A pilgrim s progress
It was a sight from the air that nobody could miss. The barrenness of the Aravalli hills stretching out from Delhi to Alwar is something President K R Narayanan could not help remark about, as his
It was a sight from the air that nobody could miss. The barrenness of the Aravalli hills stretching out from Delhi to Alwar is something President K R Narayanan could not help remark about, as his
The Bhils of Madhya Pradesh are armed with a simple, effective and practical system of irrigation to mend the ruin inflicted by the state's impractical and rudderless schemes
Elections 2004 are over. Was it a vote for development, social inclusion and justice? Or simply a vote against an incumbent government, flattened by sleazy and slick self promotion? The answer is
Bottlenecks and hassles confront the Indian organic producers
Elections always teach lessons. The outcome of the 2004 polls is still a few days away but we have already learnt from media reports that the water scarcity has left a countrywide imprint. The crying
The pampered paper industry in India is being given another sop. It has consistently lobbied for captive plantations in the country's forest tracts. Success, it seems, is at hand because the Indian
Environmental degradation would undermine China s food security in the coming 30 years
extinction is a nasty word one normally associates with lumbering gigantic lizards, huge prehistoric insects, dragon flies the size of a fighter plane or the Dodo. While humans had no say in the
CONVERTING GARBAGE: Deliverance from stinking garbage dumps in Calcutta has finally become a possibility, thanks to a planned Rs 4.5 crore project for bio-converting solid waste into fertilizers. To
Bihar is a predominantly agricultural State with 86 per cent of her population depending upon agriculture. In my study of the National Income of Bihar published in the Indian Journal of Economics, July
THE smoke alarm is ringing vigorously across the globe. While in the US President Clinton in a dramatic assault on cigarette use - has declared nicotine a drug and ordered a crackdown on
Until a month ago the Adani Group, the proponent of Mundra sez in Kutch district of Gujarat, had been on a roll, buying land at dirt-cheap rates, though some in the political circle and real-estate
Using a little turmeric powder mixed with rice can protect the stored grain from pests
Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu is already experiencing water scarcity. A proposed atomic power project may further aggravate the problem
WASTE WONDERS: This had to happen: domestic and other wastes can go into making objects of daily use. A Canadian company, Low Energies Extrusion Technologies, uses flyash, clay, wire scrap and
A so called farmer's cooperative fertiliser company is ruining agricultural land in Uttar Pradesh
Recently 2 major commercial agreements with leading US companies have boosted the morale of Indian space programme to great heights. The first is with "Intelsat", the 135-nation Washington-based
Georges Brossard came to town to inform us that tiny creatures can solve most of our problems
Jute is a true blue environmentally benign product
Recharging aquifers with treated wastewater is the only hope to meet the water needs of a growing urban population