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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Doha round in indefinite suspension
a renewed brawl over farm subsidy has stripped the
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Tata offers to take up Bhopal gas tragedy liability
THERE is much controversy over the Tata Group
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Power galore
India s wind power potential is greater than previously known
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No signs of science
D eath and earthquakes do not come by appointment. However, an earth quake gives definitive indications of its arrival. In Gujarat, there were many. A 4.2 magnitude quake rocked the Rann of Kachhch
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Saying yes to degradation
The ecologically fragile hill state of Himachal Pradesh is in for more degradation as the state government gives the go-ahead to set up 3 cement plants. The state has suffered already due to unabated
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Vanishing fauna
about 24 fauna species are likely to become extinct in Gujarat in the near future, states a new report. Fauna of Gujarat , the report, is part of a study conducted by the Zoological Survey
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Commission for healthonomics
india has finally taken note of the correlation between health and economic deve-lopment. The Union government has set up the National Commission on Macro-economics and Health to understand the link
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Communal tinge
The controversy over the Konkan railway route through Goa is acquiring communal hues. The Diocesan Pastoral Council, which has adamantly opposed the coastal route contending it would cause
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Ending resin tapping
Widespread damage to pine forests near Dharmsala in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh has prompted the Chaneta village panchayat to pass a resolution urging the government to halt resin tapping
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Green designs
One rarely hears of vehicle design competitions. And an ethanol vehicle design contest is definitely unheard of. But the Society of Automotive Engineers International, southern India section, and the