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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A national park's perils
The killing of several elephants at the Corbett National Park, India's first national park and first tiger reserve, points to the need to put in place an anti-poaching plan in all such protected
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A protest in Kodaikanal
A thermometer plant of a multinational company in Kodaikanal is accused of being less than careful in handling mercury, a toxic chemical, thus posing a threat to the environment of the
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Rajasthan's thirst
For the fourth year running, the desert State faces severe drought conditions. A report from some of the predominantly tribal areas, where the level of people's hardship is
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Drug trials and ethics
A Frontline investigation comes up with new revelations on funding, business connections and conflicts of interest in the Johns Hopkins-linked drug trials at Kerala's Regional Cancer
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Inadequate assessment
The award of the Loss of Ecology Authority, which assessed the damage caused by polluting tanneries in Tamil Nadu, leaves out many issues relating to health and reversal of damage to the
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On the launch pad
Even as Indian Space Research Organisation gets ready for the launch of INSAT-3C in January 2001, It is apparent that it needs to change radically its strategies and outlook if it were to augment the
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A farm crisis and suicides
Forty-one cases of suicide were reported in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh between September and November 2000. A Frontline investigation shows that crop failure, indebtedness and related
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Towards Johannesburg
The Sustainable Development summit 2002 held in Delhi draws the world's attention to poverty alleviation as the means to a sustainable
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Mining dangers
A public hearing brings to light the serious threat sand mining, often illegal, poses to the ecology and livelihoods in many districts of Tamil
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Survivors struggle
Three activists representing the Bhopal gas survivors and their 18-day-old fast in New Delhi following the Union government's partial acceptance of their demands, but the struggle