Science
Down To Earth
Whose Waste Is It?
Producers are shifting their plastic recovery responsibility to other companies
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February 01, 2019
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Drowning In Debris
Construction and demolition waste is piling up across India. Regulations are in place, but recycling is yet to gain momentum.AVIKAL SOMVANSHI breaks down the cartouche of waste mismanagement
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June 16, 2019
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Why We Need A Circular Economy
Reusing products is not only necessary for a sustainable future, but also makes business sense
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June 16, 2019
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Crisis Management
Jared Diamond's latest book espouses that nations can come out of a crisis just the way people do Ishan Kukreti
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July 01, 2019
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Curbing True Lies
The answer may not be to enact laws to ban fake news, as Singapore has recently done.
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July 01, 2019
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Scorcher
Heat waves have swept 23 Indian states and union territories claiming lives and throttling livelihoods. They are breaching boundaries across the world and are also becoming more intense. What can we do to cope with it?
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July 01, 2019
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Wild Delight
Sohphie, a sweet-and-sour fruit, marks the arrival of spring in Meghalaya. It is relished raw as well as in pickles Shalini Dhyani.
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July 01, 2019
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Insured, Really?
NDA government's flagship crop insurance scheme is losing traction with farmers
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July 16, 2018
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Don't Misunderstand The Leopard
Few wildlife enthusiasts have tracked leopards more closely or known them more intimately than JONATHAN and ANGELA SCOTT, who have made the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya their home for over 40 years. They speak to DEEPANWITA GITA NIYOGI about their book, The Leopard's Tale, that chronicles the secret and risky life of two leopards and their cubs.
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July 16, 2018
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Drowning In Waste
While Zanzibar is cashing in on tourism, it is also battling plastic menace in the form of litter consisting of discarded water bottles and toiletries
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November 01, 2018
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Wells Rescued
Kerala's Thrissur district has managed to arrest groundwater depletion by promoting well-recharge
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November 01, 2018
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The Zero Budget Farming Discord
There is unease over the crusader of natural farming, Subhash Palekar, for renaming the technique after himself
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November 01, 2018
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The Ganga Crusader
G D Agarwal's death after holding fast for 111 days for the cause of India's holy river should inspire us to fight in a Gandhian manner
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November 01, 2018
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Rise Of The Fall
Fall Armyworm, a deadly but little understood crop pest, poses a threat to food security and livelihoods of millions as it ravages crops in Africa and now Asia. First detected in July 2018 in India, the pest has caused widespread damage to maize crops, raising the possibility that the country may have to import maize.
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March 01, 2019
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Bedaquiline And India's Patent Law
Opposition to the new patent claims on the Johnson & Johnson drug is a test of how well the rules against evergreening are working.
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March 01, 2019
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Robots Are Here, Almost
The use of industrial robots is growing at an unprecedented rate in India. Are blue-collar jobs under threat?
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March 01, 2019
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Hidden Elixir
A one-stop medicine shop, amrakh can be the wow factor in homemade pickles and chutneys.
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March 01, 2019
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Encroached Upon
Thirteen years aft er a historic law was formulated to give forest dwellers legal ownership of their traditi th onal land, their fate still hangs in the balance.A recent Supreme Court verdict, which almost made their eviction imminent, has brought the focus back on the tedious righhts recognition process under the Forest Rights Act, 2006.ISHAN KUKRETI reports from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarli and Delhi, with inputs from PRIYA RANJAN SAHU in Odisha
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March 16, 2019
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Of Cacti And Algae
Even after 50 years, India's research on forage crops fails to avert fodder shortage but churns out some unconventional alternatives
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March 16, 2019
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Profitable Pods
Yongchak is a Manipuri legume used in salads, pickles and delicacies
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March 16, 2019
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Empanel A Jury...
...because solar panel waste is piling up
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March 16, 2019
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Farmers Rights Are A Hot Potato
The fallout between US major PepsiCo and Gujarat’s potato growers underlines the looming threat to farmers’ rights in India over ownership of seeds.
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May 16, 2019
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Kumbh Raises A Stink
A city that celebrated the festival of faith months ago, is on the verge of an epidemic.
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May 16, 2019
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Cyclone Fani - New Gust Of Wind
Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, bringing back horrid memories of the 1999 super cyclone. The state is better prepared now. But a changing climate the chemistry of cyclones as changed. This poses a bigger threat.
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May 16, 2019
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Mystery Fever
Doctors are clueless about the viral strain that has gripped several states in India this monsoon.
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September 16, 2016
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For a Good Night's Sleep
Most urban Indians dread bedtime. Sleep disorders ensure that 93 per cent of the people living in cities don't sleep well or worse, are not able to sleep at all. This sleeplessness results in diseases, which can cost their health and the country's economy dearly. What is causing us to lose sleep? And how can we sleep well again? VIBHA VARSHNEY and KARNIKA BAHUGUNA make sense of latest research.
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March 01, 2017
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A Cure Worse Than The Disease
Isha Foundation's Rally for Rivers initiative to plant trees alongside river banks appears impractical and lacks scientific rigour ISHAN KUKRETI new delhi
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October 16, 2017
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Cassini Dives Into Saturn
The Cassini-Huygens probe has enabled scientists analyse the surface and atmosphere of some of Saturn's mysterious moons SHREESHAN VENKATESH
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October 16, 2017
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At Death's Door
Around three million people are estimated to be severely food-insecure in north-eastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia. JONATHAN POUND looks at the reasons famine still plagues Africa.
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April 16, 2017
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Oh Deer!
Kashmir has barely 200 Hangul deer left, but it does not seem to be alarming enough for the state government, whose conservation initiatives are struggling to get off the ground.
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