Butterfly wings to the aid of glaucoma patients
INSPIRED by tiny structures on transparent butterfly wings, scientists have developed a light-manipulating surface for more effective and longer-lasting eye implants for glaucoma patients. Researchers
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For sustainable solutions
The new policy initiatives of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests aim at improving the forest cover in such a way as to benefit all the stakeholders - the forest departments, local
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For sustainable solutions
The new policy initiatives of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests aim at improving the forest cover in such a way as to benefit all the stakeholders - forest departments, local communities
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For sustainable solutions
The new policy initiatives of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests aim at improving the forest cover in such a way as to benefit all the stakeholders - the forest departments, local communities
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The NGO factor
Non-governmental organisaitons in Orissa are up in arms against the government's moves to enact legislation that will ensure their accountability and transparency in their funding and a measure of
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Displacement fears
Apparently, in India the rights of people living in and around national parks and sanctuaries are ignored, while the rest of the world moves towards policies that reconcile wildlife conservation with
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Tirupur's crisis
The ruling by the Madras High Court asking dyeing and bleaching units in Tirupur to install reverse osmosis plants for the secondary treatment of effluents causes consternation in the hosiery
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Dying young
Ten thousands of children die every year in Maharashtra, mostly in the tribal areas, because of malnutrition-related problems. The State government, relying on incomplete data collected by its
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A battle for fishing rights
The Chilika lake continues to be the bone of contention between traditional and non-traditional fishermen, while the Orissa government sits over a Bill seeking to delineate the rights of the two
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On the highroad to 'Shanghai'
Thousands of slumdwellers hounded out by the Maharashtra government's demolition drive remain homeless in Mumbai. It has been six months since the Maharashtra government demolished more than 90,000
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Seeds of despair
The draft Seeds Bill seeks to dilute all the safeguards provided by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Right Act, 2001, to the farmer, whose existence is already