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 Bilgaon model
Decentralised alternatives such as a micro-hydel project and an indigenous primary education system create a new development paradigm in the Narmada Valley in
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America's rising poverty
The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.7 million last year, and the median household income declined by 1.1 per cent, the Census Bureau reported on September 26. The worsening
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A prototype of promise
The construction of the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor, a milestone on the road to energy security, begins at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu. AS the 40-metre-tall tower crane's boom (arm) lifts up an L-shaped
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Women and water
It is the woman who finds enough water for the family, but she has effectively been deprived of any role, by the National Water Policy, in the planning and implementation of
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Farmers' battle for seed rights
A struggle by farmers in Chhattisgarh to protect indigenous seed varieties from being appropriated by multinational corporations is snowballing into a major movement in the State. Women working in the
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A fight over river waters
Andhra Pradesh objects to Karnataka constructing the Paragodu barrage on a tributary of the river, but Karnataka denies violating any inter-state water-sharing
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Protest and politics
Andhra Pradesh's response to the Paragodu project has been multi-pronged - when the government takes the issue to the Centre and the Supreme Court, the political parties adopt the agitational
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Protest and politics
Andhra Pradesh's response to the Paragodu project has been multi-pronged - when the government takes the issue to the Centre and the Supreme Court, the political parties adopt the agitational approach.
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The end of a partnership
Disproportionate costs and operational irritants force the government to call off the Media Lab Asia programme, a collaboration venture with the U.S. based MIT that was supposed to bring in cutting
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A positive dialogue
A dialogue organised by the Madras Institute of Development Studies brings together representatives from the principal interest groups involved in the Cauvery dispute and marks a first step in