19th century Indian diet: rice fights wheat
The question of what constituted a balanced Indian diet had the British totally confused
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The see saw approach
The Central Public Works Department has banned the use of wood in its construction projects, ignoring the fact that the substitutes are more ecologically harmful and mainly depend on non renewable sources of raw materials
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Bungle in the jungle
With timber being harvested from Papua New Guinea's tremendous forest wealth at an unsustainable rate, the customary owners of forest land are now asserting themselves and claiming compensation as well as a share of the profits. But an insensitive bureauc
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A tinge of green
Issues relating to the environment, though not on top of the agenda, did make their presence felt in the just concluded assembly elections.
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Fighting for survival
Following economic liberalisation, India's largest power equipment manufacturer BHEL is diversifying and exploring renewable energy technologies in order to meet the stiff competition it faces from multinationals.
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Unshackling the Ganga
The Ganga Mukti Andolan is endeavouring to free a stretch of the Ganga and the exploited fisherfolk that derive their livelihood from it from the clutches of landowners and mafia gangs.
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Indifferent strokes
Government agencies had sponsored the study but were not interested in the results
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War over water
The issue of sharing West Asia's water resources threatens to explode into another Arab Israeli war, which will shatter the semblance of peace settling over the region.
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Cauvery Calamity
Promotion of water guzzling crops like rice is leading to maximum utilisation of river waters in India. The Cauvery dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is probably the first of such problems that lie ahead
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Dhaka to give drug policy a free market dose
Under pressure from transnationals, the Bangladesh government is likely to ease restrictions on producing and importing medicines.
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Transforming a Karachi slum into a tidy suburb
The success of various programmes initiated under a pilot project in Orangi, a Karachi slum, has inspired its leader to predict the squatter colony would become a thriving section of the city in a few years.
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The politics of Pollution
Nepal's carpet industry is being castigated for being the primary polluter of the Kathmandu valley
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SIV:On the comeback trail
SIV: On the comeback trail South India Viscose ( siv ) Ltd has a factory on the banks of river Bhavani in Sirumugai village of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu. siv 's recent history is also the
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Where India stands
The demand for paper in India far exceeds its supply <br>
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Back to basics
Every <i>taluka</i> in India can meet its own food, water and energy needs
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Useful wastes
Agricultural residues could help in the making of energy sufficient talukas
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Punjab university plays host to pesticide lobby
<font class="UCASE">on november</font> 9, papers in Punjab ran stories about a study exposing high levels of pesticides in blood samples of people in the state. Pesticides were also on the agenda that day at a symposium at the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana. But the "experts' gathered at the meet were not there to allay concerns raised by the report.
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Brushing aside environmental costs
ISRAEL'S citrus industry, part of its drive to "make the desert bloom", is a spectacular success story with export earnings in the US $150-250 million range, depending on the quality and quantity of
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Damp growth
Bihar wetlands may be the only place in the world where makhana is grown on a commercial basis