary at Satapada for the Irrawady dolphins. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik took this decision at a meeting of the …
function graph() { var popurl="image/20051031/7-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=340,height=285,scrollbars=yes") } for the first time after the United Progressive Alliance came to power, prime minister Manmohan Singh called a full Planning Commission meeting on agriculture on September 27. The cause of concern: the annual foodgrain production has stagnated at around 200 million tonnes over …
