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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Environmental education is vital for Indians
A SUSTAINABLE society is one that is prepared to monitor the impacts of its activities carefully, openly and democratically, analyse them and use its wisdom and knowledge to solve problems. The
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Tatas to move out
The Orissa government and the house of Tatas, who jointly own the Rs 20-crore Chilika Aquatic Farms Ltd (CAFL), have agreed to move their operations away from the lake. The decision was reached at a
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'Nature's gardeners' to the fore
Pampered European farmers cried foul as the Uruguay Round of GATT raced to a tense finish.
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Caught between boars and bureaucracy
Authorities of a wildlife sanctuary propose to curb the menace of rampaging wild boars by providing affected villagers with, among other things, volleyball and television sets.
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Tracing a path from the sun
Present day interest in solar power has arisen mainly because of rapidly dwindling energy resources. But the quest for tapping the sun's energy began in ancient times.
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Highlights of the congress
• More than 1,000 delegates -- academics, activists, students and farmers -- attended the Congress on Traditional Sciences and Technologies of India, held in Bombay from November 28 to December
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A dying tradition
Dearth of knowledge has frustrated attempts to revive a traditional but viable method of making iron.
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Seeking justice
Petitions filed in the Supreme Court want a referendum to be held before India ratifies the GATT agreement.
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Pitching in against AIDS
World AIDS Day in early December saw a rash of programmes on the battle against the disease, with Doordarshan and the satellite channels doing their bit to publicise the enormous degree of education
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An 80 per cent success story
An ancient grammar system helps computers to translate Indian languages into HIndi.