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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Green justice: up in smoke?
<p>Aided by officialdom and politicos, polluting industries seem well cushioned against thunderous court orders</p>
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Engendering global development
DESPITE all efforts to marginalise the chasm between the genders, the Human Development Report (hdr), 1995, has documented gender disparities still existing in the world. Prepared against the
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Financial blackout
The National Working Group on Power which includes 3 former Chairpersons of the Central Electricity Authority, showed the impact of these projects on the tariffs, the deficit of the SEBs and the
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Fencing in territory, fencing out inequality...
... the Adivasi woman is no longer a silent observer of the issues bothering her for ages
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The Enron short circuit
The Enron case is important as it was the first of the fast track projects and has been responsible for modifications to the government guidelines. Enron, General Electric (GE) and Bechtel jointly
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Anti haven road
Sundarvan - an animal park in Ahmedabad, where children are encouraged to feed birds, climb trees, touch animals ...anything to excite their curiosity about nature - may soon cease to exist. A new
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Breaking the liquor legacy
Tilomajhi and Andharmajhi from Kalahandi, Orissa, were appointed as special police by the government of Orissa, entrusted with the power to break any country liquor pot they come across. Both
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Cost crunch
Assuming that 5,000 MW and 20,000 MW are installed through foreign investments in the 8th and 9th Plans respectively, the NWGP notes that: • Foreign investor-owned projects have
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Bamboo musings
Although termed "forest weed" or "the poor man's timber" bamboo's potential may satisfy modernity's growing needs
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Genetic signature
To discourage counterfeiters, signing of important documents with DNA is finding solid ground. Already a practice with American cartoonist Joe Barbara, who signs his creations with his own