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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Government sets up panel to review power projects on Ganga
The Prime Minister's Office has constituted an inter-ministerial committee headed by Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi to review existing and ongoing hydroelectric projects on Ganga and its tributaries.
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People want parking policy: but oppose fee in colonies, steep hike in hourly charges
New Delhi: After the transport department sought views on a hike in parking rates, most people seemed to agree that a “proper” parking policy was needed. And while many have suggested various ways of implementing
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Rio - Not plus or minus
Final document is being touted as victory for developing world, as it reiterates principle of common but differentiated responsibilities The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, came to an end last week. The conference declaration, entitled “The Future We Want”, is a weak and meaningless document. It aims at the lowest common denominator consensus, to say nothing consequential about how the world will move ahead to deal with the interlinked crises of economy and ecology. The question arises: is this the future we want or the future we dread?
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How To Save The Earth
Why India protested the green economy agenda proposed by developed countries at Rio+20 Rio de Janeiro: The just concluded Rio+20 summit was dominated by the buzzwords ‘green economy’ and ‘natural capital
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From Rio to Rio, the world hasn’t taken a stride
A lot of high-flown rhetoric ushered in last week's UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Rio+20 was the biggest summit the UN had ever organised. Some 40,000 environmentalists and 10,000 government
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Use rainwater to meet crisis: Experts
Rainwater can be a potential alternative source for tackling acute water crisis faced by rural and urban people, said experts yesterday. Store and reuse of rainwater will also help costal people tackle
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Vizag steel plant ignored safety alerts
The Vizag Steel Plant (VSP), where one of the worst industrial accidents in the steel industry took place on Wednesday night, had been warned about its poor safety record but its management ignored all
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Regional confce in city today
As the scarcity of surface water is hitting a critical level with the steady fall in ground water level as well, experts are now laying emphasis on harvesting rain water to carry out essential household
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Alarming rise in tiger deaths in India
At a time when the tiger population is fast dwindling, India has reported an alarming increase in tiger deaths. An estimated 48 tigers have reportedly died in the first six months of this year (till
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Coal-Fired UPA Fastest in Granting Mining Clearances
The assertion by a section of industry that the coal shortage is due to the ministry of environment delaying mining clearances is not borne out by data The assertion by a section of industry that the