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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The Unknown Hall of Fame
AWAY from the limelight, the unknown Bengali used skill and ingenuity to create and design.
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Inaction irks MEF
CONCERNED at the lack of action by 2 Delhi agencies on the Yamuna Action Plan launched in June last year, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) has decided to refer the matter to the
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The double edged sword
Picture this: A doctor draws out cells from a foetus to diagnose if it will develop into a normal child. A simple and quick test of the sample indicates that the child could be struck with a debilitating disease for which there is no cure in its adu
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Surviving on wood
Collecting fuelwood provides a basis for survival for the poor around Dharwar
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Empowering the Disabled
Organisations strive to show that the world of a spastic child is no different than the one we all live in
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Power to the people
THE country took a big step towards giving more power to the people with the Panchayati Raj Act becoming operational on April 23 following all states and Union territories amending their respective
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Tools for sharing
"WE ARE not interested in how to kill pests or how cowdung cakes are to be made. We know all these things. We only want entertainment and cinema songs. Let the city dwellers who do not know anything
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Gene related disorders
* Fragile X mental retardation * Alzheimer's disease (Brain degeneration) * X-linked bulbo-spinal muscular atrophy * Myotonic dystrophy (Muscle disorder that later affects other body systems)
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Emasculating chemicals
IN A case unprecedented in the annals of medical science, 10 workers in a Nasik paint factory became infertile due to exposure to some chemicals used in the manufacturing process. The workers,
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The oracle of biotechnology
The film establishes incontrovertibly that no other region of science has raised as many hackles as biotechnology