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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Seeds of justice in Bihar
Seed major Monsanto has been held guilty for supplying Bihar's farmers with bad quality hybrid maize seeds two years ago and causing them huge losses. A House panel of the state government recently
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In court
lawsuit filed: About 100 companies involved in snow-crab fishing in Quebec and New Brunswick in Canada, have filed a us $ 135 million lawsuit against the federal government. Filed in the Court of
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Genetically modified technology is absolutely price neutral
<font class='UCASE'>Graham Brookes</font>, an agricultural economist and director of the UK based PG Economics limited, a research and consultancy organisation, has authored a study on genetically modified <font class='UCASE'>gm</font> crops. He talks to
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Centre close to finalising captive coal mining policy for small scale industries
New captive coal mining policy for small scale industry
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IN SHORT
green gdp: According to the China Green National Accounting Study Report 2004, the country suffered economic losses to the tune of US $64 billion
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Not a good career option
As governments keep assigning functions to the panchayats, the pressure is showing in the performance of the elected representatives. "When I got elected as sarpanch, I thought I would do a lot for
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Goa must grow but how?
The official blueprint Goa currently follows is the Regional Plan 2001. It was notified in 1986, and today there is unanimity that this plan has become redundant. For two compelling reasons
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Unity in adversity
A grand mahapanchayat (mega assembly) was held on July 24, 2005, in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district by thousands of farmers demanding more water for irrigation. The protestors were opposing the
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thrown out: Tamil actress Radhika has been expelled from the primary membership of AIADMK, the main opposition party in Tamil Nadu "for acting against the interests of the party'. She appeared in a
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Tsunami hit farmers of Nagapattinam against prawn industry
The prawn farming industry in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu has bounced back from the losses of the tsunami of December 26, 2004, causing irreperable damage to agriculture. The tsunami hit farmers of