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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Benefits not remote
Benefits not remote H igh quality three-dimensional terrain maps of India will now be available at affordable prices, as the Indian Space Resaerch Organisation (isro) successfully put in
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In the name of tsunami
The battle of us shrimpers against Indian and Thai imports is not yet over. On April 25, 2005, the us International Trade Commission (itc) voted for reviewing its decision to impose
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Panned on PAN alarm
The uk government has taken a tough stance against companies failing to legally disclose the side effects of pesticides in their products. Its Pesticides Safety Directorate (psd) recently
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Soft drinks re tough learners
Will multinational soft drink companies never learn to value natural resources? While Coca-Cola is still in the middle of a controversy over unmindful groundwater exploitation in Kerala's Palakkad
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Hitting diamond
India has deposits in Andhra Pradesh
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In short
gm cotton ban: On May 3, 2005, the Union government's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) barred commercial cultivation of three varieties of genetically modified (GM) cotton hybrids in
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Waste power
A fuel cell produces hydrogen from dissolved organic matter <br>
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Health pyramid
Of foods that heal
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So say the experts
Camel experts from research institutions and non-government organisations in India, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and the UK met at the training centre of Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan near Mammaji-ki-dhuni at Sadri, District Pali, Rajasthan, India, on 23-25 November 2004, and came up with the following recommendations:<br> <br> <font face=arial size=3 color=#CE181E><b>•</b></font> Urgently investigate how to restore sufficient pastureland for camels in order to halt the decline in camel numbers.<br>
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Dirty linen
<script language="javascript"> function graph() { var popurl="files/images/20050531/28-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=600,height=260,scrollbars=yes") } </script> <font face=arial size=3 color=#CE181E><b>•</b></font> An average Indian spends more time on washing as compared to people of other countries. <br><br><font face=arial size=3 color=#CE181E><b>•</b></font> Worldwide, washing has a gender bias, with women spending more time in the activity than men. <br>