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Ritu Gupta
Ritu Gupta
Articles by the Author
2006-10-31
A new publication on energy in the region raises critical questions
2006-7-31
Researcher prefer organic farming to chemicals and fertiliser
2006-7-15
Timarpur waste management company in Delhi set to revive plant
2006-7-15
Pollution has reduced rainfall in south Asia
2006-7-15
Satu Hassi, the former environment minister of Finland and now a member of the European parliament, speaks to Ritu Gupta on the business of CDM
2006-6-30
Government approach to restoring traditional waterbodies of Tamil Nadu doesn't hold water
2006-5-15
Controversial study overturns claims that mangrove forests are shields against tsunamis
2004-1-15
Maize is undeniably humanity's greatest, and the first, feat of genetic engineering. But the success story cannot be attributed to modern humans. A recent research shows that it is only due to the selective breeding efforts of ancient Americans that maize today has its huge ears, each packed with firmly attached kernels sumptuously filled with starch, protein and oil. It is these characteristics that made a useless grassy weed, called teosinte, into an edible species...
2003-11-30
Contrasting sentiments marked the opening of the 19th World Mining Congress in New Delhi on November 1. President A P J Abdul Kalam warmly welcomed potential foreign investors as he inaugurated the five-day mega meet. But the event got a cold reception from environmentalists and activists, who described it as a forum to plot the plunder of India's natural resources
2003-11-15
Scientists at last find concrete proof - an eighteenth-century painting
2003-11-15
But most nations are ill-equipped to protect biodiversity havens
2003-7-15
The paanwallah-doubling-up-as-a-condom-vendor ad has been taken off the air. Instead, Doordarshan will show a village council member warning women about aids and exhorting them to be faithful. The shift in focus heralds a drastic change in India's aids prevention policy. No longer condom-centric. Harping on abstinence and fidelity. But also glossing over certain facts: like heterosexual transmission being responsible for more than 82 per cent of the country's nearly 4 million HIV positive cases, and the experiment having failed elsewhere in the world
2003-6-30
In India, where 500 million people out of about 1,000 million depend on forests for their survival, any 'sweet-talk' about wood consumption is bound to elicit a strong reaction. A study suggesting India's forest cover has improved due to an increase in the demand of forest products evokes that
2003-6-15
The human genome may not solve all our problems. One of the most far-reaching consequences of the decoding is the ability to predict people's susceptibility to particular diseases. Experts question the use of such a power. Will employers harness the data to block jobs for those with a less favourable genetic inheritance?
2003-3-15
Our houses gobble up energy and spew out carbon dioxide. Shocking, but true. Buildings, primarily residential and commercial facilities, are responsible for approximately 35 per cent of US greenhouse gas emissions. Ventilation and insulation are not given adequate emphasis in urban layouts. Consequently, urban sprawls manage to use more energy for air conditioning and warming. The result is 'heat islands', characterised by temperatures higher than that of the surrounding areas
2002-10-31
Even as UNEP calls for an international treaty on mercury pollution, India and other developing countries are oblivious to the dangers of being at the import-end of the chain
2002-7-31
There is an urgent need to rationalise traditional medicinal systems to stop unscrupulous use
2002-7-15
The millions affected have many to curse -- the mosquitoes, officials and the scientific community
by Ritu Gupta
2002-6-30
The two recently-published incomplete rice genome sequences do not in any way undermine the ten-country effort at a complete sequencing of the rice genome
2002-5-15
With rising atmospheric temperatures, glaciers worldwide are rapidly melting. This is a disaster in the making that is yet to be acknowledged
2002-4-15
The world is about to face the wrath of El Nio. Is India prepared for it?
