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
India
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Childhood cancers
There has been an alarming rise in cases of childhood cancers in the last two decades. According to reports in Environmental Health Perspectives and The Ecologist, this has been attributed to
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The dying "lifeline"
The sorry state of the Bagmati is an eloquent pointer to the state of the Kathmandu Valley
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No longer packed...
Once found in abundance, the oil sardine is another victim to exploitation
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The nitty gritties
Adopting a comprehensive rating approach
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CETPs: in fashion
Pollution from small-scale industries has grown by leaps and bounds. So, building common effluent treatment plants (cetps) has become a fashion. The Union ministry of environment and forests (mef)
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Leading the way to brain damage
India has yet to tackle the problem of leaded petrol, which causes brain damage in children
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Logjam
<font class='UCASE'>lpg</font> is possibly the most viable of all cooking fuels today, but even a debate on the issue is meaningless unless there are vigorous government efforts to promote healthy fuels
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CHINA
Starting a five-year clean-up plan, China will spend us $7.85 billion and set stringent environmental control targets to combat pollution. The cabinet has given its nod to the environmental
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Polluting unit in Rajasthan gets clean chit
Activists are fighting the Rajasthan Board for Prevention and Control of Pollution's sudden decision to clear the Pesticides India Ltd factory at Udaipur hint the reason behind the reversal is political
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Where development spells misery
For Singrauli residents, each new project has meant another displacement