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Jun 15-30, 1996
Cover Story
Claims of successful regimes go flying out of the window as malaria and TB, aided by fresh drug-resistant traits, play havoc across boundaries
Editor's page
News
Out of more than half the world population that are wannabe urban Bourbons, larger number of women and children will have to rough it out
A US health care programme ought to target poor mothers and children - those most likely to reap its benefits, says an expert report
The government of Nepal has again plunged into a major hydropower project after the Arun fiasco
A one-stop shopping facility at the World Bank for private corporations to meet their project financing and insurance needs in developing countries is worrying
green crusaders
Wildlife management and protection in India warrants a separate ministry, says a
committee recommendation
Interview
H D DEVE GOWDA is today the Prime Minister (PM) of India. Till last month, he was the chief minister of Karnataka. His sole aim there was to make Karnataka the most industrial...
Science & Technology
The conviction that humans are responsible for changes in the world's
climate, is in contention
Behavioural ecologists study the roles played by biology and culture in the process of mate selection among animals and humans
A new technology suggests the use of household organic waste for treating toxic gases emitted by coal-fired power plants
With the discovery of the deadly protein fusin, which helps the HIV virus in penetrating immune system cells, scientists are
feeling more optimistic about finding a cure for the life-threatening disease
Latest research in Britain finds a drug, a synthetic peptide, which forces tumour cells to wither and die
"Eeeks", you may say, but a new robot which can travel down your intestines is opening up exciting possibilities of medical breakthrough, though patients are still unwilling to let 'creeps' inside them
There is striking new evidence that the lollier-pollier the expectant mom, the more the chance of the kid being born with severe abnormalities
Tadpole like objects in the Helix nebula, detected by the Hubble telescope, suggest the presence ofhitherto unseen objects in the universe
This ceramic defies convention and shrinks while it heats. Scientists are optimistic of using this property to make durable electronic circuits
The potential benefits of compounds that behave as superconductors at slightly higher temperatures, has spurred a lot of research activity in the field
First ever X -ray emission by a comet has excited several astrophysicists who are optimistic of bringing some more dark areas of the universe into light
Were the Neandertals our ancestors or a different species? Experts have unearthed intriguing aspects of the lives of these intelligent and compassionate creatures
NASA scientists have developed a new space-based imager with very high resolution which will help foresters, farmers and geologists, and lay the foundation for future land-imaging systems
Researchers in the US have developed an elevator software that will allow the dumb machines to act intelligently and decide where they have to go and how soon
Experts are now busy implementing an innovative technique for preventing the leaning tower of Pisa from going overboard
A flicker of brain signals received by a 'mind switch' and 10, disabled people can do a lot of handy work!
Special Report
The recently concluded FAO meeting on the control over plant genetic
resources, their conservation and sustainable use has left the North
and the South bracing up for a major battle in the days to come
A new climate-friendly and non-CFC technology proposed for refrigerators
may broaden the prospect of North-South cooperation regarding chlorofluorocarbon phase-out
The Fortnight
Leader
Crosscurrent
The Internet is fast becoming a powerful weapon in the hands of
voluntary groups for tying up in knots the hitherto omniscient international business shoguns, forcing them to retreat ... because now the world knows of their dirty games
A village-based approach to wastewater management is ecologically sound and
opens up a clear route to economic upliftment of the communities... one of the farmers
Standing today at the threshhold of a doom 04t can happen actually in a split
second in the form of a nuclear holocaust or a germ warfare, the efforts at
salvaging the environment should ideally be people-oriented
Grassroots
The people of southern Zimbabwe have found a variety of ways and means to upgrade the quality of the environment in their part of the world
A residential school in Chamtagora has relieved the anxieties of migrant workers native to the area, who spend most of the year away from their children
