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
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Free for all?
The government is mulling over changes in the legal framework that would facilitate foreign direct investment (fdi) in the mineral sector. In the third week of November, the mines ministry held its
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Sand beds to people
The Kerala government has taken another decentralising step. It has handed over exclusive rights of mining and sale of sand from riverbeds to local bodies. The state's minister for revenue, K M Mani,
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Seeds bill doesn t matter in India's horticulture capital
<font class='UCASE'>sopan joshi</font> meets farmer tycoons oblivious of the Seeds Bill 2004, but hooked to a biotech future
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In short
>> To combat pollution, Paris City Hall has announced that it has selected French outdoor advertising firm JCDecaux SA to operate a new free bicycle service in the capital. Paris wants JCDecaux to
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Update
West Bengal industrialisation plans on hold as centre reviews SEZs The West Bengal government's industrialisation ambitions received a series of setbacks in the past month with the Union government
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No tax cuts for pesticide industry in 2007 budget
the 2007 Union budget has brushed representations for tax reliefs from the pesticide industry. While environmental groups are relieved, pesticide manufacturers have criticised the government's
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Biotech department asked to disclose GM test details
The Central Information Commission has directed the department of biotechnology (dbt) to make public data of tests on genetically modified (gm) crops. The directive came on April 13, 2007, in
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NREGA needs a paradigm shift
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega), 2006, is degenerating into yet another poverty alleviation scheme. At the same time, officials are congratulating themselves on the act's
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Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation
a planning Commission expert group on groundwater recently released its report. Titled Groundwater management and ownership, the report suggests community-based groundwater management at the farm
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National Family Health Survey out
The final report of the third National Family Health Survey (nfhs-3) is out, but doubts remain whether it will be used to improve national health policies. Although 100-odd research papers have