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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Countdown to self reliance
Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites
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Prelude to extinction
Fishery experts say a global system of management is essential to prevent the extinction of the world's fish stocks, even as the number of fishing trawlers increase
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Swarm warning
Officials claim the locust problem is under control, but unless millions of hoppers young locusts stalking the deserts are exterminated quickly, things could really get out of control
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Russia's selfish volte face
By cancelling the cryogenic deal with India, Russia may end up being the actual loser
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Starting off on the wrong foot
A non conventional energy complex set up in Brahampur village lies in a shambles today because authorities disregarded the people's requirements
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Back to the breast
Many organisations in the country are working at weaning parents from the bottle to mother's milk
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Ministry gets a dose of perestroika
The ministry of nonconventional energy sources is being reoriented to improve efficiency and allow private sector participation to develop the market for its products
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The other danger
Experts warn the deluge of pesticides in the desert will have adverse effects and cannot prevent future locust attacks
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Up, up and away
Each launch vehicle progressively developed by India is capable of placing bigger payloads into higher orbits. The country's hope of carving a niche in the space-launch market rests on the GSLV
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Only one condition...
Ukraine wants special status if it is to sign the nuclear non proliferation treaty and this may be a solution to the problem of who owns the nuclear arsenal positioned in the country when it was part of the erstwhile Soviet Union