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. …
The meeting of the UPA-Left panel on the India-US nuclear deal on Wednesday could well be the final opportunity for the controversial pact to go through before both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US president George Bush reach the end of their tenures in office. The government is preparing for …
Mohamed Imranullah S. MAOURAI: Tonnes of American garbage rotting in 35 cargo containers at the Tuticorin port for nearly three years cannot be sent back to the U.S. or to any other country without the plastic content being segregated, says its exporter Evergreen Specialities Inc. of New Jersey. In a …
The nation's 6,000 football field-sized computer data centers have been recognized as remarkably wasteful power hogs, and the industry is mobilizing people and investment to address the problem
SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN Two books analyse the outlook of international oil and the shifting terrain of world power UNITED STATES FOREIGN OIL POLICY SINCE WORLD WAR I
-- Honda's new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring. The FCX Clarity, which runs on hydrogen and electricity, emits only water and none of the noxious …
Al Gore made his debut in the 2008 presidential campaign Monday night, encouraging voters to back Barack Obama because ''take it from me, elections matter.'' The former vice president's speech at the Joe Louis Arena was part endorsement and part blistering attack on the man who denied him the White …
European Union trade officials have launched an investigation into whether imports of U.S. biodiesel break international trade rules because of subsidies, the EU's executive Commission said on Friday. A European Commission statement said examination of complaints lodged by European industry found an investigation was warranted. "Sufficient evidence was provided of …
Export-quality tomatoes labeled "Ready to Eat" in English flooded Mexico City markets on Thursday after a salmonella scare in the U.S. stopped them from crossing the border. There is no proof that Mexico provided the contaminated tomatoes that caused the alarm. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is still hunting …
Lawmakers voted Thursday to subpoena nine companies responsible for analyzing the most dangerous food entering the country as part of an investigation that gained more urgency with an outbreak of salmonella from tomatoes. For months, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee has investigated the possible circumvention of government import alerts. …
Mount Kilimanjaro's lions face extinction at the spear point of Maasai cattle herders, warn conservation experts. Once common in rural Kenya, fewer than 150 lions now roam the eco-tourism haven in and around Amboseli National Park, just northwest of Tanzania's famous mountain. Since 2003, local cattle herders have killed 63 …
Salmonella from fresh tomatoes has sickened 228 people in 23 states, federal health officials now say. Yesterday's tally stood at 167 people in 17 states. Reuters reports new infections were reported in Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Tennessee and Vermont. Texas and New Mexico have been hit hardest. Of those …
The waters are rarely calm for finance ministers attending Group of Eight meetings. As soon as the stewards of the global economy feel ready to take some pride in navigating through one squall, they get a better view of others looming ahead. At the G7 gatherings this year in Tokyo …
Smoking cigarettes has the same effect as cutting the life span by close to five years, according to a mortality risk chart released Tuesday in the US Journal of the National Cancer Institute. "The effect of smoking on the chance of dying is similar to the effect of adding five …
The most obvious lesson to be learned from the Senate's failure to mount any sort of grown-up debate on climate change last week is that the country needs a new occupant in the White House. Read Full Comment
An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second. The Roadrunner supercomputer costs $133 million and will be used to study nuclear weapons. The new machine is more than twice as …
A controversial bill on climate change goes before the Senate But George Bush says no A man who is worried about global warming is pounded into the ground by falling oil barrels; another who is worried about rising energy bills tries to fry eggs over some candles; commuters who cannot …
