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Sep 1-15, 1996
Cover Story
Traditional curative systems like ayurveda, homoeopathy, acupuncture... are being revived as alternative medicine. But in India and the Orient, the original homes of some of the most effective alternative medical systems in the world, these are reduced to playing the roles of medical sidelings, while the United States takes the lead in research and development in the field
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News
The Alamatti dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joins the ranks of the nation's major wrangles over river waters
Denmark has for the first time introduced a law relating to the transfer of polluting technologies to other countries
A fresh map of coastal Gujarat may enable the completion of a jetty whose construction is under dispute
Non-governmental organisations face the wrath of the government for exposing the loopholes in its wildlife policy
The Supreme Court has upheld the rights of Gujarati tribals to permanent employment
More than a decade after the Bhopal gas disaster, the data collected from those exposed to the gas remains shrouded in mystery
Interview
Muchkund Dubey's crowning achievement at the end of an illustrious career as a diplomat was his role as India's foreign secretary during the Uruguay Round of negotiations. He...
Science & Technology
The mystery behind the deaths of endangered American manatees has been solved. The high concentration of the chemical brevetoxin in red tides lashing the Florida coast is the cause
The creation of computer models of forest fires has helped establish the long ignored role of wind patterns in the spread of these fires
A new technique that monitors emissions by detecting toxic substances right inside smokestacks, spells anathema for manufacturers who have been dodging pollution laws
British researchers have come up with a programme that tones down the use of artificial chemicals on farms heavily
Medical researchers in the US now insist that previous regimens, prescribing heavy exercise for women, are actually harmful
There is new evidence that the human brain does not generally disintegrate with advancing age. And that even if it does, the maladies are curable
In a bid to halt the crippling disease in its tracks, American researchers have recently experimented with gene therapy as a cure for arthritis
A new neurosurgical technique could mean a new life for those with severed a spinal cord, which with a little guidance, can nurse itself back to health
Mating practices of yeast cells provide some pointers to the little-known area of asymmetrical cell division
Can the deadly dengue be controlled by injecting its carrier mosquito with another virus?
A new theory attempts to explain the mystery behind steroid hormones' anti-inflammatory and immuno-suppressive qualities
The recycling option has once again shown that wastes like bagasse and wheat straw can be profitably used to generate energy, which could in all probability, ease the continuing energy shortage
Communication is vital to aerial fire-fighting. A project in the US aims at making it easier for pilots with the help of the advanced navigation display system
Microwaves can not only pave a path into orbit for spaceships but also make a trip to the moon an affordable reality
Shake a few bits of silicon in a petri-dish containing water and lo, you have a three-dimensional structure!
Now conferencing can be a lot brighter and lighter with the help of a new device that does away with dark rooms and bulks of paper
Analysis
Traditional curative systems like ayurveda, homoeopathy, acupuncture... are being revived as alternative medicine. But in India and the Orient, the original homes of some of the most effective alternative medical systems in the world, these are reduced to playing the roles of medical sidelings, while the United States takes the lead in research and development in the field
Governmental disinterest and lack of research has till date stifled the promise of the Indian systems of medicine, but health and family welfare minister Saleem Shervani says that all is not lost
Homoeopathy, the butt of broadsides and jokes of practitioners and adherents of conventional medicine, is giving its detractors a run for their money. Increasing popularity across the world and clinical trials which have held up its claims to cures, strengthen the case for a thorough scientific assessment of this alternate system
Across the Palk Strait, Sri Lanka turns back the pages and rejuvenates its traditional indigenous systems of medicine
Special Report
On July 4, 1997, planet Mars will see robots crawling about, seeking more evidence of life there, egged on by the extraordinary find of 'life' in a Martian meteorite (below) which had landed on Earth 13,000 years ago. But for the moment, that find itself remains a raging controversy
The predatory Nile perch, introduced with all good intentions into the Lake Victoria, is turning out to be the magnificent lake's nemesis
The Fortnight
Yet another discovery in a series of unfolding spatial dramas propels Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, into spotlight
Leader
Crosscurrent
Despite tonnes of evidence about the ruinous import of pesticides, humankind, especially in the South, are using just that much -- tonnes of it
Sitting in urban comforts and planning for a rural set-up can only spell doom for any activity on the development front, for the village is a separate entity and not a smaller version of a city
