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Moneymakers
QUITE A SAVING: Those suffering from skin cancer will now have to dish out less money for their medical bills. Scientists from the Cancer Research Campaign in Britain have invented a light
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Oily trap for a quark
If caught, it could spell trouble for the Standard Model of particle physics; although success has eluded most scientists, a group of relentless researchers refuse to give up the search for a free quark
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Here we come, eco chums!
Indigenous support systems that have been nourishing the Himalaya for centuries have become the current buzzword for progress
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What is Sustainable Development?
Sustainable development, the buzzword in environmental circles, is largely misunderstood. It can only come about in a society which can learn from its mistakes in handling natural resources. This new column gives our readers the background of cont
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Ravaged region
JHARKHAND stretches from Bankura district in West Bengal to Surguja in Madhya Pradesh; and from Santhal Parganas of Bihar to Sambhalpur in Orissa. Approximately 1,87,646 sq km in area,
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'Their capability to pay arises out of their high level of exploitation'
Union minister for environment and forests Kamal Nath's attitude to the UNCED summit is a curious mixture of pessimism and optimism. He is unhappy over what he feels is the "rigidity and inflexibility" of some of the greatest polluters in the world. Yet,
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A journey with you
We have readers across the world. But in India, our readers can be found in virtually every district of the country
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Fruitful passion
One man has helped transform a barren valley in Jammu into a veritiligle orchard
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Moneymakers
LENDING A SUPPORT: For nearly 1.5 million South Africans infected with HIV virus and their dependents, life is going to be less of a burden. The Metropolitan Life, an insurance group,
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Feathers, nails, bones and blood!
Time has come for tribal medication to be revalidated
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Technologies
Is the state of technology an obstacle in implementing renewable future? Or is the current price of this technology out of our reach?
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No conversion!
A court order honks trouble for those that have tampered with their cars' catalytic converters, but prosecuting authorities seem stranded at crossroads for want of adequate rules to bring culprits to book
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Mad hatter's tea party
Some US based environmental wisemen started out to debate Bihar's problems, sans field knowledge, and went back home foot in mouth
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Justice? What justice?
THE Supreme Court has been passing quite a few orders on environmental cases of late. It is, in fact, now common for journalists to somewhat affectionately refer to -one particular judge as the
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Tapping wastewater
Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. <font class='UCASE'>samreen farooqui </font> delves into the issue <br>
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Outbreak Outrage
There is a suspicion among African biomedics about the well projected linking of the continent's environment with the emergence of lethal viruses like the evil Ebola Zaire
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In troubled waters
After having forced into extinction many different species of animals, human beings have most recently focused their greed on fishes in the deep seas. Being sweet, tender and easy to cook, the deep sea fishes have attracted the attention of many a chef
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Cauvery: manage demand, not supply
OCCAMISM and chicanery marked the latest in the annual ritual of the Cauvery dispute, with the Prime Minister, P V Narasimha Rao, ordering Karnataka to release six thousand million cubic feet
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A case of myopia?
For manufacturers of ozone destorying substances in the South its time to make a tough call. The protocol brings the bigwigs of the North-based chemical industry to their doorstep. Will they fight by leapfrogging to the best alternatives and beat the comp