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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Control move
the government of Assam, in an attempt to gain further control over the natural resources of the state, has proposed the introduction of a bill that aims to bring natural gas and gas plants under
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INDIA
• Three Calcutta-based scientists have devised a scheme to tap the energy potential of solid tannery wastes. "The recovery of energy potential of the mixture of wastewater sludge, fleshing and
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Faster relay
Four US manufacturers (Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Rockwell and US Robotics) will soon launch modems and related devices that can receive data at 56 kbps (thousand bits per second) and send at
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Mess in Manipur
there is no respite for Manipur. The state reported 75 per cent aids cases out of the total number of hiv-positive cases determined in the country till December 1996. Two anti-aids activists
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Recording marvel
A new palm-sized digital recorder, Total Recall, serves as a good replacement to the current dictaphones. Being digital, Total Recall offers several advantages. As there are no tapes, endless
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Blight plight
genetic studies at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (ccmb) in Hyderabad has thrown up interesting results on the rice plant. One finding says that the 'leaf blight' might not have come
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Tribals trauma
nine tribes of southern Bihar are reportedly facing extinction due to rampant unplanned industrialisation in the Jharkhand region. Gautam S Rana, chairperson, environmental committee of the state
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DECREE AMENDED
The Supreme Court of India recently modified its order passed on December 12, banning all non-forest activities in reserved areas. The court formed a high-level committee to oversee the
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Cosmic bolts
Aircraft that mainly rely on computers could take a beating from cosmic rays
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WRONG ADDRESS
All foundries located in the primary residential area of Coimbatore city were told to close down immediately by the green bench of the Madras High Court on March 8. The court directed the state