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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Damned chicanery
Damn this chicanery. Prime Minister Narasimha Rao has firmly rejected the demand by opponents of the Tehri dam for an independent review of the controversial project. With a media anaesthetised by
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Nemesis
Teak is found in the tropical, moist regions with heavy rainfall, and are thickly forested. Felling of teak trees in this region results in a replacement by Xylia xylocarpa. And teak never reinvades
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Half truths and damned lies
Using flawed arguments,The government is blackballing experts' warnings
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Out of the depths
Women water users are determined to have their say in water management policymaking
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The Indian experience
Climax is reached when succession proceeds without disturbance and the vegetation type is in complete equilibrium with the environment. As climate appears to be the most important factor in
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Sugar of death
The World Health Organisation (who) has reported a 3 per cent rise in the incidence of diabetes the world over. The total number of diabetic patients in India stands at 20 per cent, 2nd highest in
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Beastly gene
A disorder that causes hair to appear an over the body has been traced to a mutant gene
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Societies and sustainability
The two volumes are the result of the combined effort of CUSO***, a Canadian NGO, and environmentalists from Asia. The contributors share their experiences on a wide range of issues ranging from
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Bees before blossoms
A new finding suggests that bees may have been around about 100 million years before flowering plants appeared
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The politics of aiding
National budget constraints have forced leading donor nations like the us to cut assistance to developing countries down to almost 20 per cent in 1993-94. But Japan, the world's largest donor, has