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
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No to hydel project
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) has refused environmental clearance to the 500 mw Bodhghat hydroelectric project on the Indravati river in the Bastar district of Madhya Pradesh on
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A change of heart
With only Parliament's approval of the Organ Transplant Bill on June 15 gave a chance to a team of doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi to perform India's first
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Poaching runs wild
A report on the illegal wildlife trade in the country by a special committee formed by the MEF has galvanised the ministry into considering several new options to control poaching. The high-powered
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Sitting cool
A misplaced cigarette butt on the polyurethane seats in an aircraft, the most inflammable material besides the fuel, could lead to an aerial disaster. But Indian Airlines can cease to worry about the
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Barrier up on skirts
The Union minister of state for tex-tiles, G Venkat Swamy, has threatened "retaliatory action" against American products, if a recent US ban on the sale of rayon ghagras made in India is not
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Haul your own garbage
Vadodara's residents show that handling garbage hands on is the best way to beat municipal overload
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Targeting the World Bank
Bretton Woods institutions come in for a beating from a new coalition of NGOs
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... the key to prosperity
It's time India realises that it is trade and not merely technological innovation that holds...
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The range of rage
How the villagers of Pujara Ki Chowki foiled hamhanded attempts of the state forest department to force start a plantation on a forest already protected and nurtured by the people
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'Workers' safety is connected with the environment'
The increasing risk of industrial closure on environmental grounds seems to be stirring many trade unions in India to sensitise themselves to environmental concerns. The Hind Majdoor Sabha HMS , among the largest trade unions in India with its membersh