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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Dancing to the World Bank's tune
The World Bank, which is the largest lender of aid to the Third World, is casting its shadow on decisions made by the Indian Union ministry of environment and forests.
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Caring for the handicapped
Handicapped children are being helped to overcome their disabilities through special programmes and innovative schemes such as art.
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Meeting international quality standards
Several BHEL plants have secured ISO 9000 certification, which is a precondition for exports to Europe.
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Pioneers of battery vehicles
BHEL scientists, who developed the country's first battery powered vans, say only higher government subsidies can make the vehicles affordable to potential users.
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Exclusive research facilities
BHEL's sophisticated laboratories, some of them the only one of their kind in India, show the emphasis the organisation lays on R&D.
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We can match any competition on technology grounds
K Ramakrishnan, director of engineering R&D at BHEL, talks to Down To Earth about his confidence in his unit's ability to meet the new challenges.
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Female and unwated in India
A BBC serial has pieced together damning evidence of the rise in female foeticide in India in the 1990s.
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Cleaning up Mt Everest
The environment ministers of Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and India are likely to meet soon to work out a clean-up programme for the Himalaya. The idea for the 'Save
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Development dilemmas
Different estimates of the extent of the country's wastelands area has forced the ministry of rural development to call for a remapping of such areas. The ministry's wasteland development department