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. …
whether it is a vegetable or a fruit may never be established conclusively. But the luscious red of the tomato has qualities hitherto unknown: it helps prevent cancers. Tomatoes get their red colour from lycopene, a natural pigment. Lycopene is also found in pink grapefruit, watermelon and guava, among other …
As many as 30 frogs are killed to make a kilogramme (kg) of frog legs. India exported as much as 4,000 tonnes of frog legs a year in the mid-1980s, the amount consumed in France alone every year. During the heydays of frog-leg export, India used to export to many …
A study of ice cores from the Himalaya reveal a substantial rise in industrial pollution over the past few decades, claim some Chinese researchers. Ice cores from remote mountain areas are believed to contain accurate records of atmospheric concentrations over tens of thousands of years. Scientists from the Lanzhou Institute …
sometime in April 1999, worldwide wind energy capacity would have touched a record 10,000 megawatts (mw). This is another demonstration that the wind energy sector is growing fastest among all renewable energy sources. The landmark figure for wind energy use was announced at a meeting of the executive committee of …
US researchers have developed a technique that can not only help recover precious metals, such as gold, but also clean up waterways contaminated with toxic metals like lead, mercury and chromium. The method has been developed by scientists at the us department of energy's (doe) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in …
in what is considered a significant step, the National Cancer Institute ( nci ), Bethesda, usa, has urged thousands of us doctors to use chemotherapy along with radiation while treating cervical cancer after studies showed that such treatment can halve death rates. Randomised clinical trials conducted in various hospitals across …
The scientists of the Central Drug Research Institute of India (CDRI), Lucknow, conducted clinical tests on Memory Plus, a drug which owes its origin to the traditional herb
technology is finally catching up with what science fiction authors had written some five decades ago. Back then, no self-respecting science fiction author and would be caught dead without one or more (preferably more) anti-gravity device in their plots. According to recent reports, the us National Aeronautics and Space Administration …
Ronald Parise of Connecticut, USA, thinks he can make electric buses go farther. Today's batteries cannot store enough charge for those long journeys, and drivers usually do not like stopping for top-ups. Parise proposes using a radio antenna on top of the bus to pick up microwave signals from overhead …
the barren lands in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh are slowly becoming green. Thanks to efforts by the women who have struggled to regenerate the region. "Three years ago not even a single blade of grass grew there,' said Sita Bai, pointing towards the lush green fields and hillocks. …
thirty-year-old Rakesh (not his real name), a resident of Dosigaon village in Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh ( mp ), is reconciled to the fact that he will never get married. "We have been searching for a suitable match for the past eight years, but our efforts have been in vain,' …
a study conducted by scientists from five countries including the us and Canada stated that Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian authorities should work together to preserve aquatic eco-systems in the region. Fresh water supplies in the Middle East now are barely sufficient to maintain a quality standard of living, said Gilbert …
the key to all life on this planet is water. Without it, the Earth would have been just another planet, a tiny featureless speck in the Universe. Made of hydrogen and oxygen, water is another of nature's fantastic chance creations. Billions of years ago, it offered an excellent solvent and …
This report gives the requirements and methods of sampling and test for drinking water (other than packaged natural mineral water) offered for sale in packaged form.
This paper presents four case studies from India in which rainwater harvesting has lead to both ecorestoration and poverty alleviation. East case study shows that activities to manage local hydrological resources must be preceded by measures to mobilise local communities and create community institutions that can bring the community members …
Existence of Lake Nainital has been a matter of debate in the last two decades, because it is the only source of drinking water to Nainital city, a famous tourist resort in northern India. In the tectonically active lake basin, naturally occurring landslides have genered sediments in huge amount. In …
This is a directory which presents information about water harvesters and the work they are doing in different parts of India and abroad. It keeps people informed about water harvesting activities and experiences in different regions. It is a platform in print that helps experts and activists to get in …
A comprehensive two-volume dossier on environmental issues, events, policies, practices and challenges in India, along with statistics on environment-related facts.
This book presents a national overview of the startling array of challenges faced by India - including pollution and waste generation. The book demonstrates how all natural resources, from land and forests to water and biodiversity, are under immense pressure and in turn, compounded poverty. Rapid industrial, agricultural and urban …
