First food: business of taste
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
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Bhubaneswar choked by private vehicles: Experts
Increasing dependency on personal vehicles by people in the Capital City and lack of incentives for public transportation have resulted in a gradual loss for economically viable commuting practices.
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High benzene levels raise alarm
IGI Airport, Mandir Marg, Civil Lines Affected; IIT-Kanpur To Study Trend Benzene levels in air are alarmingly high in some parts of Delhi. A potent carcinogen, benzene levels were 2 to 12 times more than the prescribed limit at Civil Lines and IGI airport on Sunday evening and through the day on Monday.
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Experts pin success of development plan on public transport access
For most Puneites, traffic and transport pose the worst kind of problems. The clamour for a metro and a more effective Bus Rapid Transit System is growing, but urban planners and experts have warned that
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Rivers of sand and blood
The outrage over the suspension of Durga Shakti Nagpal, an IAS officer who was simply doing her job by checking illegal mining of sand along the rivers of Uttar Pradesh, has highlighted a crucial issue.
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Study finds high toxin levels in air
High levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a group of toxic carcinogens, have been detected in the air in various parts of the city. A study conducted in Ambattur, Kolathur, Saidapet and Egmore by the department of environmental management, Bharatidasan University, Tiruchy, showed the average concentration of particle-associated PAHs ranged from 325.7 to 790.8 nanogram/cubic metre — an alarming pollution level — in Chennai.
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देश का सर्वाधिक प्रदूषित शहर बन गया दिल्ली
सावन की रिमझिम में सुहानी बयार के झोंकों की मस्ती में संभव है कि आप गुजरे जमाने का कोई रोमांटिक गीत गुनगुनाने लग जाएं, लेकिन यकीन मानिए, राजधानी की हवा में खतरनाक जहर घुला हुआ है। इसकी वजह से गंभीर बीमारियों
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Carbide plant still poses threat
Three decades after the gas leak disaster, the abandoned Union Carbide plant still continues to pose a serious threat to the people of Bhopal as almost every study done so far to measure the impact of
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CSE action plan to clean UCIL site at Bhopal in five years
CSE has analysed all major studies on impact of the waste dumped within & outside the Union Carbide site, concluded that there is large-scale contamination in the soil & water of the area and released this action plan for ridding the site of contamination in five years.
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Experts to brainstorm steps for better transport
Government plans blueprint to bring about necessary improvement In order to deal with increasing traffic, road accidents and vehicular congestion, the Delhi Government has decided to prepare a blueprint to bring about necessary improvement in the public transport system of the city.
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Badly planned city offers wrong travel choices
New Delhi: Transport contributed almost half of the carbon dioxide in the city and if nothing is done about it, then the gas emissions will rise by a massive 526% by 2030, says a study by Delhi IIT. Experts