Mughal system stilll supplies water at zero cost
Mughal builders are known the world over for the Taj Mahal. But their water engineers built a supply system in 1615 that still provides water to a Madhya Pradesh town at no cost.
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India must have a proactive trade agenda
Muchkund Dubey s crowning achievement at the end of an illustrious career as a diplomat was his role as India s foreign secretary during the Uruguay Round of negotiations. He spoke to <font class='UCASE'>Raksha Khushalani</font> in Kathmandu about t
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Cries of anguish
Most Indians are defenceless against the fine toxic particles in the air largely products of vehicular emissions and scientists are finding newer and deadlier things about pollution. Surprisingly, this is not confined to metropolitan cities. Evidence
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clean drink: With California Pure, a US-based company, all set to lease 400 mini water purification and treatment plants for the Indian market, the mineral water industry at home is awaiting a
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Moneymakers
STRAWBERRY PACT: Mumbai-based Gemini Agritech Ltd and Israel-based Plastro Gvat have entered into a technical arrangement for the supply of strawberry cultivation technology and support on a
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The shape of things to come
A hard look at the implications of expensive seeds and technology on farmers, especially those in the third world
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"Environmentalists' criticism of industries is not correct"
H D DEVE GOWDA is today the Prime Minister PM of India. Till last month, he was the chief minister of Karnataka. His sole aim there was to make Karnataka the most industrialised state. And he couldn't care less about the environmental fallout. Indee
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'The aim of the restructuring is to create a lean, cost-efficient secretariat'
DECENTRALISATION is the new watchword at World Wide Fund for Nature International"s (WWFI) headquarters at Gland, Switzerland. A restructuring effort by the management in mid-January created a whirlwind of controversy and confusion in the organisation; 31
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Pulp plunder
The Indian paper industry (325 paper mills with a total installed capacity of 3.3 million t) meets around 60 per cent of its fibrous raw material requirements from bamboo, supply of which has
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Graft craft
An artificial blood vessel, developed indigenously, would shortly undergo clinical trials on humans, heralding a new era in India's medical technology
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Moneymakers
FRIENDS OF ENVIRONMENT: The world's largest producer and marketer of home appliances, Whirlpool Corporation, will flow in Rs 350 crore for setting up a modern CFC-free, nofrost refrigerator
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Divided colours of genomics
WHO reports on the growing genetic divide
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Trouble in Tehri
A sudden eviction notice to the people of Tehri town, warning of an imminent flooding, has incensed the public
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Bridging yawns
Sounds bizarre, but a new design concept promises to bridge gaps more than 3.48 km apart
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TREMOR SENSORS: Last year's earthquake in Kobe, Japan, has triggered off a spate of earthquake-related lighting equipments. An emergency fight by Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. Japan's largest
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Moneymakers
SWEET REMEMBRANCE: Students can now literally chew their way to better memorv. Madras-based Velvette International Pharma is all set to launch a wonder drug - chocolates with memory-enbancing
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What is to be done
AS THE general elections approach, a number of independent initiatives to influence the mainstream political process are coming up. The overriding concern of most of these initiatives by the non
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GREEN CHILL: Indian refrigerators I would go green, thanks to Godrej GE Appliances andVoltas Allwyn deciding to use eco-frieQdly elements instead of the ozone-d(pleting chlo, rofluorocarbons
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Together we stand
Will the National Alliance of People's Movements be a whiff of Fresh air blowing in winds of change, reforming the way the country views development?
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Tapping wastewater
Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. <font class='UCASE'>samreen farooqui </font> delves into the issue <br>