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- Health ministry sets timeframe for keeping animals treated with antibiotics out of food chain
- Poison in disguise 1
- Chaos in the iron age 2
- It’s a demographic disaster
- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- Mirage of a river 1
- Activist lands in jail for protesting lack of health facilities in tribal district five years ago
- Tulsi Fights Fluorosis 2
- Auroville’s alternative galaxy
- 18 tribal villages in Maharashtra get tendu rights, finally
- Environment ministry wants to restore night traffic through Bandipur tiger reserve 52
- A green facade 44
- Diesel: when bad policy makes for toxic hell 38
- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- What’s good insulation? 30
- How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster 28
- Grand distraction called river interlinking 28
- Eat at your own risk 27
- Green energy takes toll on green cover 26
- Temporary solution, permanent jam 25
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Issue Date: Aug 31, 2006
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There is a new guide book for judges in Australia that suggests ways to deal with gay men and aboriginal people. Jurists are also urged not to use sporting analogies -- such as on a sticky wicket -- in court when dealing with someone from an ethnic or migrant background.
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It seems Sting is as legendary for his musical flair as he is for supporting sustainable wood. According to www.treehugger.com, 77 per cent of the wood utilised in the construction of his Mini Martin guitar, of renowned makers C F Martin and Co, originated from 'Smartwood' certified forests, which are managed in a sustainable and ecologically responsible manner.
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