Community concerns
A two-day workshop, titled “Fishery-dependent Livelihoods, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity: The Case of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas in India”, was held in New Delhi during 1-2 March
Sumana Narayanan
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Fungi lend anti microbial properties to neem
neem is touted as an eco-friendly insecticide. Almost all parts of the tree
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Kala azar spreads to Gujarat, MP
kala-azar is spreading. Two cases of the disease, usually found in eastern parts of India, have been reported from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The pathogen could spread in the area because
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Srikakulam plant on hold
<p>FOLLOWING two deaths and a series of misreported facts, the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) cancelled the environment ministry’s clearance to a thermal power plant in Sompeta in coastal Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.</p>
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Pygmies stay short to live longer
human population groups come in different heights. In India and China, people are usually short. In Canada, they are relatively taller. One school of biologists says this is due to varying food
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Barmer farmers protest Jindal power project
People in Kapurdi hamlet, some 30 km from Rajasthan's Barmer town, are unusually suspicious of strangers. They stop and question every outsider driving through the area. What is making them so wary
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Bring back the cadaver
Mobile and extremely useful "I understand it is not easy for the living to donate a kidney; but then why is the government not encouraging transplants from cadavers,'