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Mar 15-31, 2002
Cover Story
The saffron-clad sadhus and former dacoits now find a ritual for social restructuring and acceptance: water harvesting. They are building "temples of water" instead of temples of stone. Water harvesting has brought the new age Valmikis dignity and respect
The convoluted laws of the country fail to tackle the menace caused by the exponentially
growing and powerful plastic industry in India
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Union budget 2002-03: all the right noises, all the wrong measures
The US ships out highly toxic electronic waste to Asian countries
Apex court slams Mashelkar committee report
Kashmir's scenic beauty is going up in smoke, courtesy exhaust fumes from vehicles
Controversy over use of animals for medical experiments hots up
Science & Technology
Global warming is not responsible for Africa's upsurge of malaria
Researchers prove that movements in the Earth's crust are largely responsible for the uneven distribution of global biological diversity
A newly discovered HIV-like virus in monkeys provides clues about the origin of AIDS in humans
Cold War nuclear testing has caused 11,000 cancer deaths in the US
Test-tube babies face higher health risks
Pigeons are the closest relatives of the extinct dodo, proves DNA analysis
Cloned mice suffering from obesity shed more doubts on the cloning technique
Satellite images revealing vast quantities of ice on Mars rekindle hopes about life existing on the planet
Scientists develop a plastic that can repair itself when heated
Cold nuclear fusion has been observed during a recent experiment. If this holds ground, energy harnessing process would become much easier
Recycling of discarded vehicles soon to be mandatory in Europe
A new computing laboratory can project larger than real life images of human body's smallest part
An ecofriendly polymer solution can replace polluting salts used for dyeing
Analysis
The Ranganath Misra Committee's report on managing plastic waste is out. Will it fail to deliver like the earlier National Plastics Waste Management Task Force report?
Special Report
Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. samreen farooqui delves into the issue
Time was, when the Saranda forest cover was so dense that even the sun's rays couldn't penetrate it. Ironically, denudation has driven the region from darkness unto light. And tribal communities are being made the scapegoats
Life & Nature
Toddy tappers in Kerala fought off social stigma and repression only to fight new demons like the government's excise policy
The Fortnight
A voyage into space for a three-dimensional monitoring of the polluted environment
Leader
Crosscurrent
The US administration reneged on its earlier undertaking on the Kyoto Protocol, choosing instead to come up with its own climate change strategy: one that does not fool even the US' staunchest allies. By 2012, this strategy is likely to result in a 30 per cent increase, over the 1990 levels, in the emission of greenhouse gases
The finance minister's budget speech has come and gone. As analysts sit down to shred it to bits, Down To Earth looks at a wish list of proposals for a green budget
Grassroots
When the men of Dengajhari failed, women took up arms to protect their forests
The Tree of Authority of Pune's innovative strategies are changing the face of the city
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