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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Little to show for crores of rupees spent
Inefficient use funds, not lack of resources, is responsible for the failure of scientific departments to meet their targets, says a recent CAG report.
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The true fertiliser
Birds killed by chemicals inspired a villager to experiment and come up with a natural pesticide.
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Spending inefficiently
The CAG's audit findings on major scientific departments:
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A basin full of rainwater
A traditional water harvesting system helps green a dry region.
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Traditional system of vaccination
The Raika tribals have developed an exhaustive system of veterinary medicine based on local herbs and products.
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Worms in US apples
"EMPTY boxes, empty promises", read a sign put up by the Washington Apple Commission, to protest against Japan's "unfair" ban on American apples, at a recent food exhibition in Osaka. The
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Rightful dues
Even as the state government continues to accuse Tata Iron & Steel Company (TISCO) of unchecked deforestation around Jamshedpur, it has also locked horns with TISCO over riparian rights in the
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Disciplining the enfants terrible of industry
Small is not always beautiful: Small-scale industries in India account for only 35 per cent of the country"s industrial production, but their share of pollution is a whopping 65 per cent.
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Popular pressure must break this unholy alliance
RICH INDIVIDUALS usually tend to be arrogant. So do rich institutions, such as the World Bank, which is prepared to accept, albeit after much pushing and prodding, that it may have been wrong in
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Death by starvation
About 11 million people in Orissa and Bihar have become victims of a famine that has occurred despite adequate food stocks in the country.