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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The monsoon always catches the government unawares
First there was the mounting suspense. All of India awaited with bated breath the arrival of the south west monsoon. Would it arrive? Miraculously, politicians went into intricate calculations: would the bounty be enough to sustain the GDP growth projecte
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Forest conservation is too complex an issue to be resolved by executive fiat
The condition of India’s forest and her forest dwellers is extremely grave. A fresh round of police attacks on tribal people
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Heat busting initiative
Titlagarh, one of the hottest places in India, is undergoing a cool makeover. The sweltering summer that this small town of western Orissa experiences can be primarily attributed to its being
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Pantabhat well slept rice
Rice has been a staple food of West Bengal from antiquity and thus was grown in abundance all across the region. At one time, 60 varieties of rice were cultivated in Bengal. Pantabhat, which is basically cooked rice soaked overnight in water, was probably
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Rainwater harvesting as an adaptation to climate change
<p>Extreme climate events such as aridity, drought, flood, cyclone and stormy rainfall are expected to leave an impact on human society. They are also expected to generate widespread response to adapt and mitigate the sufferings associated with these extremes.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_085_01_0046_0059_0.pdf" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
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Gallbladder cancer: An ‘Indian’ disease
The prevalence of gallbladder cancer, the commonest biliary malignancy, shows geographical and racial variations. It is reported to be rare in India. However, the incidence of gallbladder cancer in north
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Did the polio vaccine start AIDS?
The origin of human immunodeficiency virus HIV has generated considerable interest and controversy amongst scientists the world over. Flaming this interest is the theory put forth by Edward Hooper, a British journalist based in Africa, who in his book,
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Apply physics to solve human problems
Sociophysics, or the application of the techniques of statistical physics to problems of social individuals and their interactions, was a prominent theme of a recent meeting in Kolkata
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The ice
That s what Antarctica is called
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Falling prey
Clearly, a cat's waste is an otter's poison. Southern sea otters in their prime are dying in huge numbers off the California coast in the us due to a mysterious disease that marine biologists think