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The state of our nation
The state of our nation
Amit Kumar Ray, president of the Scientific Officers Association of the Geological Survey of India tells Down to Earth why SOA opposes the appointment of "non geologist" D B Dimri as GSI head. The 52 year old Ray refused to be photographed.
FOR CENTURIES, human behaviour has been governed by regulations. And, in step with technology advances, environmental problems have come to need more and more stringent regulations. But most of these
Slowly but steadly, women elected to panchayats are asserting themselves and, in the process, giving a new thrust to grassroot governance
The malaise of malaria Malaria, prevalent in over 100 countries, poses a risk to some 2,700 million people across the world. The direct and indirect economic cost of the disease in Africa alone was
India's foodgrain production is likely to cross the 200 million tonne mark this year. Barring certain areas in Himachal Pradesh and Bihar, which were hit by cloudburst, the country on the whole had a
It is high time cigarette companies, rather than taxpayers, paid for cancer treatment the world over
CONSEQUENT to economic liberalisation, the pace of industrial growth has accelerated. The current growth and expansion of industrial development in India is putting mts on resources like energy,
WHEN the Delhi Rickshaw Chalak-Malik Sangharsh Morcha (rickshaw drivers and owners agitation committee) staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) on
WHILE no two health care systems are alike, certain questions are germane to all: How do markets for health care work? Should governments work in the health care market? Why, and to what extent? What
In Kyoto what is being negotiated is not how much emissions should be cut but who owns the atmosphere
The Koliyari dam in the Panchmahals district of Gujarat is yet another project that has elicited heated reactions. The dam is estimated to render about 8,000 tribals and double the number of cattle
Ladakh is home to some well adapted breeds
Cancer in children has increased following radioactive leakage from a plant in France
The use of cellular phones can damage heart pacemakers
Cement kilns are the third largest contributors of carbon dioxide
Lessons from marine ecology
Indian scientists have developed a process to manufacture an ozone friendly substitute for CFC 12
Two non-resident Indian scientists, Shibu Basuthakur and Supriya Roy, have proposed a project that will enable sick people in West Bengal to be examined by doctors in the US via satellite. The duo
Depredating raids by wild elephants into human settlements have often been reported from Assam. But on August 13, the elephants became victims of a totally unprecedented retaliatory strike: Angry