Endangered existence
The explosive growth in the use of cellular telephones is threatening the field of radio astronomy which investigates everything from the formation of galaxies to finding better ways of
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Not just skin deep
OF LATE, some industrialists and planners have started including environmental aspects on their agenda. The Madras-based Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) has designed a Rs 150- crore
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Genetically branded
INDIANS are a peculiar lot. They have three 'unique' genes which are not present in any other race across the world. These genes, belonging to the group DR2, put them at a high risk of contracting
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MAMMOTH ARGUMENT
DOCS the use of ivory tusks of the prehistoric mammoth, whose fossils were excavated some 10 years ago, defy the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972? This is the question facing the Delhi
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Virtual and real but when?
The US government is, of late, Under pressure to pursue virtual environment technology aggressively. The outcome of the move could mean business houses trying out products not yet manufactured, or medical students taking trips through the human ci
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Mistake uncovers miracle
A newly developed electric scooter happens to be the product of ..an accident? Well, a Japanese scientist unexpectedly discovered what he claims is the world's most magnetic material. This magnet which made this scooter a possibility, may setoff ma
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Soaring greener heights
Surrey University in the UK, specialising in satellite engineering, is developing a hybrid rocket motor that uses liquid and solid fuel, both of which are environment friendly This breakthrough could make space satellites much easier and far cheap
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'Bee'ing blues
INDIA is facing a new kind of invasion. Native bee colonies in south India are threatened by a viral disease, believed to have been carried in by foreign bees. The viral infection, known as Thai
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Network
No more illusions A new survey conducted by the New York based market research concern, Find/SVP, estimates that the number of Internet users in the US is only 9.5 million. The survey
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Blind carnage
YET another instance of mindless destruction of forests: a pine forest, specially grown at a cost of Rs 10 lakh a decade ago, will be razed to make way for a VIP, complex close to the Raj Bhawan
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In Focus
France, which had raised the ire of many nations by going ahead with its underground nuclear testing programme from September last, may have to face some more music. Reportedly, the atomic
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Getting it all wrong
All good governance systems teach us that development efforts should be cost effective and include peoples' involvement, stakeholder participation and transparency
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An idyll destroyed
Statistics and studies on mining in Goa are rare, few and far between... for obvious reasons, because the private mine- owners form a powerful interest group in the state, which most politicians
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Rape of the rock
The heavenly idyll of a carefree people, happy to welcome tourists, gay in their carnival, peaceloving and gastronomic, is being devastated due to the avarice of miners
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Pouring prosperity
The micro watershed development project in Maharashtra has put a stop to what was earlier an annual ritual of deserting the drought prone villages of Marathwada by their residents
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"Tribals conserve to survive"
A scion of one of Ranchi's Bihar royal families, K S SINGH retired #s the director general of the Anthropological Survey of India ASI . He spoke to AMIT MITRA about the hallmark of his illustrious career The People of India Project a produc
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Greek tragedy on the rails
THROUGHOUT the developed world today, there is a determined effort to clean up the air, and railways are being pushed as the most convenient, eco-friendly, cheap, fast and comfortable mode of
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Iron wills speak
Resentment simmers in 27 villages near Gopalpur-on-Sea, Orissa, where the Tata Iron and Steel Company proposes to set up a steel plant on 290 ha of fertile land. Villagers clarify that they