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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Sustainable development and stability
Large corporate capital, in league with the elites and ruling groups, has become disproportionately potent globally, able to scuttle the push for policies that could ensure an equitable world order.
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Stresses and risks
"Workers in the national capital are highly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS", concludes a recent study, raising in its wake a gamut of issues related to HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)/AIDS (acquired
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The Tamil Nadu Picture
Paper-1 of the Census of India 2001, Series-34, entitled 'Provisional Population Totals', pertaining to Tamil Nadu, has been brought out by the Director of Census Operations for Tamil Nadu. It
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A Warning to the Vatican
Radio Vatican, which broadcasts the speeches of the Pope, Catholic Church events and news, came close to being shut down on the eve of Easter as the Italian authorities prepared to cut off
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For sustainable farming
It was the morning of maker Sankranti, the harvest festival. In a machnoor village in the Zaheerabad region of Medak district in Andhra Pradesh, on the grounds of the "Green Schools" run by the
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The AIDS divide
The 13th international biennial conference on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, in Durban in July last kickstarted a parallel debate on the causality of the disease (Frontline, August 18,
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An Act on paper
Taking cognizance of the link between pre-natal sex determination tests and the declining sex ratio among children, the Supreme Court, in a recent judgement, came down heavily on the Central and
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Dealing with drought
In Gujarat, one phenomenon that recurs with unfailing regularity is drought. Every year its arrival is signalled by the migration of hundreds of families from their villages to wherever work and
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Fear in the forests
The forests of Madhya Pradesh are eerily quiet these days. Most of the tribal people have live away from their homes, fearing the police. Organisations working among them have accused the State
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The environment as commodity
The far-reaching economic, strategic and environmental implications of the issues relating to climate change make it imperative that India's policy-makers present their case effectively at the