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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Co opting NGOs
Recent government moves in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe to monitor NGOs and curtail their rights are being given a once over
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Standard solution
Keeping the standard kilogram - a 4 cm high and 4 cm wide platinum iridium cylinder in Paris - clean is a formidable task. The cylinder has to be kept free from dust and contaminants like
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Damned by tribals
Although the prime minister's programme to lay the foundation stone at the 710 mw Koel Karo hydel project on March 5 was shelved, the anti-dam lobby demonstrated its muscle by gathering at Torpa
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Molecular sieve
Membranes with pores fine enough to filter molecules
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From the Pulpit
AS the date for the United Nations (un) conference on women -- in Beijing in September -- approaches, the Vatican is chafing for a repeat showdown. It has released a statement spitting fire and
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Precious find
Uranium deposits have been found in "fractured controlled mineralisation" in granite rocks near Tshundapalli and Mullapalli in the Cuddapah district of Andhra Pradesh. While such deposits have been
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Down the nuclear trail
Incidence of Down's syndrome linked to fallout from nuclear weapons testing
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Sacrifice to religion
Environmentalists in Kerala are up in arms against the proposed clearing of 250 acres of thick tropical forests in the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the largest national park in the state. The state
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Coral cure
A biornaterial based on coral's structure to set broken bones