First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
India
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Miracle cure?
Is the new Indian anti cancer drug any good?
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The flyash burden
Will the targets set for utilising flyash by power plants be met?
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New whitefly found in Western Ghats
of the worlds major biologically diverse zones, the Eastern and Western Ghats of India are among the richest, providing natural conservation to many unknown species of plants and animals. They
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Loud campaign
Firecracker industry launches drive against noise pollution laws
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Poverty abounds in bio rich areas
Complex systems of preserving biodiversity, evolved over centuries, have not saved traditional communities living in bio rich areas like India from poverty. Only if India starts patenting its germplasm can it compensate those of its communities which have
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Cogentrix: at all costs
The multicrore 1,000 MW Cogentrix the power project in Nandikur village air Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. In the ecologically fragile Western Ghats - has been a centre of
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Capital costs
In Delhi, excess air pollution kills 7,500 people prematurely every year
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Lethal cocktails
Used as coolants and for insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls are highly toxic
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Mistaken perception
Kerala is a land full of trees
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Fabled Fruits!
Taking off from its climatic range Himalayan to tropical India has much to offer in terms of fruit diversity. Large varieties of major fruits are native to the land, but countless other types are also grown throughout India. The bad news is many, many