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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Law and border
<img src="../files/images/20080115/30.jpg" align="left"><i>Industries exploit lack of restrictions on sending waste to other states and poor surveillance</i><br><br> State pollution control boards are confounded. They cannot handle the growing illegal movement of hazardous waste across states.
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Zero waste toilets developed by IIT Kanpur
IIT Kanpur develops zero-waste toilets that reuse flushed water and recycle waste. <br> <i>IIT Kanpur develops zero-waste toilets that reuse flushed water and recycle waste</i><br>
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An agency for forests
the Union ministry of environment and forests has proposed to set up a forest development agency on the lines of district rural development authority ( drda ). Funds from the Centre for
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Delhi is earthquake prone
The 2001 Bhuj earthquake was something of a watershed in Indian disaster preparedness. Several state governments, most so in the Northeast, and various central ministries were shocked into a comprehension of the dangers. However, national capital New Delh
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Left unaddressed
Rehabilitation issue ignored in Kolkata s eviction drive
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In short
smokescreen: Two persons were charred to death and 25 injured in a major fire at pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy's factory in Mohali, Punjab, on June 11. The blaze was preceded by blasts at the
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Shady seeds
Illegal Bt cotton traders nabbed
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Fishing solutions
Pakistan s fisherfolk launch movement against Rangers
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Meaning of 'forest' set to change in India
How should a forest be defined in India? The Union ministry of environment and forests is currently preoccupied with this question. Placing this process in context, <font class='UCASE'>archi rastogi</font> finds the custodian of India s forests coul
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Swamphen vanishing from Bakhira lake
It was a bright sunny morning when I reached the Bakhira lake. Bakhira is reputed to be the biggest natural wetland in Uttar Pradesh and is known for its purple swamphens. The birds are known to be