State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Playing with lives of birds
Badminton is one such sport which uses shuttlecocks made of duck or goose feathers. The shuttlecock consists of a cork head, a skirt of overlapping 16 feathers, threads and glue. The amount of
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In Majuli, people learn to live with floods
For the 1,50,000 islanders of Majuli, Assam, the floods leave a trail of destruction almost annually, with clusters of villages washed away, paddy fields submerged and cattle and poultry drowned,
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SARS virus a star trekker, says Narlikar
As the SARS epidemic wanes, renowned astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar has said the deadly virus that wreaked havoc in China and other parts of the world appeared to have its origins in outer space.
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Death stalks Murshidabad
Once again a frail medical infrastructure of West Bengal seemed to be reeling under pressure with a mystery disease attacking the children in Murshidabad district last week. The disease has
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Ex-Orissa royals fight over alumina project
An upcoming alumina project in Orissa has re-ignited an old feud in an erstwhile royal family. Sterlite Industries (SIL) is going to set up a Rs 4,000-crore alumina refinery complex in drought-prone
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Sounds of silence
Chhattisgarh has the dubious distinction of supplying more than two-thirds of the beedis consumed in India. More than 50,000 families are engaged in the multi-crore beedi industry in the beedi
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Roadmap for hygiene
When it comes to environmental hazards, one often gets to hear talk about climate change, global warming, air pollution, water contamination and so on and so forth. But seldom sanitation has been
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Lethal recycling
So habituated are people to using disposable syringes that reverting to glass syringes-which require sterilisation before re-use-seems akin to travelling back to the jurassic age. But, reportedly,
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Sandheads in Haldia graveyard for ships?
With the sinking of the cargo ship Fortune Carrier at the Haldia sandheads, the number of misfortunes visiting the narrow descending zone has gone up to seven in the past six years, the Calcutta Port
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Dudhwa seeks brand new studs for its female rhinos
The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is desperately seeking two male rhinos to mate with the females, contain inbreeding, according to Dr R L Singh, the principal chief conservator, Uttar Pradesh."The inbreding