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No dukes No deluge
Floods are bad. But embarkments only make matters worse
Floods are bad. But embarkments only make matters worse
People of Totladoh find themselves on the wrong side of the law in tigerland
SMITA GHATE was assistant collector in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar District from January 1997 to January 1998. She was transferred for taking a proactive stand on the participation of women in rural development programmes. She was also actively involved in the
Bangladesh's flood victims have little or no work, and little or no money to buy food. And even the foodstuffs that are provided to them under relief measure are not as nutritionally sound as they ought to be
<font class='UCASE'>N K Sanghi</font> , director, National Institute of Agriculture Extension and Management in Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh , has been advocating a modified concept of watershed management that addresses the issue of equity. Sanghi, who spo
<I>Participants at the first international conference of dam affected people in Brazil vow to intensify their fight against large dams</I>
The Netherlands leads the way in sustainable investments funds that go towards the setting up of projects that are ecologically viable
An organisation set up by priests provides inexpensive bamboo houses to people living in slums and on the streets
• Three Calcutta-based scientists have devised a scheme to tap the energy potential of solid tannery wastes. "The recovery of energy potential of the mixture of wastewater sludge, fleshing and
The Bishnoi community in Rajasthan will do anything to protect their environment and nature
DRUGS are big money. And it is not hallucinogens or drug peddlers that are being discussed here but drug peddling by the pharmaceutical industry. In absence of a rational policy the world over, these
Demand management is better for both the environment and the economy. The sooner South Korea realises this, the easier it would be for the nation to get out of the IMF shackles unhurt
The Sukruli cauldron threatens to boil over if the Orissa government does not act against the smoke spewing sponge iron plant in the area.
Their ecosystem is under threat but no one seems to care
<b>Rise and fall of traditional water harvesting systems in India</b> <br> They are called kuhals in Jammu, kuls in Himachal Pradesh and guls in Uttarakhand. The Maharashtrians call them pats . In Ladakh, they are called zings , and i
From social worker, to government contractor, to politician, and then to the highest political station of the state. It has been an interesting journey.
WHILE the developed world gears up to phase out ozone depleting gases by AD 2000, Mafatlal's Navin Fluorine Industries has set up India's first halon-1211 manufacturing plant, in Surat.
THE latest Economic Survey (1991-92) presents a very interesting set of statistics. It shows that, out of all types of commercial undertakings of state departments, only those based on
T H E T E A M STEERING GROUP To lend
if it was the rabbit before, it is now the cat which has taken Australia by its whiskers! Approximately 12 million house cats, another imported species, have multiplied in great numbers and have