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
India
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Cancer fumes
Scientists say diesel fumes are carcinogenic, giving the war against vehicular pollution a shot in the arm
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HONG KONG
Some 1,500 tonne of the territory's farmed fish have been killed due to a "red tide' of toxic algae. A few months back, Hong Kong's entire chicken population was slaughtered amid a scare over
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SUDAN
El Ni
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Damaged senseless
The first concrete evidence that repetitive strain injury (RSI) is caused by damage to sensory nerves by has been reported by researchers at the University of London, UK. This study shows a
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DYING FOR RAIN
Several farmers in Sri Lanka have committed suicides in recent times largely due to crop failures. Most of the cases have been reported in Hettipola, nearly 80 kilometres from Colombo, which has
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UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will provide an assistance of US $ 4.4 crore for phasing out the use of 137 tonne of cholorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The ministry of environment and
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Boxful of toxins
containers full of toxic substances "exported' to India are lying unclaimed in several inland container depots, reports a high-powered panel looking into the issue of hazardous wastes. The
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Charged up
Detection of electric charge has now been made simpler with the development of a new nanometer-scale mechanical electrometer. Consis ting of three electrodes, a mechanical element which moves in
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Slow murder
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Structuring made easy
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance is a widely used technique to study the structure of materials ranging from proteins to catalysts. These machines have become an essential part of any laboratory. But now,