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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Conflicting interests
many people in Delhi are openly violating laws enacted by the Central Ground Water Authority (cgwa) with the help of the Delhi Jal Board (djb). In 2000, the cgwa had passed an order that new
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Small is not beautiful
Resource crunch and poor regulatory processes have made small-scale industries the pariahs of India"s environment
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New panel to modify energy Acts
THE department of power has set up a working group to prepare new legislation to modify the 14 existing Acts that affect energy consumption. The 10-member panel comprises experts in energy, law,
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Eco assessment without the people
In January this year, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) had, with much fanfare, introduced a clause in the Environmental Impact Assessment notification by which feasibility reports
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Ringing in the trams
The Union ministry of surface transport is hardselling trams as the answer to the terrible traffic snarls in Indian cities
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Wasting no water
Industries in Bangalore to get recycled water
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Edibility questioned
The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Union ministries of agriculture, chemical, fertiliser and petrochemicals, health and family welfare, environment and forests, and food and consumer affairs
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Battlelines drawn
Farm trade: it s developing countries vs EU US
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In Court
Green Studies: The Supreme Court has directed all states to include environment as a subject in school and college syllabi from the next academic year. It has also directed the National Council for
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Tracking India’s wealth
India has come out with maps of its biodiversity-rich regions, one of the first countries to do so in the world. It was the fruit of a five-year project, jointly undertaken by the Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Space, which began in 199