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Mar 1-15, 2012
Cover Story
A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality rates to much lower than the national average. Down To Earth travels to some of these districts to understand how they have succeeded in breaking the mould. Vibha Varshney, Sonal Matharu, Ankur Paliwal and Dinsa Sachan report
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A number of solar mission projects operational only on paper
People shifted from Sariska tiger reserve allege they have been deprived of forest rights
Residents protest iron mining in Maharashtra tehsil; authorities blame murder for boycott
Permits use of paddy field unfit for cultivation for other purposes
Patently Absurd
Europe is on the boil over an anti-piracy bill that will curb Internet freedom but its impact on trade in generic medicines is not on the radar
Science & Technology
Simple ways to detect arsenic and fluoride contamination in water
Vitamin D deficiency on the rise; tests to identify it inaccurate
World’s glaciers are melting fast, but not so in Asia
Spread of malaria depends on the direction of wind
How the roundworms became resistant to avermectin
Web Check
PERSUADING individuals to participate is one of the key challenges of the recycling movement. One way to get people interested is to inform them about the magnitude of the problem. This is what the website does.Special Report
Once a parched city, Jodhpur is today facing a deluge
Bangladesh-India power plant can severely affect the mangrove forest, say environmentalists
Maharashtra on way to ban illegal graziers from other states
Local procurement for anganwadis can revive rural economy in a big way
Mobile phone operators want reallocation of the spectrum. Say ISRO is wasting the resource
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Plastic is here to stay. We have to find ways to use it smartly
Pygmy goats can develop “accents” as they grow older. Researchers found that when young goats mixed in their older social groups, their calls became similar. Elodie Briefer and Alan McElligott from Queen Mary’s School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the University of London published their results in the journal Animal Behaviour. 
Genetically modified food is banned at a canteen of its biggest producer Monsanto. Granada Group, which runs the canteen at Monsanto’s pharmaceuticals factory at High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, serves only GM-free meal, says a report by The Independent.
One would hardly expect a film about Nazis invading Earth to be screened at an International Film Festival in Berlin, a city that feels weighed down by its history. But the Finnish sci-fi comedy Iron Sky has turned out to be one of the most talked-about films at this year’s festival. The plot revolves around a group of Nazis who escape to the Moon at the end of World War II to plan a new assault, and invade Earth in 2018.
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