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Killing fields
The suicide of Jamuna Ramdas Ade, a farmer of the Banjari community, is eloquent testimony to the plight of cotton farmers in Vidarbha. Banjaris have always had the reputation of being resilient
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Not banking on much
ADB s priority is business, not helping out
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Urban areas can support biodiversity
Finding space in our city for nature
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Science vs economics of cess on diesel
<i>Anumita Roychowdhury's story on fuel efficiency (
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Vulture watch
Nearly half a decade after a massive decline was first recorded in the country's vulture populations, research into the reasons behind the loss continues to befuddle ornithologists. Now, with the
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More flak
Controversy over National Environment Policy continues
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Bad for babies
Disposable diapers are also bad for the environment
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Fast and fatal
The furious march of the fast food industry
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Watchdog needed to monitor government agencies
An independent environmental commission has to monitor government agencies
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Twister
In India, wind provides 70 per cent of renewable energy. In mid-2007, the country, had roughly 10,000 mw of installed renewable capacity
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Bullied into inaction
In what conservationists label a huge "scandal', eu members have bagged major concessions in fishing quotas proposed recently by the eu executive (see Down To Earth,
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Flawed laws
A specific wetlands policy needs to be in place
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A look at world urban population
Homo sapien as an urban, undeveloped species >> From 1950 to 2000, the urban population of the world quadrupled
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Changing gears
Automakers are realising the advantages of four stroke engines. But fuel cells and electric vehicles remain the industry s orphans
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All about jaggery
Jaggery traders in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalli market ended 2003 on an unexpectedly high note. After mid-December, prices shot up Rs 95-Rs 110 per 10 kg of jaggery, fuelled by a shortfall of stocks
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Semantic folly
Sri Lankan environmental agency defines who s an environmentalist
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Costs and benefits of India's waste disposal options
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Farm pacts
in a bid to promote crop diversification, the Punjab government is venturing into contract farming of basmati rice, oilseeds and durum wheat (see: Down To Earth, February 15, 2003). The state-run
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Toll fuels resentment
The new-age highwayman is the toll tax collector. So believes the All-India Motor Transport Congress (aimtc), which has asked for abolition of the levy. It wants a standard charge of 5 paise per