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 Indian media has a penchant for the sensational. Caught up in the scandals over former minister K Natwar Singh's Iraq liaisons and the surrender of Abu Salem, it paid short shrift to a landmark memorandum of understanding (mou) that was signed between India and the us on November 12, …
pipeline blast: Suspected tribal rebels recently blew up a gas pipeline in Pakistan. This led to the closure of the nearby Uch power plant, which is owned jointly by the US and the uk, for the second time in January 2006. The blast damaged a 60 cm-diameter pipeline in the …
longest core: A core measuring more than 1.5 kilometres long has been recovered under the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater Deep Drilling Project in the US. The impact crater was formed about 35 million years ago when a rock from space struck the Earth. The drilling project was a major success, …
thirty-five communities in Michigan, the us , lost a 15-year-old battle to prevent hazardous chemicals from being injected into the ground with a possible chance of contamination of underground aquifers. The state issued a license to Bingham Farms-based Environmental Disposal Systems to operate two 4,500-feet (about 1,370 metre)-deep injection wells. …
smelling cancer: Research conducted in the US presents astonishing evidence that man's best friend, the dog, may help in early detection of cancer. Led by Michael McCulloch of the Pine Street Foundation in California, and Tadeusz Jezierski of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, the …
a recent us government analysis has shown that black Americans, other minority groups and financially weaker sections are more likely to be living near most polluted areas. Associated Press (ap) recently conducted an analysis of a novel "little known government research project'
The chemical giant DuPont was found guilty of hiding important information for more than 20 years concerning a compound used to make Teflon (in non-stick cookware) which posed substantial threat to human health. They will pay us $16.5 million, the largest administrative fine imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, to …
Japan recently lifted its ban on us beef imports, which was imposed due to threats of mad cow disease in the us cattle, in December 2003. Japan said beef from American cattle under 21 months old would be allowed back into the country, provided strict guidelines were adhered to by …
• A report found that 12 months after a ban on smoking in bars in New Zealand, there were no downturn in bar sales, tourism or employment, contrary to predictions of serious economic consequences to the hospital industry following the ban. • The Center for Biological Diversity recently filed a …
Natural disasters, mostly weather-related catastrophes, have cost the world the largest-ever financial losses of around us $200 billion in 2005. In 2004, this loss was us $145 billion and around us $60 billion in 2003. These losses were highlighted in a report presented by Munich Re, a leading re-insurance company, …
In a highly controversial move the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) has proposed to allow pesticide testing on orphans and mentally handicapped children. The proposal is in response to a mandate by the us Congress asking the epa to permanently ban chemical testing on pregnant women and children. As per …
Plants are hospitable to useful bacteria but have developed ways to get rid of freeloaders, according to a study by a team of biologists at the University of California in Berkeley, USA. Led by Ellen Simms, the scientists studied a coastal California lupine (Lupinus arboreus) that harbours nitrogen-fixing bacteria in …
healthy milk: Consuming non-fat (skimmed) milk products can halve the risk of hypertension, claims a study by scientists at the University of Navarra, Spain, and Alvaro Alonso, a researcher in the School of Public Health at Harvard University in the US. The study evaluated the relationship between the consumption of …
the Doe Run Company (drc) in Peru has been held responsible for lead, antimony and cadmium poisoning of the residents of La Oroya town in Peru. It is owned by the drc, a company in St Loius, usa, operator of the world's only multi-metal facility, and the Americas' largest integrated …
scientists in the us have developed self-assembling microcontainers, as tiny as a speck of dust, which could be used to deliver medicine inside the body and also for cell therapy. By adopting the same thin film deposition techniques as are used to make microelectronic circuits, David H Gracias and colleagues …
the much trumpeted nuclear deal between India and the us recently hit its first roadblock. On December 6, 2005, chairperson of the us Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, Dick Lugar, warned that the Congress would reject any
stay on eviction: The Gujarat High Court (HC) stayed the eviction of about 38,855 tribals across 11 districts of the state. This came after the HC admitted a public interest petition filed by the Adivasi Mahasabha , which is a network of 43 voluntary organisations working on tribal issues, claiming …
