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
India
-
From research to riches
It's no more going to be science for science's sake in China anymore as the nation plans for megabuck
-
Going micro
THE World Bank (WB) has devised a new strategy to improve the lot of the "poorest of the poor". Inspired by the success of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, which lends small amounts mostly
-
The wise men of Hindostan
Even India has a living tradition of recycling its paper and banking on non wood fibre sources
-
Polemics over a pest
A controversy rages over whether the Surat plague bacillus was a secret hardsell by a Kazakh chemical firm
-
No tear jerker, this
A new technique to deliver drugs to eyes without making them water
-
Dams decried
The Environment Appraisal Commiittee for River Valley and Hydro-electricity Projects under the Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF), has recommended that construction work on 10 dams be
-
Fungal flair
Using fungi in dressings for faster healing of wounds
-
Sex discrimination
Do gender differences reflect in the functioning of the brain? Yes, say scientists who have confirmed the hypothesis that differences exist in the functional,organisation of brain for a specific
-
Genetic vaccine
Scientists at the Australia-based Queensland Institute of Medical Research have given the green light to the establishment of "DNA Vaccines" as the obvious choice of the future (Biotechnology,
-
The aid for forces
A debate rages over proposed Dutch development aid