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. …
http://www.tarahaat.com If you are a Net-savvy villager in north India, Tarahaat.com could easily become your favourite haunt on the Web. For starters, the website offers email services in 11 Indian languages. The utility of the website goes beyond traditional Net services. The Livelihood channel offers comprehensive information on how to …
in a major development, the Jammu and Kashmir (j&k;) legislative council has passed a resolution urging the Union government to review the Indus Water Treaty in the best interests of the people of the state. The motion was tabled in the upper house by National Conference (nc) legislator Deepinder Kaur. …
Central Uttar Pradesh (up) is quite literally on shaky ground. Land subsidence has been reported from several districts of the region, including Fatehpur, Farrukhabad, Kannauj and Unnao. Alarmingly, the culprit is neither seismic nor mining activity, but excessive groundwater extraction. This despite these districts lying in the Gangetic plain and …
Oscar Olivera of Bolivia is something of a mascot for anti-globalisation movements across the world. During the recent Asian Social Forum meeting in Hyderabad, Olivera spoke in Spanish. And in spite of the tediousness of translated messages, his dozen-odd speeches found eager listeners in the 15,000 participants at the meeting. …
The us food and drug administration (fda) may soon have to be notified before food is imported or even offered for import into the country. The fda has mooted this proposal to prevent the chances of terrorists bringing in contaminated food. The proposed regulation is considered a key step in …
In a study similar to the one conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (cse) in Delhi and Mumbai, a research body in Bangladesh has uncorked unpleasant facts about bottled water. While cse found pesticide residues in packaged water being sold in the two metros, application research laboratory Plasma …
David Mosse's comprehensive work studies the cultural, ideological and social meaning of water in south India. The book's amalgam of oral history, field and archival work explores the intricate connection between social and political systems and water flows. Think tanks South India's distinctive water tanks receive a whole chapter of …
the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (nasa) of the us has found answers to long-standing questions pertaining to the Universe. The most startling find is the formation of stars just 200 million years after the Big Bang
While the government informed the Rajya Sabha that there was no proposal to privatise the Ganga, it gave an assurance that the issue of building dams would be taken up with the Nepal King during his visit to the country to prevent flooding in Bihar and other states. "Water is …
The Public Health Department has taken a series of measures to augment the drinking water supply in the old section of Sonepat in view of the hue and cry by the residents living in this part of the city. According to a report, the department plans to construct a new …
The proposal for interlinking major rivers of India by 2010 will not help in controlling flood and drought. It would rather destroy gene pool of different rivers, said Magsaysay Award winner Rajendra Singh Rane on Tuesday. In his last leg of Rastriya Jal Yatra, Singh who shot to fame after …
A day after J-K DGP and Additional DGP appeared before the J-K High Court in a case regarding illegal police construction in the prohibited Green belt around the Dal Lake, J-K Urban Housing Development Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir said the government had identified around 600 illegal constructions in the vicinity. …
The lakes in Jammu and Kashmir may become extinct if the present trend of depletion continues. The total area of the lakes is rapidly shrinking. In the last several years, efforts had been made to save the Dal lake, the main attraction for the tourists. The state of affairs has …
every fourth biomedical scientist is affiliated with corporations, and two-thirds of the universities hold equity in companies that sponsor their research. These are the findings of a study conducted by researchers from the Yale University, usa. "A comprehensive review of scientific literature confirms that financial relationships among industry, scientific investigators …
a unique people's movement is gathering momentum in Pakistan. Local residents and politicians of a small town in central Punjab in Pakistan are resisting tooth and nail an attempt to siphon off their water resources to a bigger urban centre. The plan to install tubewells in the villages around Chiniot, …
