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May 1-15, 2006
Cover Story
In the past two months, India has revisited its most contested dam, the Sardar Sarovar Project. While people affected by it in Madhya Pradesh remain stranded, Gujarat has more water than its canals can distribute. An analysis by padmaparna ghosh and s v suresh babu
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135,000 affected by chikungunya disease, government yet to assess gravity of situation
New amendment threatens to kill cheap, generic drugs
Official callousness may result in Tezpur's destruction
To reduce threat of avian flu, says UNEP report
Andhra government rides roughshod over people's views
Subsoil carcinogens possible cause of cancer in Punjab
PIL over forest slapped down
Goa units caught dumping
Dahanu fisherfolk protest
Japan bank sanctions Rs 560-cr loan for Orissa forestry sector
Delhi CM seeks waiver for C'wealth games projects
3 eco-sensitive zones in Maharashtra get short shrift
At Jaipur residents' cost
Sri Lanka's clock reverts
Orissa government gives contract farming green light
Using yeast to produce a cure
Spurt in freshwater flowing into the Arctic can affect climate
Genetic source of eczema and a form of asthma located
oral controls viral growth, may help treat cancer
To reduce threat of avian flu, says UNEP report
Bacteria to help tackle fluorosis
Low oxygen induces sex change in fish
Anti-freeze gene found
Alternative medicine can reduce arsenic toxicity, claims study
India floundering after WTO ministerial
Controversial study overturns claims that mangrove forests are shields against tsunamis
Factsheet
US industry not doing enough about its emissions to mitigate global warming
Analysis
Bad regulation equals contaminated imports
Grain import policy quixotic, lacks logic
Feature
Mizos turn to rainwater harvesting as alternative option
Twenty years ago -- on April 26, 1986 -- the biggest nuclear disaster happened in Chernobyl, in what was then the Soviet Union, when a chain reaction went out of control and blew the lid off the reactor. The fallout has been catastrophic, with the resulting radioactivity contaminating eastern and western Europe, Scandinavia, the UK and the US. Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine, where the nuclear facility was located, were most heavily contaminated.
A month in prison drives man to suicide
Debate
ADB's priority is business, not helping out
India lagging behind due to bad practices
Opinion
Narmada evokes emotions, not negotiation
New find confirms water-land transition, evolutionary theory
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