From Ram rajya to scientific farming
AFTER a decade of academic exercises, Indian planners have decided to incorporate the concept of agroclimatic regional planning in the Eighth Five-Year plan to ensure sustainable crop yields and
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Ganguly panel confirms pesticide in soft drinks
The committee headed by N K Ganguly, director general, Indian Council of Medical Research, has finally made its recommendations, mooting a final product standard to regulate soft drinks.
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Fears raised over private coal mining plan
A private firm, Eastern ANning Ud, is scheduled to boon large scale operations in a sao" already ravaged by several small mining ventures. But skft officials seem blissfully ignorant of the threat.
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Ban dilemma
A ban on insecticides in the US may throw up more problems than it seeks to solve. The sufferers will include children suffering from asthma
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Different perspectives
Some common misconceptions that emerged during the run up to Rio
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As good as the real thing
Indian scientists have developed synthetic granite tiles that compare well with the natural stuff
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Freewheeling down Dutch country
The bicycle is going places in the Netherlands as the Dutch pedal hard towards a clean option
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Rehabilitating land
Innovative technology and consolidation ofscattered land holdings has made agriculture profitable in UP
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Who needs high tech water treatment plants?
TRADITIONAL communities developed ingenious ways of making use of wastewater. And, experts involved in the modern science of ecological engineering can learn a great deal from them. There is a
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The wealth of tradition
Vietnam has taken a keen interest in tradional medicine since its independence in 1954. In the war against colonial France and later the Americans, Vietnamese troops had to depend heavily on herbal medicines. However, a lack of resouces on the part of t
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The drowning of biodiversity
A recent report on the Narmada Sagar and Omkareshwar projects raises fears of the loss of biodiversity in the region
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Ringing in the trams
The Union ministry of surface transport is hardselling trams as the answer to the terrible traffic snarls in Indian cities
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Court orders miners to compensate Goa farmers
It's not often that villagers done in by powerful mining interests can take them on and win. But that's exactly what's happened in Goa, with the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court directing six
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Spur to militancy?
Investments in the Northeast fail to generate employment
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Desert blooms
Halophytes plants growing on saline soil could be India's Answer to the problems of salt desert and wasteland reclamation, besides Being an economic boon
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Basic science needed for conservation
One of the common engagements that the public has with wildlife is reading about wildlife or ecological research in newspapers and magazines. Exploration of remote areas, the discovery of new
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Foreign invasion
How the West is trying to steal what is ours
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Inland aquaculture can improve livelihoods of millions
<font class='UCASE'>M Vijay Gupta</font>, former assistant director general, World Fish Center, Penang, Malaysia was the World Food Prize winner in 2005. He talks to <font class='UCASE'>Sourav Mishra</font> on inland aquaculture s relevance for the Thir
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Sumdwellers displaced for a cleaner Yamuna
Slums dumped out of sight
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Swamphen vanishing from Bakhira lake
It was a bright sunny morning when I reached the Bakhira lake. Bakhira is reputed to be the biggest natural wetland in Uttar Pradesh and is known for its purple swamphens. The birds are known to be