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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Critically short staffed!
Why is the Central Groundwater Board unable to monitor sub-soil water pollution? The reason is certainly not original: India's groundwater inspection authority, with a 5,300-strong staff, claims it
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The boundary shrinks
Non-governmental organisations have accused the Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) of succumbing to pressure from the Rajasthan mining lobby and de-reserving a part of the Sariska
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A case for plant patents
A group of leading agricultural scientists in the country has called for the patenting of plant and animal biodiversity to be emphasised in order to ensure the introduction of an effective germplasm
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Enron's power boomerangs
The controversial Enron power project in Maharashtra's katnagiri district has been referred back to the ministry of environment and forests (MFF) for clearance. The decision was taken
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Getting away with pollution
The recent exercise of expanding the list of polluting industries has come under flak as industries already on the list get away with defaulting
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Shared misery
The government has finalised a strategy to get industries to reduce their waste
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Net victory
Traditional Indian fisherfolk win hands down against discriminatory government plans
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Standard tests
The growth of industrial. agricultural and other human activities has pumped a lot of chemicals into the environment leading to pollution problems. With the increase in public awareness.
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Poison package
Dioxins and fLirans. two deadly by- products of medical waste incineration, form directly from chlorine and chlorinated products which are present in much larger volumes in medical wastes than in
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Burnt out
Caught in a paradoxical situation, Hotel Maurya Sheraton retracts its plan of installing a pyrolator