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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
In his news story "Is there a road ahead for cellulosic ethanol?" (Special section on Scaling up Alternative Energy, 13 August, p. 784), R. F. Service identifies factors contributing to fading enthusiasm for cellulosic ethanol and observes that policy-makers' decisions this year could shape the nascent U.S. biofuels industry for …
BP made a series of decisions while drilling its doomed Macondo well that saved time but added risks prior to its massive Gulf spill, according to a White House oil spill commission document leaked by a media outlet. The chart compiled by the commission's investigative team outlines 11 unnecessary actions …
Warning that failure in Cancun could derail the entire United Nations process of climate change, European Union Commissioner for Climate Change Connie Hedegaard has stated that the world cannot afford to take the risk at this crucial moment. Talking to a group of visiting journalists, Ms. Hedegaard said the momentum …
The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled plans to begin issuing new offshore wind energy leases as soon as next year under an accelerated approval process. The U.S. Interior Department said it will work to identify high priority areas off the Atlantic coast for offshore wind energy development, as well as …
A revival in the US consumption of seafood has helped the country's seafood export to rise in the first half of the current fiscal, even as trade with EU and China declined. Until the US International Trade Commission imposed anti-dumping duty on shrimps from India, US was the largest consumer …
The US and India are keen on working together on a low-cost intervention programme to combat diabetes which has emerged as a critical public health challenge for both the countries. This decision is a product of the brainstorming session of the high-powered US-India CEOs
Will Obama live up to his promise of change, or will he go down in history as just another petty salesman for bad ideas? No doubt US President Barack Obama was in India on a business trip. His recent electoral losses weighed heavily on him when he stitched up deals, …
Despite his initiatives on clean energy, the environmental impact of President Obama's trip was rather highPresident Obama discussed a joint initiative with India on clean energy during his trip. But the environmental impact of his trip was rather high
President Barack Obama's take on Indo-US agricultural cooperation may have gladdened the hearts of US agro-companies, but has evoked apprehension in the Indian farmers.
The United States and Pakistan, together with American power company AES Corporation, have agreed to create a public-private partnership to develop a 150 megawatt, $375 million wind power generation project in the Gharo Corridor. Richard C Holbrooke, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said that this partnership with the …
MALARIAL parasites are known to develop quick resistance to drugs. Two groups of scientists, working independently on alternative drugs for malaria, have identified a couple of compounds that could treat drug-resistant malaria. One team synthesised and evaluated a compound called spiroindolone NITD 609. It is effective against drug resistant strains …
Social networking sites were blocked for a week in September by Eric Darr, the provost of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Pennsylvania. It was an experiment to gauge the influence of overpowering social media sites and analyse the effects they have on the psyche of the young. Some …
General Electric Co plans to buy 25,000 electric vehicles from makers including General Motors Co over the next five years, in a move it said could spark demand for the charging equipment it sells. The largest U.S. conglomerate aims to swap out half its fleet of 30,000 cars -- used …
The popular anti-obesity drug sibutramine, marketed in India by a dozen companies under brand names such as Reductil, Meridia and Sibutrex, is likely to be banned. The drug, prescribed worldwide for three decades, has been linked in research over the past few years with increased cardiovascular events like cardiac arrests …
A Seriesd in Lancet on Thursday said emerging economies such as India, Brazil, China, Russia should take immediate steps to reverse the rising trend of various non-communicable diseases such as obesity. The journal says the obesity epidemic is spreading to low-income and middle-income countries as a result of new dietary …
