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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Perfect blend
A fuel made from recycled cooking oil promises to curb air pollution and provide an alternative to diesel as well
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Sweet torture
sugar seems to be a cause of tragedy in Buxar in Uttar Pradesh. Dumping of bagasse-ash by the Simbhaoli sugar mill at various sites around the town has caused severe burning accidents and
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EXONERATED
In an 11-to-one decision by the Texas state court jury, US-based oil company Exxon Corporation won US $250 million from Lloyd's of London, underwriting syndicates, and other insurers that sold
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The 3 d vision
Researchers at Osaka-based Sanyo Electric have recently unveiled, what they claim as the world's first commercially available
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Destination drive
The Japanese have come up with a new software that guides drivers about the best route to where they are headed, avoiding the traffic jams on way
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In Focus
The cat is out of the bag, finally. The suspicions that had lurked all these years about the safety standards of India's nuclear power plants, have been substantiated by the atomic energy regulatory
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Tough time, safe landing
Results of simulated landings using the global positioning system show that planes can now land safely even in zero visibility
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What a trap
farmers in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu, have shown that it is possible to farm without using pesticides and have thus proven that eco-farming is a possibility even in water-starved regions
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Rapid siltation
in order to overcome the problem of siltation and decreasing water storage capacity, the Central Water Commis sion (cwc) is examining a proposal to increase the height of the Tungabhadra dam in
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That s an old remedy
the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (csir) has objected to a patent granted by the American patent and trade marks office. The patent obtained by Suman K Das and Hari Har P Cohly of