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Oct 15-31, 2010
Cover Story
Ten years ago Bangladesh’s rivers were deeper and hilsa plentiful. Silting, dams and pollution pushed the fisher into deep ocean leading to shortage and a ban on export to India in 2006. The Bangladesh fish wholesaler’s loss became Gujarat’s gain as increasingly hilsa from the Tapti and the Narmada feed the Kolkata market. Though people say the Gujarat hilsa tastes bland in comparison, the delectable fish from the Padma costs at least 500 rupees more. Kaushik Das Gupta travelled to Bangladesh to report on the hilsa’s shifting homebase
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News
Caffeine content in energy drinks go unchecked
The fate of 400,000 tonnes of rice hung in balance for more than a year
Rejects farmers’ plea against cement plant in Bhavnagar
States want them, but not willing to spend on their salaries
Governments should give information, says bank
People in Tripura complain to environment ministry
Gujarat brings back draconian bill
Projects precede public hearing
Farmers fear losses in spite of predictions of a bumper harvest
Kerala cricket association clears wetland trees to build stadium
Rajasthan fails to allot land to those displaced by Pong dam
Leh farmers face losses as flood debris rendered land uncultivable
Interview
Computer scientists from Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, USA, launched software that uses the sky’s pictures to test air quality. Sameera...
Patently Absurd
By ending ownership of ideas we can banish ignorance and change human history
Science & Technology
A rapid test for pulmonary tuberculosis makes detection more efficient
Ashwagandha that grows in the wild fights illness better
Wheat yield in danger
Multiple habitats helped tetrapods grow and diversify
Origin of aerosols dictates cloud shape
Drug-resistant malaria traced back to gorilla
Special Report
Gandhi ashram protests polluting pig iron plant nearby
A shoddy inter-academy report on GM crops casts a shadow on the integrity and competence of Indian science, while a US expert finds approval for Bt brinjal deeply flawed
Feature
DAHR JAMAIL visited Louisiana fisheries on harvest day but found the catch sordid
Food
Crosscurrent
GDP growth is not a fool-proof measure against climate change
The corporation’s Earth News went to town with its discovery of lost tigers that were never lost
