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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Foreign weed spreads dermatitis to India
A weed which was carried into India from the United States has spread within a decade across a thousand miles of the country from Bangalore in the south to Kashmir in the north. This prolific plant, Parthenium
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Ghandi's ghost saves the Himalayan trees
From Kashmir to Burma, where tigers once lived amid lush forests, a vast tract of land has been laid bare by the timber industry. In its wake have come landslides, drought and yet further poverty. The
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The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 1975
These Rules are enacted in exercise of the powers conferred by section 63 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) by the Central Government after consultation with Central
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Model Bill for Flood Plain Zoning, 1975
<p><span id="itro1">Even as floods play havoc in Uttarakhand, states have opposed provisions of this bill prepared by CWC in 1975. It provides clauses about flood zoning authorities, prohibition of the
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The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
An Act to provide for the prevention and control of water pollution and the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water, for the establishment, with a view to carrying out the purposes aforesaid,
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Pushkar: Prehistory and climatic change in Western India
Pushkar, near Ajmer, Rajasthan, lies in the dry zone to the east of the Indian desert. In the vicinity there is evidence for three arid phases, during the latter part of the Pleistocene, each represented by a major sand sheet and fossil desert dunes. The earliest contains lenses of detritus which include rolled Lower Palaeolithic tools.
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Wildlife (Transactions and Taxidermy) Rules, 1973
In exercise of the powers conferred by Cl.(b) of sub-section (1) of Sec.63 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules. These rules may
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A research programme for urban housing
This paper outlines a research proposal for a series of investigations into aspects of urban housing which it seems important to understand before formulating an enlarged public housing programme. Studies in the areas outlined here are either scanty or non-existent.
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The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
An Act to provide for the protection of [Wild animals, birds and plants] and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. This Act may be called the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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Project tiger: a planning proposal for preservation of tiger (Panthera tigris tigris Linn.) in India
Since the tiger is at the apex of the biological pyramid, its preservation is possible only if the whole biome or its habitat is conserved and maintained at an ecological stage, advantageous to the tiger.