New tentacles
Stiff US law ruffles Indian marine food sector
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New tentacles
Stiff US law ruffles Indian marine food sector
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Paris : What diesel can do
The extent of air pollution in Paris is an indicator of what unrestrained consumption of diesel can lead to
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The Himalayan herb grower
Arun Kumar Badoni has taken upon himself the task of conserving medicinal and aromatic plants in the Garhwal Himalaya
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River jordan on the other side...
Their recent patch up was heartening, but Israel's water supply to a parched Jordan is a frustrating dribble
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Greening WTO
Delegates from 130 countries debate linkages between trade and environment
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Small is more
A small water harvesting structure can produce amazing economic crossover effects. The same may not be true for large canals
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Forests are the main source of herbs
Meghalaya s abundant flora is the basis of its traditional healthcare system. Now, rapid urbanisation and breakdown of the community structure are disturbing the balance. JOHN F KHARSHIING, Chairperson, Khasi School of Medicine in Shillong, talks to VIB
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A demon slumbers
Perhaps the largest potential AIDS factory in the world, India remains blissfully apathetic to a scourge that could rip its social fabric apart
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IN TUNE WITH THE MASSES
Before the elections, Congress's chances in Madhya Pradesh looked dismally thin. But an unusually high tribal turnout ensured that Digvijay Singh emerged Victorious
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UNFCCC meet fails to secure emission commitments
december 14, Bali, Indonesia: a much anticipated un meet concludes. The meet was expected to work out a consensus to deal with climate change once the Kyoto Protocol expires. It did come
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Free trade regime in fetters
Internecine wrangling in Europe and the US has hindered the establishment of the World Trade Organisation, which intends to bring about a sea change in international commerce
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No funds for rural project
An ambitious programme of mapping the land resources of every village panchayat in Kerala has run into trouble. The project was conceived in 1988 by the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad and the Centre
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The climate for a change
Are the nations of the world serious in their much touted efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions? VINAYAK RAO examines the motives, moods and manifestoes in the run up to the forthcoming climate change conference in Geneva
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India honeycombed
References in scriptures and cave paintings show that honey has been popular in India since ancient times
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Another bend in the Ganga
THERE will be few who will disagree with the Supreme Court judgement that over Rs 420 crore have been washed away in the first phase of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Without any significant
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Comatose health institutions
The plague caught institutions everywhere completely inert. Only the Plague Surveillance Unit (PSU) in Bangalore - the last of its kind in the country - and its sub-unit at Kolar in Karnataka,
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Can business be responsible
Call it paranoia or plain silliness. But it is amazing. The Centre for Science and Environment cse has been studying gas pricing in the country to assess how environmentally acceptable fuels can be
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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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Span Resorts: motel mayhem
Was the motel owned by a former environment minister's relatives really responsible for destroying the pristine banks of the Beas? The apex court thinks so, but question marks persist
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Goa CM against Centre's SEZ plans
On New Year's eve, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat declared that his government had decided "to do away with' the special economic zones (sezs) in their present form and had asked the centre to