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. …
Days before US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives In India on her first official visit after taking charge, India is learnt to have firmed up a site each in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh that will be dedicated for the first US nuclear reactors after the nuclear deal. While this …
Lack of commitment at Bonn could dampen Copenhagen THE second round of climate change talks in Bonn concluded a little after 5 in the evening on June 12. Twelve days of heated talks among representatives of 182 countries yielded very little
A special glass that makes steel stick to concrete on may 28, an earthquake struck Honduras in Central America. The La Democracia bridge on the Ulua river collapsed. It had been there since 1963 when the French built it. The main reason behind the collapse of bridges during quakes is …
A clue for weight watchers for all of its medicinal uses, turmeric has not been known for treating obesity. After learning how its active ingredient curcumin inhibits tumour growth, biologists and pathologists at Tufts University in the US have shown how it does the same to fat cells
environmental sciences Foster care The large blue butterfly, Maculinea arion, knows how to fool ants into raising their caterpillars. But when the ant, Myrmica sabuleti, disappear there survival is at stake, a study has shown. The butterfly lays eggs on thyme flowers and the caterpillars fall on the ground after …
US lawmakers are debating the extension of copyrights law to include payment to performance artists for music played on AM and FM radio. The law, as it stands today, requires broadcasters to pay songwriters, but not music performers. The Bipartisan Performance Rights Act will, if passed, require AM and FM …
A dispute has erupted between Burger King and one of its franchisees over global warming. The franchisee, Mirabile Investment Corporation, had placed the political statement
Health insurance companies in the UK, US and Canada own almost US $4.5 billion worth tobacco stocks, a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed. But smokers are handed the short end of the bargain. The companies usually charge a higher premium from smokers for insurance …
>> TV movie distributers in the US have reduced plastic content in their DVD cases, making it 20 per cent lighter.Though reducing plastic waste is being cited as a motivator, thinner cases are also less expensive when it comes to the cost of raw material and shipping. Companies like Sony …
Pesticides in veggies: A government of India survey found high levels of pesticides in fruits and vegetables. Fourteen per cent of the samples collected from across the country had traces of pesticide residues. Four per cent had residues beyond the permissible limit. Pesticide residues were also found in cereals, pulses, …
When Peter Kaestner is not holding visa interviews at the US Embassy in Delhi, he prefers nurturing his ambition of spotting all the 10,000 known bird species. He has spotted 8,200 so far. He has also discovered a new bird in Colombia which is named after him. Arnab Pratim Dutta …
As President Barack Obama encouraged world leaders meeting in Italy to intensify the fight against global warming, legislation to cut U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases suffered a delay in the Senate on Thursday. The leading Senate committee responsible for developing the climate change legislation has delayed by at least a …
The Group of Eight rich nations and the G5 of emerging economies were among 40 nations and organizations represented at a three-day summit to discuss recession, climate change, trade and food security. Below is a comparison between aims going in to the meeting and the results achieved. EMISSIONS CUTS Leaders …
Following are comments at a news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. OBAMA "While we don't expect to solve this problem in one meeting or one summit. I believe we made some important strides forward as we move toward Copenhagen. "Ice sheets are melting, …
