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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Abysmal performance
Down To Earth ranked the performance of the authorities who were responsible for introducing CNG buses in Delhi. On a scale of one to 10, none scored more than five. The ministry of environment and forests, that has been accorded the bottom most rung of t
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On a cautious note
Transport minister Parvez Hashmi points to a number of factors that delayed the implementation of the Supreme Court s order to introduce CNG buses in Delhi
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Water and common sense
The New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) was the only non-governmental organisation (NGO) from the South to participate independently in the World Water Fair, held simultaneously
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A pedestrian view
The new fuels leave vehicle owners with little choice
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Alang workers flayed
at last, after innumerable accidents and deaths of workers in the Alang ship-breaking yard in Gujarat, chief minister Keshubhai Patel has pulled up maritime officials for maintaining poor
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Starving cattle
drought and an acute shortage of water have severely effected nearly 70,000 heads of cattle who face death due to starvation in the northern areas of Gujarat bordering Rajasthan. This year the
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PATENT TROUBLES
Tired of government apathy towards patenting of knowledge indigenous to the people of India by individuals and groups in foreign lands, a petitioner has moved the Supreme Court. Earlier, neem,
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COURT REFUSAL
A lawsuit filed by residents demanding the per manent closure of Japan's only fast-breeder nuclear reactor was rejected by a court in the Fukui Prefecture, situated 350 km west of Tokyo, Japan.
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Foul waters
there are increasing number of fluo rosis cases among the residents of Delhi. Fluorosis is caused by consuming water contaminated with fluoride. A recent survey to check the content of
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FOLLOW UP
The deadline for completing the tasks laid down by the Montreal Protocol is fast approaching, but India seems to be nowhere near to fulfilling its obligations, warn experts. Under the