Hot water; hotter tempers
On April 10, a hot sunny day, Chennai’s Chepauk stadium became a fortress. Yellow barricades, armed policemen and security vans surrounded the venue. The Indian Premier League was in town, and the Chennai
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Good Samaritans? Well.....
By definition Non Governmental Organisations must have come into being along with governments. Though NGOs have, in this manner, a long history, it is only in the past 20 years that they have become
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Growing stature
Ramesh Sharma, superintendent of police, Durg, may be a no-nonsense officer, but off duty, he represents the "human face" of the police. Over the past decade, Sharma has planted more than 2.5 lakh
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Kickstart conservation
The Ministry of Water Resources has chalked out a country-wide agenda for the year of the Freshwater. A good monsoon gives us good cheer but a false sense of security. Look at the larger picture and
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Harnessing the rain god
New water conservation method may rid Maharashtra of water problems. In the parched landscape surrounding Aurangabad city, there is an oasis. The 50 acre teak plantation of Vijay Kedia. The 47 year
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From darkness to light
Vicky Kashyap, a class 10 student, no longer needs to study by the light of a kerosene lamp. A dozen families, including his, in Dokwala, 30 km from Dehradun, has got electricity thanks to a HESCO
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In troubled waters
India and Bangladesh unable to find an amicable river sharing formula. Sharing river water is often a bone of contention. And when it comes to India and Bangladesh, it is a question of 54 rivers that
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Quicksilver killer
Mercury contamination victims demand compensation; the Hindustan Lever thermometer factory at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu says it is
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Water saver
The environment ministry has urged Australians, hit by one of the worst droughts in over a century, to undertake a water sharing scheme that could prove a hit. People in Victoria, the nation's second
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Signs of science
US doctors have got their teeth into a new feat of biotechnology. They have managed to grow living pig teeth in rats' intestines and they are optimistic about transferring the technology to humans.
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Cry in the wilderness
Visualize Goa without the carpet of green paddy fields, sans the Mandovi. A desert called Goa. The grim scenario is inevitable, say environmentalist, if Karnataka goes ahead with its plan to