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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Schemes to conserve water
The Delhi Jal Board has taken up rainwater harvesting in a big way, besides creating recharge basins in the flood plains and educating the city's residents on water
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In Mumbai, CNG or nothing
The Bombay High Court order stating that all 137-D diesel-engine Premier model taxis in Mumbai be either phased out or converted to compressed natural gas(CNG) or liquefied petroleum gas by May 31,
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A difficult transition
The Central government and the Delhi state government came in for severe criticism from a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on April 5 for not complying with orders on the conversion of diesel
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An award in sight
The denouement appears to be near in the 27 year old Cauvery water dispute, with the final phase of arguments before the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal beginning in New Delhi on January 29. The
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The driving policy
The Mashelkar Committee Report on Auto Fuel Policy is seen as contradicting the Supreme Court directives on vehicular emission norms and fuel specifications. The Centre for Science and Environment
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Rehabilitation concerns
A Report exposes irregularities in the rehabilitation of people displaced by the Tehri project even as the police wield the lathi against those who seek to highlight
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Policy and perspective
A critique of the science and technology policy-2001. For the last three months, the draft of a new science and technology policy document has been under discussion among the science administrators
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Science for social change
More than 400 activists committed to the popularisation of science in India gathered in Chennai at the Ninth Congress of the All India People's Science Network from December 19 to 22,2001. Students,
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Trouble in Tehri
A fresh standoff appears imminent in the Tehri valley following the closure of two crucial tunnels in the Ganga basin by the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation. The tunnels were closed after the
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Almatti concerns
There is one question that increasingly preoccupies about 150,000 farmers and others on the banks of the river Krishna in Karnataka's Bijapur and Bagalkot districts: when will the state government