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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The Eklingapura experience
A joint forest management initiative succeeded at Eklingapura mainly because foresters were able to respond to the needs of the community.
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Benefitting twice over
Organic manure is a source of income for civic bodies in Tamil Nadu.
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Speeding up in the fast lane
India's largest particle accelerator installed in Delhi is a boon for scientists studying the behaviour of particles at high speeds.
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The salt of the earth
Moves are afoot to convert the brackish Pulicat lake into a freshwater one to supply water to Madras city and authorities seem to have little regard for the ecological and environmental consequences.
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Molecules made to order
Restructuring molecules for specific purposes be it symmetry of design or to develop medicinal drugs has come of age in India.
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Mega projects or mega flops?
Various schemes have been thought of to tackle Madras' water scarcity.
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Revising an antiquated legislation
The environment ministry is updating the Indian Forest Act, but getting all the states to agree to it may prove to be tricky.
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Power for the future
The Institute of Plasma Research in Gujarat is working to make power generation from nuclear fusion a reality.
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The changing face of India's lakes
Lakes are being lost or altered because of the disruption of natural processes by intensification of agriculture, urbanisation, pollution and construction of dams. A look at the state of some Indian lakes today
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Safe deterrent
THE CENTRAL Intelligence Agency of USA believes that neither India nor Pakistan "maintains assembled or deployed nuclear bombs", writes George Perkovich in an article in Foreign Policy, a publication