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
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
the United Arab Emirates is facing drinking water crisis due to oil spills in the world busiest shipping lane. Authorities are now drafting a new law to tackle environmental pollution. Oil
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The proposed US $1.9 billion gas pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan is expected to be completed by the year 2001, a government official said recently. "The gas pipeline will have a
Quantum Evaporation occurs when a beam of phonons (little pulses of sound from a warm filament) inside a pool of superfluid helium-4 is aimed at the liquid surface from below. As in the
A new technique promises to make the material scientists job easier
the Marina beach in Chennai may become out of bounds for pleasure-seekers if the discharge of pollutants by the Adyar and Cooum rivers into the sea goes on unchecked. A study conducted by the
the Union minister for environment and forests, Saifuddin Soz, has sought support from developed countries and non-governmental organisations for strengthening the on-going conservation efforts in
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• The 20th International Conference of Radiology will be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, during September 18-23, 1998. A K Chaturvedi, head of radiology department at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer
india could soon produce bio-degradable plastic for mass consumption. Following a two-year research, scientists from various government institutes have been able to develop the plastic. This