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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Gold digger microbes
a new line of gold miners are waiting to be engaged in the extraction of the metal in the country. Developed by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Thiobacillus
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No more secrets
the ministry of environment and forests seems to be keen on acquiring a people-friendly image. It has decided to make public all conditionalities laid down while granting environmental clearance
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Male contraceptive
the first once-a-month injectable contraceptive for males - a shot in the arm for the first sex - is being developed by a Bangalore-based scientist. Raghuvir Moudgal of the Indian Institute of
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Endangered plant
TETU LAKDA (Nothatodytes Foetida) a tree found in the rain forests of south India and Sri Lanka is facing a threat from international traders because of its medicinal properties. The extract of
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Crackdown on bad drugs
to combat the spurious medicines that have flooded the tribal belts of south Bihar, the health department has planned to launch a massive hunt for the manufacturers responsible for marketing these
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Green project
the World Bank-sponsored programme for biodiversity conservation in seven globally-significant areas of the country has taken off with the hiring of field-officers for conducting feasibility
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Joseph C John: The Man With A Mission
Joseph C John, founder of India's first environmental society 'Friends of the Trees', died on April 3, 2000 at the age of 99. Recently the President of India presented the first Down To Earth -
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Increased funding for bamboo project
China s stupendous success in exploiting bamboo for economic gains appears to have prompted India to follow suit. The heightened interest in this tallest member of the grass family is reflected in the latest Union budget
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Forest facts: delving deeper
‘Green Indicators 2004’ makes government’s complex and unwieldy forest statistics coherent
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More on fish please
www.keralafishworkers.org The world is getting serious about its dwindling marine resources. There is a large amount of frightening data on it. But hardly do these touch the fisherfolk