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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The slower, the safer
Geologists in the US have discovered that earthquakes can also occur slowly causing minimal damage
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Saved at last?
the recent tirade launched by inter national conservation organisations has at last forced the Indian government to wake up to the prevailing state of the Indian tiger. The ministry of
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Sooty symptoms
The role of marine life in mitigating global warming takes a knocking as new findings link carbon on the ocean floor to forest fires
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Iodine blues
a recent study has revealed that iodine-deficiency is widespread in the country. It stalks not only the Himalayan region but also sub-Himalayan terai areas, riverine areas and even the coastal
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Sounds phony
People will soon be buying CD-quality music by downloading it over a phone line, courtesy American company AT&T, which has applied to patent an administrative set-up that will ensure that publishers
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The ugly side
india recently took an important step towards preventing cruelty against animals when it banned the mandatory testing of cosmetics and toiletries on live animals. It became the first country in
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Delivering fast
Japanese port authorities will soon manufacture the world's fastest cargo vessel. The Techno Super Liner (TSL) is designed to be the ocean-going equivalent of the Bullet train
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MUTUAL AGREEMENT
US haemophiliacs who contracted the AIDS virus from contaminated blood-clotting products have decided to accept a tentative US $650 million class action settlement of the lawsuit brought against the
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Less fuel, more fire
A new research, currently in an experimental stage, could be the propelling force behind the future rocket
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BRIEF RESPITE
More than 39,000 industrial units in Delhi got a breather recently when the Supreme Court agreed to stay the shifting of these units until the Delhi government draws up an action plan for their