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 us federal court recently ordered Google to hand over some search data, including 50,000 web addresses, to the us government, although a request to hand over a list of people's search requests was denied. This request was made by the justice department to access search records to help prevent …
A New Jersey court found a Singapore shipping company guilty of seven felony charges and has fined it us $6.5 million for illegal dumping off the New Jersey coast. Wallenius Ship Management Pte Ltd came under a us Coast Guard investigation in November after the crew of one of its …
grapes benefit: Grape seed extract can prove beneficial to people with high blood pressure, according to a study conducted at the University of California Davis in the US. The study is the first human clinical trial to assess the effect of grape seed extract on people with metabolic syndrome, a …
Exposure to pesticides lowers the intelligence quotient (IQ) of children, claims a US study. Conducted by researchers from the University of North Dakota (UND) in the US, the study examined two groups of 64 children each, aged 7-12 years. One group comprised of children living on or near farms and …
A us senate bill has proposed bigger tax cuts for small business owners who buy sports utility vehicles (suvs) for business purposes than those who buy eco-friendly hybrid cars. Not just that. The new policy would also allow small business owners to claim depreciation on the value of their vehicles …
what an odour: A court in Tasmania recently fined a food packaging company for creating environmental nuisance. Classic Foods was charged after allowing wastewater to pool and stagnate, creating an offensive smell in the area. Some residents of nearby Edith Creek found the smell so bad they were forced to …
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University in the US have discovered a genetic switch that is crucial to cell survival. They found the gene HIF-1 controls the rate at which cells are supplied energy and even helps them cope with the absence of oxygen. A cell's energy demands are met …
freshness sensor: Grocers, florists and even pharmacists may soon have a better way to monitor the quality of products they get from suppliers: a sensor that will tell when a product spoils. A team of University of Florida (in the US) engineering students has designed and built a prototype of …
a recent study on the role of predators in keeping the earth green can well be called a fruit of development. Scientists have long wondered how plants have survived despite the constant onslaught from herbivores. Opinion has been divided
There was no way India could have compromised on excluding its Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) and 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) from safeguards, according to Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). "It was a logical position.... I am glad …
Statistical report on spices - provides analysis of the spice trade, detailed statistics of major importers worldwide; includes additional information on world unit prices, product reviews, market shares of major suppliers and importing countries/areas; export data are also available for few selected counties with significant re-exports; gives product description of …
function graph() { var popurl="files/images/20060331/35_graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=250,height=250,scrollbars=yes") } More than 70 countries globally produce and export cotton. Of these, eight countries are responsible for almost 80 per cent of global output. The world’s cotton market is dominated by the us which is the second largest producer after China and the largest …
Take the pesticide problem. Although cotton occupies only 5 per cent of India's agricultural land, it accounts for 54 per cent of pesticide use. Andhra Pradesh cotton growers use more than 30 per cent of the country's pesticides and almost 70 per cent of pesticides used for growing cotton. "Since …
Cotton has a long and tortuous history in India and its ramifications are extremely complex. The origin of the problems of today's cotton farmers was the attempt by the British to introduce long-staple American cotton, which did not suit Indian conditions. This was compounded after independence, when the establishment continued …
ndia appears to have managed to ward off an impending nuclear fuel crisis. On March 2, 2006, New Delhi settled its differences with Washington over the highly controversial nuclear separation plan. An agreement on the bifurcation of civilian and military nuclear facilities during George Bush's visit meant the removal of …
A group of Texan cotton farmers has sued Monsanto and two affiliated companies for massive crop losses. The farmers claimed the companies failed to warn them of a defect in their genetically altered cotton seed. The lawsuit seeks an injunction against a "longstanding campaign of deception. The two affiliated companies …
The Ontario government recently filed a complaint with the us Environmental Protection Agency. It has criticised proposals it believes will lead to more pollution on the Canadian side of the border from thermal power plants in midwestern us states. The Ontario environment ministry said that the us government intended to …
US's greenhouse gas emissions shot up by 1.7 per cent in 2004 over the previous year, the country's Environmental Protection Agency (epa) has reported. The epa report, Inventory of us Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2004, was released on February 27, 2006. It states that the rise is due to …
