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Jul 15-31, 2010
Cover Story
Groundwater has failed Andhra Pradesh’s farmers. Between 1997 and 2006, about 4,500 farmers committed suicide, unable to repay loans they had taken to drill borewells. MOYNA and ASHUTOSH MISHRA found farmers scoffing at rules to dig deeper for an uncertain resource. They have few alternatives. The Andhra government intends to check the increasingly depleting groundwater reserves by roping in farmers to monitor groundwater use. Will it result in a shift to less water-intensive crops?
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Constructs Chhattisgarh plant without clearance
Pentavalent vaccine linked to child deaths in Sri Lanka, Bhutan; ball in high court
It can function without treating SO2, says environment ministry
Near Tadoba Andhari reserve
Personnel department has not framed appointment rules
Begins constructing power plant in Chhattisgarh, illegally
People stall soil testing
Orissa government to save Rs 40 crore by cancelling them
Public hearing was a farce, say activists
Kartanaka power project gave false information
Will National Hydro Power Corporation heed report?
EXIM Bank nearly denied funds to Reliance’s coal-fired plant
Interview
Why do Americans buy expensive bottled water when they have high quality tap water? That’s been an abiding enquiry for PETER GLEICK. Scientist, economist, environmentalist an...
Patently Absurd
Rich countries gang up for a more strident intellectual property rights regime
Science & Technology
Studies explain how drugs for asthma, diabetes cause osteoporosis
Quake activates nearby faults, triggers more quakes
Protect against malaria-induced anaemia
At current rate seawater will turn acidic by century end
Magnets to check fat content of milk, adulterated oil
Third generation of a benign fungus could boost yield
Bigger aerosols trigger rain
Exhaust gas from generators fuels air conditioners
Web Check
Special Report
Self-help groups making low-cost sanitary napkins are ready to supply them to rural India
Ayurveda prescribes it for heart ailments; no data available on surviving plants
Feature
A radio-mechanic-turned-entrepreneur who made it to NCERT textbooks—and penury
Bullock-powered pump to tide over farmers’ electricity woes
People watch helplessly as the sea nibbles the Konkan coast, swallowing groves and beaches, and shallowing creeks
Opinion
What are patents? Why have they become politically contentious and a major source of friction between rich nations and the developing world?
There is no straight jacket solution for the geo-politics and lobbying, In due course the developed nations would see good...
We always talk on rich and poor countries but we rarely talk or discuss the issue “how to reduce the greenhouse gases...