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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Patents on neem-related products filed since 1985 (according to type of invention) TYPE A: Patents related to new extracts
21.8.85 USP 4531114 Terumo Corporation, Japan: HOT WATER EXTRACTS OF THE NEEMBARK, active against mouse L-5178Y cells and transplanted sarcoma 180 tumours; use: anti-cancer properties
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D Balasubramanium
Director, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
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The ozone piracy
Hectic trading of CFCs in US back alleys is bothering little about the earth's punctured ozone canopy
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Algae alleviates
South African townships that were earlier helpless in the face of pollution caused by human wastes, are now bucking up to the problem. Spirulina, offering a cheap algae based solution, has saved the day for them
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Yashpal
Former chairperson, University Grants Commission
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TYPE B: Patents related to new manufacturing processes
7.8.90 U5P 4946681/2.1.91 EP 0405701 W R Grace&Co, USA: METtlODTOPREP~AN J MP R OVED STOM G E"SJABLENEEM SEEDEXTRACTfo r the prod uc. tiollof stableazadirach till sol~tions cowp!ising
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Light, ahoy!
Scientists say 'hallelujah' in jubilation, having captured the glimmer of what is known as the farthest and the oldest galaxy in the universe
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Nice phase
Recently, the Environmental protection Agency (EPA) in the us accomplished one of its most well known public health campaigns of the past quarter century, when it officially ended the phase-out of
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Twin benefits
A new la'ser developed by dental equipment manufacturer KaVoUK Limited shall save kids from the dreaded ordeal they face at the dentist's. The use of lasers, though common in dentistry, has had
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A case for ecotechnology
Noted agricultural scientistM S Swaminathan says: