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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Iceland's hydrogen society
Iceland has moved one step closer to its goal of using only renewable sources of energy by the year 2030. It recently inaugurated the world's first hydrogen fuel station in the capital city of
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Safety nets against malaria
Campaigners against malaria in Africa contend that simple protective nets could save thousands of lives across the continent. Malaria causes at least a million deaths in Africa each year. The disease
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Killer brew
The thirst for cheap coffee in the West could be wiping out endangered wildlife in Indonesia, reveals a study by the us-based Wildlife Conservation Society. The cultivation of robusta coffee beans
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Weaving a sorry tale
A two-year-old ban on shahtoosh shawls
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Dividing genes
The Great Wall of China, built to hinder marauding tribes, hampers the flow of plant genes too. Members of the same species growing on either side are genetically quite different, indicates a new
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Leather loss
As far as food is concerned, Kashmiris share a strong partiality to their meat and fish. But every time a Kashmiri eats one rupee worth non-vegetarian food, the state economy loses .75 rupee.
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Sunk for security reasons
Wildlife conservationists realised recently that mapping the movements of dolphins could be a threat to national security! A project to survey dolphins in the Sunderbans region of West Bengal was
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Watering down a success story
Water User Associations in Maharashtra face unforeseen hurdles despite being successful. Why is the government stalling them?
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Limiting sugar
The World Health Organisation (who) has refused to dilute its warning on curbing sugar intake despite facing severe criticism from the industry lobby. A who report recently recommended that sugars
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Toyota s tall claim
Reducing automobile emissions to zero is perfectly possible, claims a recent Toyota advertisement. The ad describes how the auto giant s hybrid technology cuts fuel consumption by almost 40 per cent, compared with conventional petrol engines...