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Feb 1-15, 1995
Cover Story
These are the days of frenetic crossborder data networking. Electronic cilia have crawled into almost every nook in the world where information could be waiting to be tapped or inserted. Access to a gigantic, and growing, well of information is a few keyboard jabs away -- except from shambling India
News
The blowout at its rig in Andhra Pradesh has put the Oil and Natural Gas Commission in a technological fix, apart from raising the question of whether safety measures at the other exploration sites are adequate
The oil industry could have gone crackers
Police fire kills 1, and Goa's Thapar DuPont nylon venture takes a dive
... and the government's new set of rules to ensure safety standards in DNA-based drugs
West Delhi hutment residents use methane emanating from an abandoned garbage dump for fuel
Interview
Michael Jefferson is vice-president of the London-based World Energy Council (WEC), an international association covering all energy forms. Jefferson has co-chaired 2 main commi...
Science & Technology
A rice hybrid developed in India can help reap an extra Rs 2,500 per ha
A new technique enables the determination of the sex of cattle and goats at the embryonic stage
A group of scientists believe that HIV does not cause the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Scientists have incorporated a facet of human logic into a computer programme to help in disease diagnosis
Coronary heart disease is more prevalent among the poorly educated rural Indians than the well-educated
Exposure to lead little has a weak but significant effect on the intelligence of children
Analysis
From being a romantic quest for treasures and lost civilisations, archaeology has now come down to earth, increasingly associated with reconstructing the apparently esoteric: the thought processes of ancient peoples. But travelling through the maze of time is replete with challenges
These are the days of frenetic crossborder data networking. Electronic cilia have crawled into almost every nook in the world where information could be waiting to be tapped or inserted. Access to a gigantic, and growing, well of information is a few keyboard jabs away -- except from shambling India
Special Report
The Supreme Court has washed aside an ambiguous Review Committee Report and ordered fresh investigations
The Fortnight
Japan's most ferocious earthquake in 50 years flattened the latest perceptions and innovations of safety
A controversial CITES decision allowing South Africa to sell live rhinos may be based on fudged figures
A proposed Indian dam releases a flood of protests in Bangladesh
Health concerns are leading Russia to restrict DNA based drugs
Crosscurrent
Cyril Ponnamperuma's death leaves a void in the world's scientific community
Van Gujjars in the Shivalik foothills vociferously claim managing authority of the Rajaji National Park
Industrial houses and research organisations must join hands and rethink about Indian health standards
Review
Grassroots
Is the desire for a cleaner environment a mere faddish concern? Some Dutch wisdom goes sour during a recent greenhouse debate
Children from all over India recently came together bursting with ideas on how to build a cleaner country
Neglected Nilgiri tribes gathered together to celebrate their ethnic identity and work towards community development
