Here come the "number crunchers"
India's attempts at developing supercomputers have not only paid off, they have sparked intense competition.
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Fiery volcanoes fact of life for Filipinos
Natural disasters are trying times for people and a test of government ability and determination to handle crises. In the Philippines, the explosions of the Pinatubo and Mayon volcanoes exposed how ill-conceived efforts can cause more harm than good.
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Net gain
Villagers around Tawa reservoir in Madhya Pradesh are finally allowed to retain fishing rights
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New look farming fumbles to an erratic start
The Planning Commission is embarking on a new approach to agriculture planning. But state governments and the finance ministry are reluctant to invest in "untried" concepts.
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People collect rainwater without any support from the government. This saves the avoidable overuse of drinking water
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No budging budget
Beneath the gloss of populist governmental rhetoric, this year's budget is a dead loss
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Rock hard sandwiches
Thin film, no more than a few microns thick, can endow substances with hardness, magnetic, superconducting and optical properties
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Park in trouble
Proposal for an oil exploration site inside the Kirthar National Park outrages environmentalists in Pakistan
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Turning a new reef
Once liquour sodden, the fisherfolk of a Kerala village are replacing destroyed natural reefs with artificial ones
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Voices
The race for a bleak future starts with these nuclear tests
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A greenscape goes black
Meghalaya becomes a quarry for uncontrolled coal mining
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ublic outcry greets uranium mining project in AP
“There is radiation everywhere on earth. Mining in Nalgonda will not increase it.” This comment of S D Prasad, adviser to public sector undertaking Uranium Corporation of India Limited, typifies the Indian authorities’ disregard for the impact of uranium
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Quarrying for trouble
<font color=red><b>Controversy over Himachal limestone mining</b></font><br><br> The subject of limestone mining in ecologically fragile Himachal Pradesh has become a political football, with plans changing as governments change. Villagers are divided on
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Let's get political
The environmental movement is politically weak. That is the lesson from the Rio summit
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Rio fever hits the networks
The mother of all summits grabbed a good deal of telecast time recently
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Conservation: a wider vision
A new method to conserve biodiversity views the problem from the point of view of an entire landscape instead of a single species
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Negotiations on biological resources inch forward
The conservation and sustainable management of biological resources was high on the international agenda in February 2004. Representatives of more than 160 countries converged on Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia over three weeks to discuss a host of important mat
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"Biological control is the way out"
Dr. R D Gautam, principal scientist and in charge of the Plant Health Clinic, speaks to Down To Earth
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The racket at Rio
The save the planet bazaar does not deserve to be taken seriously
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Conservation blues
Conservation of fruits may be difficult, but that is no excuse. Preservation of national assets should be given top priority