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Jan 1-15, 2000
Cover Story
After the 1999 monsoon failed in several areas of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, there is a serious drought. Summer is a good four months away, and already there are reports of riots and deaths over water. But several villages are well equipped to face the water scarcity. While travelling through the region, a Down To Earth reporter found that the villages that have built water harvesting structures do not have a drinking water problem, and some even have enough for irrigation
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...India to get $82 million to phase out production of CFCs, an ozone-depleting substance
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At a recently-held wildlife meet in Cape Town, delegates draft an action plan to conserve migratory species of wild animals
A cigarette company launches smoking prevention programme
Who were the first people to use the alphabet? Semitic people of Egypt, says a fresh discovery
Mayans may lose traditional knowledge to a Us-funded project
Many environmentalists doubt Al Gore's green concerns
Goa pays a price for unchecked mining, says a study
Faced with a severe drought, the Gujarat government decided to reserve water from a dam for the town of Jamnagar. Rural folk of Saurashtra protested. In the ensuing riots, three people died
Interview
Karen E Smoyer of the University of Alberta, Canada, has been working on the impact of poor environment on the weaker sections of society. During her...
Science & Technology
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A fat substitute can speed up the removal of carcinogens
Elephants used to be aquatic mammals
How bacteria acquires the genes to cause cholera
A new cyclone prediction model will indicate the severity of a cyclone at least 12 hours in advance
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CO 2 had nothing to do with the Miocene era global warming
Special Report
The US drug companies want to maintain its monopoly over drug pricing -- a move that will delay the production of cheaper drugs
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Crosscurrent
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Grassroots
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Good job bringing this to light. People won't realise how huge the problem is and municipalities are woefully ill equipped to...
Agreed; mining can never be sustainable, but then how do you get the metals to make all the things you need in the course of...
Very good piece.