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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Eco friendly killings
Move over mosquito coils, repellent mats and creams. A green way of hacking the pesky biters, by way of bio-degradable insecticides, will soon make the nights more peaceful. The brainchild of the
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Another solar novelty
A new solar dryer developed by a team of scientists headed by K K V Nair from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Bombay, has made it easier to dry agricultural products. Unlike the
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Forgers beware
It would be almost impossible to fool a new electronic signature verification system
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Stud surveillance
A British scientist, Martin Dicks, claims to have developed 'intelligent' road studs that can warn motorists of poor driving conditions by emitting different coloured flashes of light (New
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Resourceful ministry
Finding itself without any resources, the wasteland development department of the reconstituted ministry of rural areas and employment (previously the ministry of rural development) has hit upon an
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Infrared vigil
Two UK-based companies, Thorn EMI Electronics and McLennan Marine, have developed a night surveillance system that can enable the coastguards to spot a 20 metre boat at a range of 7.5 kin or a
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Back to the source
Recharging aquifers with treated wastewater is the only hope to meet the water needs of a growing urban population
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WEIGHTY MATTERS
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation nations hold the unenviable distinction of having some of the highest percentages of low birth- weight babies (less than 2.5 kg) in the world.
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KAMPUCHEA
In a belated step to conserve the nation's depleted forest resources, the Kampuchean government has announced a complete ban on the exports of logs and sawn timber. As if to set the seal on its
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ZIMBABWE
The world's largest exporter of flue-cured tobacco last year, is confident of getting higher prices on the international market this season despite an aggressive worldwide anti-smoking lobby. The