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Sep 1-15, 1994
Cover Story
In recent years, scientists have closed in on cancer, pinning down precisely how its hellish manifestations are caused and spread. Their findings mean a whole new way of looking at and treating the killer disease
News
Madhya Pradesh took a head-start in implementing the 3-tier panchayati raj. But lack of finances might just undo the transfer of power to the people
Vadodara's residents show that handling garbage hands-on is the best way to beat municipal overload
Bretton Woods institutions come in for a beating from a new coalition of NGOs
Interview
The increasing risk of industrial closure on environmental grounds seems to be stirring many trade unions in India to sensitise themselves to environmental concerns.The Hind Ma...
Science & Technology
An Indian scientist has developed a process to refine low-grade coal to prevent its residue of fly ash
Latex obtained from succulents can be used to manufacture a host of products such as paints, adhesives and roofing material
Mayhem is discovered at the core of matter
Applying small quantities of fertilisers repeatedly gives a better crop yield than a single large dose
Remote sensing devices for measuring vehicular emissions have come of age
An on-farm storage facility has been developed to see potatoes through the summer
The motor neurone disease afflicts muscles but leaves the brain alone
Analysis
In recent years, scientists have closed in on cancer, pinning down precisely how its hellish manifestations are caused and spread. Their findings mean a whole new way of looking at and
treating the killer disease
Increased incomes, innovative financing schemes, short-sighted policies and wasteful attitudes have led to an enormous amount of energy being squandered
Special Report
Wetland management is drawing increasing flak for advocating misdirected conservation strategies and disregarding local needs
The Fortnight
With the Vatican already on the offensive and various unresolved rifts, fireworks are definitely on the agenda of the upcoming population conference in Cairo
E-mail has made it easier for swindlers in the US to rob the unwary
To reduce emissions of ozone-depleting substances, a state government in Germany has hauled the reins on motorists rocketing down highways
Unwitting subjects to a 1954 nuclear experiment, the former inhabitants of a Pacific atoll continue to suffer
Crosscurrent
It's time India realises that it is trade and not merely technological innovation that holds...
C-DOT is transforming the way rural India communicates
Aping Western trends in science has given Indian research priorities a skewed perspective
Review
Grassroots
How the villagers of Pujara Ki Chowki foiled hamhanded attempts of the state forest department to force-start a plantation on a forest already protected and nurtured by the people
Moulded plastic handles enable the farmers of the Tahirpur leprosy colony in Delhi to harvest high yields
