First food: business of taste
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
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Medicinal tree survives tissue culture process
Tissue culture technique for medicinal tree succeeds
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Water resources and climate change: an Indian perspective
In recent times, several studies around the globe show that climatic change is likely to impact significantly upon freshwater resources availability. In India, demand for water has already increased manifold over the years due to urbanization, agriculture expansion, increasing population, rapid industrialization and economic development.
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Centre releases over Rs 2,000 cr to NE under 224 devp schemes
With an aim to boost the development process in the North-east, the Centre has sanctioned 224 schemes worth over Rs 2,000 crore for the region during the last four years, including renovation of the
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Calcium for paper
If the Indian paper industry has to grow exponentially, it must upgrade the quality of its product with one simple input: the increased use of pcc or precipitated calcium carbonate, which is found in abundance in Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh or continue to face the threat of imported high grade paper at a high cost. This is the contention of a Florida-based scientist Dr.
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Turnaround time
Indian agriculture is coming free of the traditional mandis, with the spread of credit to farmers, involvement of the corporate sector and futures commodity exchanges
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A critical mark
In the presence of Atomic Energy Commission (aec) chairman Anil Kakodkar and India's distinguished nuclear scientists and personnel who had made this possible, Unit 3 of the 540 mw Tarapur Atomic Power Station (taps) attained criticality (nuclear parlance for an atomic plant becoming operational), with the start of a self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction in the reactor core.
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Rising stakes
For several reasons, 2006 is a watershed in the history of India's nuclear power programme.
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Recalcitrant regime
Malaria thrives on administration in denial
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JPC's good work on Tribal Bill
JPC suggestions go beyond forest rights paradigm
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A new body to recover CAMPA funds
Ad hoc body to organise afforestation funds