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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Energising solutions
An improved ORS formulation would not only cure dehydration but even diarrhoea and cholera
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Who is poor? Some perceptions
What do people think about poverty? How do they know they are below the poverty line? In a recent participatory poverty assessment done by Praxis-ActionAid India in Balangir, Orissa, one of India's
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Racing ahead
Pakistan has taken the lead in the CNG race from India
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Measuring Poverty/Poor Indicators
When poverty is endemic, it is very hard to select a few districts that ideally should be the poorest of the poor. "It is difficult to identify the poorest districts as the lists prepared by
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Discovering the starlet
A recently discovered galaxy could give vital insights about the formation of the universe
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Rubbing up the right way!
Microscopic string like structures cause friction among surfaces
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Fund scam?
funds meant for Chilka lake, Asia's largest water lagoon, have been diverted by the Chilka Development Authority (cda). The recent report of the Comp troller and Auditor General (cag) reveals
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Restoring lakes
The Gujarat high court has directed Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) to set up an expert committee to look into ways of recharging water bodies. The court has also directed AUDA to give
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Cure in sight
aids may soon become curable. Scientists will put on trial in India, a potential AIDS vaccine made from a modified Vaccinia Ankara formulation. Incidentally, Vaccinia Ankara is a harmless version of
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Project marred
there is no money to conduct an elephant census in Meghalaya. Faced with frequent human-pachyderm conflicts, the state forest department had planned an elephant census last month as part of its