Another dismissal is possible
The World Social Forum WSF concluded in Mumbai. Then began the World Economic Forum in Davos. A little before these, a glitzy automobile fair in Delhi. One after the other, loud and strident
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Another dismissal is possible
The World Social Forum WSF concluded in Mumbai. Then began the World Economic Forum in Davos. A little before these, a glitzy automobile fair in Delhi. One after the other, loud and strident
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Another dismissal is possible
The World Social Forum WSF concluded in Mumbai. Then began the World Economic Forum in Davos. A little before these, a glitzy automobile fair in Delhi. One after the other, loud and strident
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Small hydropower is unique
In 2002, at least 42,221 small hydropower SHP stations were operating in China, supplying adequate power to more than 300 million people. This achievement is the result of meticulous planning rather than any technological breakthrough. V K DAMODARAN,
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Reverse brain drain can be a strain
At that annual ritual called the Indian Science Congress, the Union minister of science and technology read out the prime minister s speech. It mentioned the need to draw in scientists of Indian origin back to the country, to reverse the brain drain and d
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CDM begins to roll
Global warming doesn t sound quite right when half of India is reeling under a cold wave. We apologise. But the World Meteorological Organisation recently announced that 2003 was the third hottest year since weather records started. The first and the seco
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Only look for answers
I happened to attend, recently, a jan sunwai peoples court on water, convened by the National Federation of Indian Women. Women came from over 15 states to report on the state of their water.
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For 2004, an article of faith
When our designers sit down to make the year planner that comes with the year s first issue, they look through the issues of the magazine in the past year to draw some icons from the central themes. They have an unenviable task. At Down To Earth , we begi
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The real maths of the world
Our world did change in 2003. The US war on Iraq made sure that the rules of engagement were changed, perhaps for a long time to come. The change I see most visible is that the world has become
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Let us bribe Newton and Einstein
A string of corruption issues has our newspapers and TV channels all untied up. Reliable sources admit that sales of sting gadgetry are rocketing. Equipment capable of high speed multiple copying of VCDs and audio cassettes are likely to be dearer. Firs
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Will the Bodoland council follow the beaten track?
A concept that did not click in the hills of the Northeast has now been prescribed for the plains of the region. On December 1, the Union government inked a purportedly historic tripartite pact with the Bodo Liberation Tigers and the Assam government to c
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Sublimating climate change
Surreal. This is how a newspaper described the just concluded meeting on climate change in Milan. Ministers and several hundred government officials gathered to fuss over the final details of a
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“The UK has to live by its wits”
DAVID ANTHONY KING has been chief scientific advisor to the United Kingdom government for 3 years now. Prior to this, he was head of the department of chemistry and Master of Downing College, University of Cambridge. He continues as the 1920 <br><br> Pr
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Empowered panchayats make for true liberalisation
A myth actively perpetuated by traditional politicians and a supportive bureauracy is that panchayat bodies are India s lowest ranked implementing agency for government programmes. Thus their status as an institution of self government, as designated in t
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Ladakh s politics of consensus
A lesson, in election times?
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Banning science from meeting fiction
Is quite different from letting politics crassly dictate research
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Nidhi Jamwal and Kushal P S Yadav, prosecuted as trespassers
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The name of the game is resource productivity
Currently chairperson of the Bundestag committee on environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety, <font class='UCASE'>Ernst Ulrich</font> <br><br> <font class='UCASE'>von Weizsaecker</font> has been involved in environmental advocacy and policy
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Lies, well told
In reel life, when things go wrong, the director takes recourse to a re take. Then there are the stunt men, who stand in for the hero when the going gets tough. In real life, there are no such provisions. Which is why it is time to take to take serious no