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Jun 15-30, 2012
Cover Story
A growing number of people are unable to shed those extra pounds despite strict diet regimes and long hours of workout. Evidence shows that the toxins in the environment could be playing the spoilsport. They modify the body’s physiology and make it difficult to lose weight. While the West is waking up to the complex linkages between chemicals and obesity, realisation is yet to dawn on doctors and researchers in India. Vibha Varshney, Dinsa Sachan and Sonal Matharu report on the new trigger for obesity and the way out
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Most successful court on environmental matters lacks amenities, infrastructure
Rajasthan says levels within permissible limit. Critics claim even ‘safe’ levels are harmful
Maharashtra to finally give JFM villages their due, but the share is bigger, say activists
Delayed monsoons, high input cost make farmers shift to guar, groundnut and pulses
Interview
The Vidarbha region in Maharashtra was hit by a meteor shower on May 22. It was no spectacle—it came between 2 pm and 2.30 pm—in the hottest part of the day and mon...
Eddy Moors, who heads the Earth System Sciences and Climate Change group at Alterra Wageningen University and Research Center in the Netherlands, coordinated a...
Patently Absurd
German Pirate Party’s strong showing in the May elections is a sign that anti-IPR movements resonate with the people
Science & Technology
Copper-T better in emergency, but doctors do not encourage its use
Commercial ships provide better tsunami warnings
Nanogenerators now use pressure to produce electricity
Household cleaning products cause cardiac diseases
Exposure to arsenic also increases risk of hypertension
Special Report
Industrial houses use tribals as fronts to amass tribal land in Chhattisgarh
World is moving towards natural capital as a measure of economic growth
Traders say Food Safety and Standards Act rolls out red carpet for multinationals
As the government rushes to digitise cable TV network, analysts say it will only add to the burden of consumers
Food
Long-forgotten palash flower helps beat the heat, offers health benefits
Crosscurrent
Fascination and challenges of the search for extra-terrestrial life
Forest Act Amendment Bill maintains the forest department as the supreme controlling agency
On May 28, police officers and celebrities in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro joined about 1,500 residents in a race through a shanty town to celebrate peace. The Challenge for Peace retraced the route used by drug traffickers to escape the Alemao Favela when police moved in in November 2010. Even former drug gang members took part in the five-kilometre run through the favela’s narrow streets.
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