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. …
US Mission in Iraq The fear of worsening economic crisis has the Americans agonising over the costs of a long-drawn engagement in Iraq. There is increasing pessimism about the us's "mission' in Iraq, says a recent Newsweek poll. Almost half of those who polled (47 per cent) were very concerned …
nowadays the us consistently steers clear of global warming mitigation measures. In one such move, the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) rejected a petition seeking to regulate greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act (caa). The August 28 decision follows a controversial amendment to the …
rising temperature is adversely affecting fish and algae populations of a lake that is an important source of freshwater and food for East Africa. This is the finding of a study conducted by Catherine O'Reilly of Vassar College, usa; Andrew Cohen of the University of Arizona, usa; Simone Alin of …
T he animal in us may just be a rat. A team of researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute (nhgri) and other universities in the us has found the human gene code to be more similar to that of rats than cats. The project involved comparison of a …
panchayat polls: A decade after the 73rd amendment to the Constitution, Jharkhand will for the first time hold panchayat elections in December this year. The state government has finally taken the decision in the wake of unrelenting pressure by civil society groups such as the Jharkhand Panchayati Raj Swashasan Samanvay …
a study conducted in the wheat growing regions of the us indicates that use of herbicides like 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid can lead to malformation among newborns. These herbicides are widely used for weed control in parks and farms. In the past they have been linked with an increased …
smoke and dust that choked Manhattan after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack appears to have caused pregnant women to bear small babies. These are the findings of a study conducted by researchers from the us -based Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Women who were in the area on the …
previous estimates of the neutron rays that Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors were exposed to are accurate. This was revealed during a study conducted by a team of scientists from the us and Germany. The research will help end a long-standing controversy on whether the existing standards to estimate risk for …
the us congress has reportedly approved a us $5-million waiver, thereby quantifying the debt-for-nature swap offer made to Sri Lanka more than two years ago. It is widely believed that this sum is peanuts, considering that Sri Lanka owes the us close to us $1 billion and that the latter …
even as Europe reels under an unprecedented heat wave, us President George Bush remains unconvinced about the harsh reality of climate change. On July 24 he launched a 10-year research programme, which will study long-term global climate variability and change. Environmental groups have termed it as a delaying tactic and …
The us beverage giants shell out billions to pop out punch-lines, and repackage Shah Rukh Khan to counter the repackaged Aamir Khan and vice-versa. Many do follow the Khan roadshow and jump on the cold drink bandwagon. But in West Bengal, some other heroes are also beating the heat, sans …
The Martian North Pole is honeycombed with frozen water. These are the findings of a us-Russian team of scientists, who recently analysed data of the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey, two nasa satellites. The discovery is good news for those who believe life might have been present on Mars …
on june 28, 1993, the Supreme Court of the us passed a verdict that tilted the scales of justice in favour of polluters by undermining the role of science in the country's judicial arena. This fact was made public during a recent press conference of the Tellus Institute, a Boston-based …
nearly one-fifth of the farmers in the us midwest are ignoring federal rules about how much transgenic maize they should plant, indicates a recent study. Experts fear this non-compliance could encourage pests to develop resistance to the insecticide produced by the crop. Some transgenic maize contains a gene from the …
India has lost in the initial stage of the textile trade battle with the US. A dispute settlement panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) decreed on June 20 that US laws on "rules of origin' for textile products were consistent with WTO agreements. India had challenged the US over …
