Hot water; hotter tempers
On April 10, a hot sunny day, Chennai’s Chepauk stadium became a fortress. Yellow barricades, armed policemen and security vans surrounded the venue. The Indian Premier League was in town, and the Chennai
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Chasing the crab
High intensity focussed ultrasound, as treatment for kidney tumour, has fewer side-effects. Researchers in the UK are also looking to arrest the thalidomide to arrest the growth of tumour, especially
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God's dry country
Sand mining marks the death of Kerala's waterbodies. A study by the Centre for Science and Environment at Thiruvananthapurm shows that 511 truckloads of sand a day were extracted from the Pampa in
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Has avian flu come to India?
The Kamakhya temple in Guwahati is witnessing a bizarre phenomenon. Pigeons that roost in this 16th century temple have been hit by a mysterious disease, killing more than 2,000 of them in one week.
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Building on dreams
Rangaswamy Elango, a Chemical engineer, who swears by Gandhian ideals, was elected president of Kuthambakkam panchayat of Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, in 1996. His victory was not a saga of
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Water woes
Water resources in Guanxin village in China's arid northwest Gansu province are so stretched that people have just enough water to survive, and not for such luxuries as a bath. the area gets less
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Gritty water-collectors
Last year there were drought-wrecked faces, today villagers are smiling in Aurangabad and Sangli in Maharashtra. The villagers built mud and concrete bunds to create artificial ponds. As the scheme
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Tree-top babies
Tuskers terrorise tribals in Jharkhand district, driving pregnant women up trees. The elephants have strayed in from nearby forests and killed 37 people and damaged 1,373 houses in the past three
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Cracker of a place
Among the dusty and semi-arid villages of Saurashtra, Raj Samadhiyala located 22km from Rajkot, is almost a mirage. It is clean and green. The crops stand tall. The grass is green and the water
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Green channel
Market forces drive developed nations to reduce pollution in the Third World.India accounts for 4 per cent of global emissions and is the sixth major polluting country in the
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Fast track to progress
Pondicherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy personally oversees development work in the state - be it streamlining of the public distribution system, encouraging rain-water harvesting or the activities