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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Bureaucratic bargains
according to an eminent agricultural scientist, when he first entered Krishi Bhavan (the headquarters of the agri culture ministry in New Delhi), an Indian Administrative Service officer who used
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The bent of mind
Public understanding of science and technology lags well behind public interest in these fields in most industrialised countries, according to two new studies disclosed at the recently held
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Weeded problem
"Nitrogen enrichment is pushing us towards a weedier world,' says David Wedin of the University of Toronto, Canada. Burning fossil fuel releases nitrogen oxides, which ecologists believe could act as
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Spare parts... any takers?
The ethics of transplanting an organ from one species to another is debatable as the dangers involved are too many and unknown
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The eutrophicated segment and Agra
Agra’s residents drink the waters of the Yamuna which become a ‘green soup’ in the fourth segment
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Brain versus brawn
about 65 million years ago the dinosaurs, at that time the dominant animals, became extinct probably because of the secondary consequences of a meteorite impact suffered by the earth. The mammals,
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The French connection
The French manner of dealing with an apathetic government needs to be replicated in the Indian context
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Taxus treat
A rare tree whose extracts are used for an anti cancer drug is being felled illegally
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Voicing the pain
"i am a healthy human being, leading a straight life. Why should I worry about aids?' That is the common reaction to aids awareness campaigns. hiv/aids is thought of as something that happens
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Draining Delhi
The capital s drains are the biggest contributors to the pollution