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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For an environmental viewpoint
CSE director is called upon to talk science and environment at a state governors meet
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How cells function
A normal cell does not live forever. It kills itself to make space for younger cells. During their lifespan, cells proli ferate continuously to maintain a constant cell count. This tendency to commit
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AIR POLLUTION
A large number of children in Chittagong, Bangladesh, are suffering from asthma due to increasing air pollution in the city. According to Moynul Islam, a doctor air pollution and the increasing use
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Battery management
the Union ministry of environment and forests (mef) has recently notified a draft Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules 2000, to control hazards associated with backyard smelting
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Digital medical library
a group of developing countries, headed by India, is compiling the world's first digital library on traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and systems. It will become operational within a
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Rains claim 120 lives
at least 90 people were killed in a landslide that crushed an entire slum in Mumbai. The Azad Nagar slum in Ghatkopar was located at the foot of a hillock, which collapsed due to heavy
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CFC phase out
india is getting a grant of us $82 million, for gradually phasing out the production of ozone depleting substances (ods) such as CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). This is the
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NATIVE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
The US Court of Federal Claims has ruled that 1.1 million hectares of Texas forest was illegally taken away by European settlers from Coushatta Indians and other tribes of Alabama. The ruling
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Trial or error?
The Indian government grants permission for trials of transgenic cotton
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Punjab: end of the revolution ?
Cost of production has spiralled, but the rate of increase in production has not shown a similar trend. Ecological and social costs, meanwhile, are totally disregarded