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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New found addiction: What will the government do in May 2003?
The Union budget provides cancer stick manufacturers and sellers huge reasons to feel puffed. The excise duty on nicotine the narcotic used to spike tobacco with has been reduced from 16 per cent to 8 per cent. An excise duty has been levied on chewing
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The right move
Clean technology gets a boost
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India s no to GM food aid
the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac) categorically rejec ted for the second time in five months a request by two North-based aid agencies to allow the import of 23,000 tonnes of
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Ship breaking set to get a fillip despite blaze in Gujarat yard
six people died recently in a fire at the Alang ship-breaking yard in Gujarat. The issue of workers' safety and the environmental implications of this highly polluting activity have come to the fore
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High court verdict in Kashmir shahtoosh workers favour
the Jammu and Kashmir (j&k) High Court (hc) has asked the state government to regulate the trade of shahtoosh shawl-making and shearing of Tibetan antelopes in such a way that the art and livelihood
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Minorities yoked to spin on first AIDS vaccine trials
the first ever aids vaccine to be tested on a large number of people has not been able to protect them from hiv infection, admitted Vaxgen, the vaccine's us-based manufacturer. But
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Genetic map
To make buffaloes stronger
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Maladjusted
Modifying mosquitoes to fight malaria proves unsuccessful
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Craning glory: Demoiselle cranes find sanctuary in Rajasthan village
Kheechan village on the edge of the Thar desert lies on the migration route of demoiselle cranes travelling from their breeding grounds in Eurasia to bask in India s milder winter. In late September, the first flocks take to the skies from the plateaus, s
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Hand picked team
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee recently added five more members to the task force that has been entrusted with the job of linking the nation's rivers. They are R K Pachauri, director, Tata