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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India hiding from its own ‘crap’
India, to put it euphemistically, is awash in its own ‘crap’ — a word derived from old Dutch to mean excrement. While accurate to an alarming degree, coming soon after the euphoria over the Agni missile
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Gurgaon may soon have no water, overflowing sewage: CSE
Gurgaon, India’s aspiring lower Manhattan, may soon end up with no water, but overflowing sewage. In 2006, the water level in Gurgaon had fallen to 51 metre below ground level. And if the water table
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No effect of CSE report on Junk food biz
Amritsar: New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) releasing negative results in March after testing 16 major food brands, including Nestle's Maggi noodles, McDonald's, KFC, Haldiram's
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Sunderbans climate change is flashpoint
The Sunderbans, spreading across Bangladesh and West Bengal, is fast emerging as the climate change flashpoint of the globe. Despite the warning signals of increased frequency of cyclones and tidal floods.
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Sunderbans climate change is flashpoint
The Sunderbans, spreading across West Bengal and Bangladesh, is fast emerging as the climate change flashpoint of the globe. Despite the warning signals of increased frequency of cyclones and tidal floods, the West Bengal government has drawn up a massive project to expand the Haldia port which will directly impact the western Sunderbans region. Environmentalists already complain against increasing oil spillage from vessels in and around the Mongia Port that are adversely affecting its biodiversity.
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Greening gas and coal policy
Unavailability of natural gas and destruction of forests and water bodies due to our inability to use our coal fields optimally is having a huge impact on our health and environment Two monopolies. One private; the other public. One in gas; the other in coal. Both equally disastrous for the environment. I speak here of Reliance Industries Ltd and Coal India Ltd.
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Cycle rickshaws: SC verdict gets mixed response
New Delhi: The city has been fighting a losing battle against private vehicles but it had chosen to clamp down on the most eco-friendly mode of transport — cycle rickshaws — to prevent congestion. However,
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CSE welcomes Government's decision of ban on junk foods
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which took up cudgels against the health hazards due to junk food has hailed the UP governments decision to put an immediate ban on its sale within the premises
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Bun Maska Public Unlimited
Did you ever ask for the vital statistics of a samosa? According to Delhi-based nutritionist Aditi Mehrotra, a medium-sized one has 250 calories, 30 gms of carbohydrates, 13.2 fats and just five grams
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BRT Corridor is Capital’s new gas chamber
If BRT corridor was meant to be a panacea for the never ending traffic woes and ever increasing automobile pollution of the national Capital, it failed in its objective. The idling time at the Chirag Dilli