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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Sharing benefits
notwithstanding bickerings on intellectual property rights, India and the us may allow mutual patenting of vaccines and diagnostic kits developed under the Indo- us vaccine action
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Earth s spinning innards
A recent finding about the earth s core could hold a clue to the forces that shape the planet
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Genes to the rescue
oral cancer is the most prevalent malignancy among Indian men. Now, scientists at the Cancer Research Institute ( cri ) in Mumbai have taken the first step towards curing the cancer with the
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Reptilian riddle
once fighting for survival, the Indian crocodile has made a remarkable comeback. The crocodile population is growing to the extent that has now become alarmingly high. The crocodile farm at
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ONE UP
US tobacco companies are gearing up to fight a ruling which awarded US $750,000 in damages to a lung cancer patient Grady Carter who smoked for more than 40 years. A six-member jury in
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FLUSHING OUT
The Supreme Court of India recently slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on about 900 tanneries in Tamil Nadu for causing pollution in their surrounding areas. The tanneries would face closure if the fine is
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Miniature musings
Science or pure imagination? Nanotechnology opens up unlimited possibilities which can revolutionise almost every field of human activity
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TO REVEAL OR NOT
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently ruled that insurance companies in the US were not required to reveal blood test results which are used by them to determine the coverage
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On a small scale
From micro bugs to micro cars, Japanese researchers are redefining the way things are manufactured
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IN FOCUS
Indian policy-makers are slowly waking up to the needs of a multilateral market which is placing a high premium on the environment. Following the US ban on shrimp exports from India, exporters are