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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Targeting Delhi
The National Literacy Mission (NLM) plans to lead Delhi's 2.48 million illiterates "from darkness into light". Besides reading and writing, the mission will focus on sex education, AIDS awareness,
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PURCHASING POWER
ITT WORLD DIRECTORIES, the US-based producer of yellow pages in eight countries, procures paper through a Belgian affiliate, allowing the firm to plan its worldwide purchases and inventories of paper
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The fraud of the century
The "greatest scientific fraud of the century", attributed to an Indian geologist, was in the spotlight once again recently in an article published in the scientific journal, Nature. The findings of
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ACROSS BOUNDARIES
In India, Siemens is building steam turbines and 3M is producing tapes, chemicals and electrical parts. In Mexico, Hewlett-Packard is going into computer assembly and the design of memory
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Resignation creates furore
Nomination to the fellowship of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is generally considered by senior scientists as one of the better indications of recognition of their talent. That at least
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INTERNAL REALIGNMENTS
XEROX: At the beginning of the 1980s, the US-based Xerox had joint ventures in different parts of the world, each controlling product design, supply networks, assembly operations and marketing and
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Tribals adamant
Tribals in Nagarahole National Park in Karnataka are opposing a state government plan to relocate them within the park, claiming it would adversely affect their way of life. According to the plan,
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High tech conservation
The country's first high-tech butterfly conservatory is being established at Burdwan in West Bengal, as part of an environmental education programme by the National Council of Science Museums (NSCM).
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Pact criticised
An agreement between the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and Enron Corp, a US-based multinational power company, to set up a 2,015 megawatt power plant in Dabhol in Ratnagiri district has
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More land for oustees
Union environment minister Kamal Nath will release 1,500 ha of forest land in Maharashtra's Dhule district for oustees of the Saradar Sarovar Project. This follows a directive issued by Prime