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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Ministry of environment and forests may undergo bifurcation
Wildlife meet proposes bifurcation of MoEF
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Job growth statistics conceal agrarian crisis
Should we feel comfortable with the latest government claim that unemployment is coming down? The government says unemployment has come down due to growth. During the 2006-07 budget, finance minister
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Another ouster?
MOVED from Goa to Gurnmiclipoondi near Madras in Tamil Nadu, the proposed Thapar-Dupont nylon 6,6 project has come under fire once again. Goan environmental activist Claude Alvares, who had
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Nature education
FROM now on, training and education would be imparted in preserving biodiversity, say experts. In a recently-concluded workshop on taxonomy in Jaipur, Rajasthan, participants said that knowledge
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A new sanctuary
asiatic lions in the Gir Sanctuary in Gujarat will be shifted to the Kuno Palpur Sanctuary in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh to prevent their extinction. The shrinkage in forest cover and the
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Environment and growth
according to a World Bank ( wb) report, growth in India has come at the cost of the environment. "The fast-paced growth has not only been unevenly distributed, but has come at the expense of
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Roots of death
a mysterious disease has struck thousands of sesam trees in the plains of north Bihar. The trees, which provide timber worth several crores, are drying up fast. The disease may also affect
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Skating rink under threat
south Asia's only open-air natural skating rink in Shimla is under threat from pollution and environment degradation. Once sunless for up to three months in winters, this 78-year-old ice
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Saving a lake
The Andhra Pradesh government will not be able to encroach upon the Hussain Sagar lake following a judgement of the state high court. The proposed encroachment was for implementing a Rs 1,400-crore
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Cacophony in Telecom sector
Tug-of-war between basic service providers (MTNL, Reliance, Tata) and cellular operators has intensified after wireless in local loop (WLL) launch