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 deal blocked
Strong protests led by the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha help prevent the international seed company Syngenta from acquiring from India a rich collection of rice germ
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Drought in the delta
The failure of the monsoons and the insufficient flow of water in the Cauvery lead to a drought of calamitous proportions in the Cauvery delta in Tamil
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The rise of RNA
New evidence suggests that RNA is not the intermediary between DNA and proteing, but the end
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The agricultural trade imbroglio
The all-or-nothing strategy of the developing countries, pursued with the hope of winning major trade battles by offering small concessions in areas like agriculture, faces a stumbling block in the
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The big freeze
A cold wave takes a heavy toll of the poor in northern and central India, chiefly among those sections of the population already left vulnerable by economic
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A conflict in the forest
The brutal police action against Adivasi encroachers in the protected forests of Wayanad in Kerala highlights two facts: the growing frustration at the A.K. Antony government's broken promises and
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Land reforms in reverse?
The Tamil Nadu government's wasteland development programme, which will pave the way for the entry of corporate giants into the State's agricultural sector, is likely to deprive thousands of farmers
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Eating up forest land
Encroachment by politically and economical influential groups threatens to destroy the already shrinking forest cover of
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Understanding dementia
An international workshop in Chennai on dementia underlines the need to create awareness about the problem and improve treatment options and facilities, especially in developing countries like
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The issue of extradition
The committee on Government Assurances indicts the Central government for its apathy in the matter and obtaining the extradition of the former chairman of the Union Carbide Corporation, Warren