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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The politics of dams
The Digvijay Singh government in Madhya Pradesh paid the price for ignoring the demands of those displaced by the Narmada Valley project. Now, under a BJP government will there be a change in the resettlement
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In troubled waters
Greenpeace campaigners on board their ship Rainbow Warrior, on a Corporate Accountability tour, get into a conflict with the Indian authorities. When Rainbow Warrior began its tour of India in November,
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Iran's killer quake
A powerful earthquake in the early hours of December 26 leaves in its trail death and destruction of unimaginable proportions in the Iranian heritage city of Bam. It has been the most devastating earthquake
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A tribal struggle
The Andhra Pradesh government and private companies are pressuring people in the Integrated Tribal Development Agency areas of Visakhapatnam district to submit their land for mining in violation of
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People's battle for a river
"All the water as far as the ye can see belongs to me" said Kailash Soni, chief executive officer, Radius Water Limited, perched atop the dam he built to harness water from the 23.6 kilometre stretch
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A mountain crumbles
The ancient religious centre of Uttarkashi in the hills of Uttaranchal faces a crisis of existence. The Varunavat Parvat (mountain) on the edge of the town began cracking up on September 24 and now
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Taking on the sand lobby
After years of inaction, the Tamil Nadu government took a major initiative on October 1 to put an end to the indiscriminate, and often illicit, quarrying of sand on river-beds across the State, which
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A birth control controversy
An ambitious programme for population stabilisation conceived by the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan has run into trouble as several organisations in the state have criticised it and urged the
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For sustainable conservation
With its emphasis on community management of protected areas and its theme, Benefits Beyond Boundaries, the World Parks Congress seemed to have come full circle at its fifth congress in Durban in
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People's battle for a river
A popular movement is gathering strength in Chhattisgarh against the privatisation of a stretch of the Sheonath river, which has deprived thousands of families of their livelihoods. "ALL the water as