Farce of a crisis
This is not a crisis of CNG buses for Delhi but a crisis of governance
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Patents on neem-related products filed since 1985 (according to type of invention) TYPE A: Patents related to new extracts
21.8.85 USP 4531114 Terumo Corporation, Japan: HOT WATER EXTRACTS OF THE NEEMBARK, active against mouse L-5178Y cells and transplanted sarcoma 180 tumours; use: anti-cancer properties
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City scan
Will the future city, marked by responsible governance and a concerned citizenry, be able to address the problems dogging the world's urban centres?
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Mistake uncovers miracle
A newly developed electric scooter happens to be the product of ..an accident? Well, a Japanese scientist unexpectedly discovered what he claims is the world's most magnetic material. This magnet which made this scooter a possibility, may setoff ma
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On track to disaster
By ignoring sound technical advice, Konkan Railway jeopardises the fragile Western Ghats environment
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In the red
Left at the mercy of brokers who dictate the market terms, many cultivators of Gloriosa superba have consumed the plant s poisonous tubers to end their lives
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Saluting Saro Wiwa
The long hand of death has snatched SaroWiwa from his Ogoni followers, but his ideals remain alive in their hearts and minds
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Shock treatment
Nightmarish laws and an insensitive government keeps thousands in the dark
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Led by light
Display technology all set to cover new ground
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On troubled grounds
An open invitation to avaricious plantation companies, the proposed Karnataka Land Reform Act amendments will Hurt poor farmers
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On the Hope
1: Mohammed Farouque 4, has brain tumour. His father Sayyad Hussain earns Rs 1,800 per month polishing brass on utensils in a factory in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. The child was six months old
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Out of the world service
Radio programmes broadcasted in deep space may liven up space flying
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Forest matters
There is an urgent need for a global environmental watchdog alerting the global civil society to the designs of our governments
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The written code
Based on public hearings, environmental clearances are given to companies concerned
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MONEYMAKERS
safe fuel: Norwegian researchers have started testing a new type of fuel designed to burn plutonium without breeding it. If successful, it could help rid the world of its stockplies of plutonium
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The year of Microsoft
The software giant rides high on the success of Windows 95
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Dispirited agreement
Reviving the ethanol programme, on paper
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THE FUTURE OF CLEAN ENERGY
A simple chemical reaction is the basis of fuel cell technology. Fuel cells run on hydrogen to provide electricity. The only byproduct is water vapour. Clean, environment friendly, exciting. But haven t we heard too much about them already without anythin
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Troubled times
As the Lok Sabha gears up to vote on the crucial Aquaculture Authority Bill, thousands of fisherfolk launch an indefinite stir
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Beware the modified wolf
Will bureaucrats choose to throw farmers and ecology to the mercy of multinational corporations by preparing the way for cultivation of transgenic cotton in India?