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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Dispensing with dear drugs
New US law to clear the decks for generic drugs <font size="1" color=blue> Read full article </font>
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Websites that give science news
Scidev.net is an exception to the internet rule book on science reportage. It makes news out of the science research in developing world. It's hard to find science news from this part of the world.
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Tightening up
The Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals (GAAP) Act of 2002 is a pro-consumer law. It seeks to put an end to the underhand methods used by brand name drug manufacturers to extend patents:
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In the sidelights
Measure of failure The World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) made history at least on one count: it is the first inter national conference that measured its ecological impact. Carbon
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The right alliance
STAKEHOLDERS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT John M Riley . Published by Sage Publications . New Delhi . 2002 . 214 pages The state-sponsored development has been a
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Baby s days are out
It s pack up time for around 12,000 two stroke baby taxis in Dhaka
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Risky venture
It was an experiment that sought to clear the air, but by jeopardising marine life. No wonder it encountered severe turbulence in the form of protests by global environmental groups, and had to be
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Unholy ritual
Antarctic ozone hole again starts expanding
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Sop story
Excessive farm power subsidies have sent fiscal deficits soaring in most states of India, says a new World Bank study. A glaring example of this largesse leaving states impoverished is Madhya Pradesh
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Slow and unsteady
Each British household generates over one tonne of waste per year, reveals a report of uk's department of environment. Worse, only 11 per cent of this is recycled. According to the document, the