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Early signals
Scientists became aware of acid rain more than a century ago
Scientists became aware of acid rain more than a century ago
The Tarun Bharat Sangh is helping drought hit villagers of Alwar district of Rajasthan grow crops by reviving a traditional system of dam construction.
Against the opulent backdrop of the WHO building in the Capital, children of the Anna Nagar slum act out on the street their problems and the solutions.
Despair and devastation stare India"s artisans in their face, as resource crunch, modern civilisation and government apathy combine in an onslaught on their teetering citadels. Down To Earth presents an exhaustive analysis
A us withdrawal of patent on the use of turmeric as a wound healing agent would do little to solve the greater problem of protecting traditional systems of knowledge
M D NANJUNDASWAMY'S thin, frail frame is most deceptive for a man who is considered the leader of the most vocal faction of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha. Nanjundaswamy is a professor of law, but for the last 15 years, he has been organising farmers'
When disaster struck the Tehri-Garhwal region in Uttar Pradesh last year, several voluntary agencies rushed in to offer rehabilitation services. The most popular form of assistance was to "adopt"
Several government and voluntary agencies are involved in the onerous task of cleaning up the country's best known river.
A tussle over funding clouds issues of climate change a biodiversity.
SAARC's proposal to set up a gene bank is still hanging fire though Northern countries have already started to privatise their genetic resources
Instead of treating AIDS patients in hospitals, an organisation in Uganda is effectively extending health care to them in their own homes
Some children appear to have received close to 100 rads. The radiation has mainly occurred from iodine 131, a radioactive form of iodine that is part of bomb fallout.
An ULFA press release says that Sanjoy Ghose fell to his death from a cliff in Arunachal Pradesh
Doctors are finding it difficult to cope with the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer among children innocent victims of radioactivity.
IT IS perhaps unfair for an economist to review a book which was originally submitted as a PhD thesis in anthropology. Unlike other anthropological works, a doctoral dissertation is necessarily less
<font class='UCASE'><font color=red>George Archibald</font></font> , director, International Crane Foundation ICF , USA, has been a regular visitor to Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur. In 1993 94, an attempt was made to introduce captive reared
Fertilisers are leading to lower production of apples in Himachal Pradesh
SPICES have drawn intrepid merchants to Indian shores through history, but falling international prices and uncertain demand abroad are worrying Indian growers, who supply about one-third of the
The Indian government invests Rs 34 lakh to educate each IIT graduate. It therefore has the moral authority to get him or her to work for the country, at least for a period of five years
Mexico can't sell its "dolphin unfriendly" tuna to USA. Japan faces punishment for exporting jewellery made of hawksbill sea turtle shell. Malaysia is penalised for exporting rainforest wood. All over the world, green trade wars are raging. But trade ban