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 southeastern swath
Following up on a survey of the northern and western States, a study of the ravages of drought and related phenomena in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa and Chhattisgarh. The worst drought in 12 years,
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A warming in Europe
A large portion of central Europe has been transformed into a gigantic lake by the rivers Vlatva, Elbe, Danube and Enns. Unseasonable torrential rains in August have caused rivers to overflow. Around
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A story of neglect
The Maharashtra Government plays down the significance of the death of some 22 children rendered vulnerable by malnutrition, in the predominantly tribal Thane district. Over the last five months, 22
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Play of environmental politics
A UNEP report seeks, in an unsubstantial manner, to link the Asian brown cloud, a relatively localised pollution cloud, to serious local and global changes in weather patterns and even to long-term
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Young lives on the line
The death of over 50 children in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh owing to a mysterious disease brings into sharp focus the dismal condition of the public health care system and the callousness
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Eco regional planning
An attempt is under way to evolve coordinated plans for the sustenance of eco systems spread across States. Trees do not recognise State boundaries when they spread their roots. Wild animals and
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A disaster by design
Internal documents of Union Carbide Corporation, obtained for the first time, during a discovery procedure, point to the company's culpability in the Bhopal gas
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The death trap
Faced with mounting debt, a failed crop for the second year and government indifference, cotton farmers in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra are resorting to suicide as a way out of
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Relief for cotton farmers
The Maharashtra government decides to continue the monopoly procurement scheme for cotton and announces compensation for the families of cotton farmers who committed
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Healing by wire
The joint effort of Anna University and Apollo Hospitals to set up a telemedicine network shows the way in reaching specialised medicare to rural