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. …
A Carnegie paper estimates India's GDP will grow at 5.9% p.a. till 2050, compared to China's 5.6% Jaimini Bhagwati / March 31, 2010, 0:17 IST It is tempting to speculate what the future holds for India a hundred years post-independence, i.e., by around the mid-point of the 21st century. As …
Carbon tax is no more than a non-tariff barrier The attempt by the European Union (EU) and the US to link international trade with environment protection through some kind of a pollution tax on imports from the countries not obliged to undertake binding emission reductions seems a sinister protectionist move …
Wary of social media, US defence department has finally allowed the country’s troops to use networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Department officials say the benefits of using social media outweigh the risks to security. The decision means websites blocked by the Pentagon in 2007—including YouTube—will be unblocked. However, …
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii blared a warning to countries around the Pacific Ocean on February 27, minutes after the 8.8 quake hit Chile. ThoUSAnds of people along the coast fled for higher ground. Barring a few islands like the French Polynesia, the 1.2-metre-high waves did not cause …
Thalidomide, a drug used during the 1950s as a sleeping pill and to relieve morning sickness in pregnant women, was a mixture of two forms: one beneficial, while the other caused severe birth defects. Chemists handing out the drug did not know this. A chemical compound if visualized three-dimensionally can …
Sandeep Dikshit & Narayan Lakshman NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: India and the United States have agreed to the arrangement and procedures under which the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel will take place at two stand-alone safeguarded sites. New Delhi also retains the right to make additions and modifications. This will allow India …
Key step towards implementation of 123; will open doors for American firms in India Obama admn says... The deal will enable Indian reprocessing of US-obligated nuclear material under IAEA safeguards. Completion of these arrangements will facilitate participation by US firms in India
Washington: India and the United States have concluded a nuclear fuel reprocessing agreement to advance their bilateral civilian nuclear deal, the Obama administration announced on Monday. The agreement, a key step in the full realization of the Indo-US nuclear deal reached some 18 months ago, will enable Indian reprocessing of …
India today announced it had completed negotiations on the reprocessing arrangement with the United States, taking one of the last steps towards implementing the nuclear deal with Washington.
Washington: After waiting for months for the Senate to act, President Barack Obama has announced he would bypass a vacationing senate to make recess appointments of 15 nominees, including an Indian American agricultural scientist as chief agricultural negotiator in trade talks. Announcing his decision to nominate Indian American Islam Siddiqui, …
Washington: It is very much essential to have daily baths and showers, but by doing so we are polluting water supplies, partly due to the increasing usage of toiletries, a new research has claimed. Earlier it was believed that sewage is the source of chemical pollution after researchers found substances …
Climate change has received unprecedented attention of the world leaders and media as well as activists, industrialists and ordinary citizens. The scientific community and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in particular have been pleading for action to halt global warming and the resulting climate change. The Copenhagen Climate …
Geologic sequestration (GS) of carbon dioxide (CO2) is contingent upon securing the legal right to use deep subsurface pore space. Under the assumption that compensation might be required to use pore space for GS, we examine the cost of acquiring the rights to sequester 160-million metric tons of CO2 (the …
The Economist Climate-change legislation, dormant for six months, is showing signs of life again in Washington, DC. This week senators and industrial groups have been discussing a compromise bill to introduce mandatory controls on carbon. Yet although green activists around the world have been waiting for 20 years for American …
The United States Government, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is partnering with the Ministry of Health Epidemiology Unit to enhance Sri Lanka's ability to monitor and track seasonal influenza, and prepare for, detect and respond to an influenza pandemic if it should occur. Under the program, …
Scientists in Minnesota are reporting that commercial cooking is a surprisingly large source of a range of air pollutants that could pose risks to human health and the environment. Deborah Gross, Ph.D., pointed out that commercial food cooking is a known source of air pollutants, including gases and tiny solid …
