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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Virtual water trade
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Merchants get more mines than steel firms
Merchant miners have got almost double the number of iron ore mines than steel makers between 2001 and 2007, which the metal manufacturers think is not in the national interest. Out of 260 iron ore mines, for which the ministry has approved mineral concessions during the period, 172 went to merchant miners, according to information available on the website of the Ministry of Mines. Merchant miners were acquiring these mines mainly for export purposes, without adding value.
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New mining policy on anvil: Subbarami Reddy
Union Minister for State for Mines T. Subbarami Reddy (third left) greets the president of the All-India Granites and Stones Association, Munavar Basha, (second left) at the valedictory function of "Stona 2008' on the Palace Grounds in Bangalore on Saturday. Bangalore: Union Minister of State for Mines T. Subbarami Reddy has said the country will have a new mining policy shortly.
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Where is second revolution?
Agriculture is nobody's baby
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Awareness against filth is necessary (Editorial)
It is great concern that at around 15 lakh children including 2.6 crore people die every year in the world. Out of it 18 lakh people die of diarrhea including 90 per cent children of under 5 years of age. According to United Nations Organisation's report all the countries including India are observing cleanliness year, but in the slum areas of cities and villages of India less attention is paid. Though much is spent on spreading awareness and in advertisement but its better result is not seems. It can be said that there is not difference was seen with this action and advertisement.
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Forest cover is static, greener
After continuously depleting between 1987 and 1998, the country's green cover now looks to be static for the first time. This is a significant achievement as the forest cover is continuously decreasing from 6.38 million hectares (19.49%) in 1987 to 6.37 million hectares (19.39%) in 1998, according to the latest data released on Tuesday by ministry of environment and forest.
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The World's Dwindling Stock of Tigers
The number of tigers in India has plummeted to around 1,411, nearly half the previous estimate, according to a government survey. Here are some key facts about the tiger: - The largest of all cats, the tiger is one of the most fearsome predators in the world. It can weigh up to 450 kg (1,000 lb) and measure around 10 feet (three metres) from nose to the tip of the tail. - Tiger numbers in the wild are thought to have plunged from 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century to between 5,000 and 7,000 today.
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After Nano, what? (editorial)
India will choke unless it modernises its city transport systems, and you can't blame the Nano for this. Tata's Nano has set the dovecotes aflutter and reactions are flying in all directions. Some people have hailed it, rightly, as the advent of mobility in India's frozen countryside. Others, wrongly, have denounced it as a bad idea, fearing that these tiny beetles will overwhelm our cities and choke their already badly clogged arteries.
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Foodgrain crisis will hit India too, warns report
The global food crisis could continue to wash up at Indian shores as well, with the World Development Report 2008, released on Friday, predicting that cereal production would have to increase by 50% by 2030 to meet the escalating worldwide demand. The increasing shift towards bio fuel, its warned, could only add to the crisis.