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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Protection of wildlife
union environment minister T R Baalu has announced recently that his ministry is finalising a proposal for setting an exclusive agency to investigate wildlife crimes, including cross border
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US asbestos industry seeks escape clause in law
Asbestos related litigation in the us runs into billions of dollars today. So much so that the amount is estimated to exceed the combined cost of destruction caused by 9/11 and Hurricane Andrew
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Book notice: In too deep
Women, Mining and Displacement: Report of a Pilot Study Conducted in Jharkhand
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Caught in the crossfire in Nepal
The Bankariyas, a forest dweller community of central Nepal, have been uprooted from their traditional habitat and are living like refugees in their own country. Several other indigenous groups have suffered the same fate. The eight year old war between t
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Timely, but incoherent
In Search Of Sustainable Livelihood Systems: Managing Resources and Change
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Off to Canada
Punjab s richest farmers
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Court orders miners to compensate Goa farmers
It's not often that villagers done in by powerful mining interests can take them on and win. But that's exactly what's happened in Goa, with the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court directing six
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Push for neem based fertilisers
the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers is deliberating on a mechanism to promote neem-coated fertili zers. The move is an attempt to prevent soil fatigue caused by imbalanced and
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Little wonder
The Jaipur Foot has two parts: the factory-made foot and the custom-made plastic mould. The foot is fashioned out of two pieces of microcellular rubber and a wooden ankle piece.
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Goa CM against Centre's SEZ plans
On New Year's eve, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat declared that his government had decided "to do away with' the special economic zones (sezs) in their present form and had asked the centre to