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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Internal attack
People of Manipur, Mizoram oppose Tipaimukh dam
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Avoid using caste names for India's beasts
Hindu religion generally considers life forms as sacred and it has developed sanctity by association, such as the swan, eagle and bull that serve as vehicles for the major deities such as the
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Mining accounts for more labour deaths
Safety in mines has improved today compared to days of bonded mine labour. But mines which employ 1 per cent of the global labour force remain hazardous Over half the world's mining
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Poor enforcement, weak laws make poaching an easy game
<img src="../files/images/20070930/26.jpg" align="left"/>On the night of October 1, 1998, when Salman Khan went hunting blackbucks, he was explicitly warned not to do so in the Bishnoi area because only a few have managed to get away from them. Yet Khan and his co-stars Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam, along with local contacts, went ahead and shot two blackbucks.
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SC notice on GM trials
on october 26, the supreme court asked the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac) of the union government to explain why it allowed fresh trials of gm crops. The direction comes on a
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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