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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• Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh has said that initiatives to recharge groundwater table should be given shape of a mass movement. • The Union government is planning
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INDUNDATED by excuses
<font class="UCASE">the </font> floods have once again ravaged Bihar. Claims made by the government that all precautionary measures were taken, embankment and anti-erosion work completed in time and that the floods would not be allowed to occur
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sponsored blight?
Another monsoon. The season of suffering in India s flood plains. And of blaming upstream people for floods. Is there an end to this
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POLITICS OF BLAME
Some facts about floods in the Indo Gangetic plains
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The MTBE joke
The way to clean up the air is to pollute groundwater, according to the Indian government
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Exhausting Practices
Prescribed as the antidote for all problems related to vehicular pollution, Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates have been an obsession with the Indian government for a decade now. This is happening at a time when other countries are criticising the
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Curbing beastly agony
Activists fighting to halt the use of animals for testing have succeeded partially
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Prawns in danger
chilika lake, Asia's biggest saltwater lake, situated in Orissa is still awaiting a complete ban on prawn farming. Despite violent conflicts between traditional and non-traditional fishermen over
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The Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000
The Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 shall apply to every municipal authority responsible for collection, segregation, storage, transportation,, processing and disposal of municipal solid wastes.