The fly that got away
The American serpentine leaf miner that infiltrated into India about two years ago is destroying agricultural crops
Boost to ecofriendly farming
A department of biotechnology project to popularise the production of biofertilisers has recently been approved.
Doctoring reservation policy
Confusing admissions rules afflict India's premier medical institute.
Learning Sanskrit on computers
A software programme project that will be a boon to those who want to learn Sanskrit is threatened by a lack of funds.
When science is fun
Children are more likely to develop the spirit of scientific inquiry when they treat science like a game than when they have to study it.
Substantial decline in tiger population
With a sharp fall in India's tiger population, the ministry of environment and forests has decided to set up special teams to deal with poaching.
Operation Desert Swarm
Locust swarms are the bane of farmers in more than 66 countries. Small wonder then that the locust is the only insect that has a global committee …
Swarm warning
Officials claim the locust problem is under control, but unless millions of hoppers -- young locusts -- stalking the deserts are exterminated …
Under international censure
The Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station has managed to secure a World Bank loan of $400 million, but the allegations of environmental …
Perpetrating cruelty for the human palate
Two video films portray the extremes to which humans go in dealing with other life forms to satisfy their needs.
Delhi goes green with Environment Day contest
The Care for the Environment Contest, which was held in New Delhi to mark World Environment Day, met with a response that far surpassed the …
Despite ban, mines thrive in Sariska reserve
A Supreme Court order demanding immediate closure of about 250 mines in and around the Sariska Tiger Reserve has evoked little response from the …
Some farmers laud Dunkel Draft
A section of India's farmers emphatically supported the Dunkel Draft, saying it contains just what they have been demanding for years.
Delayed hazards of earth's fiery outbursts
Volcanic explosions don't only throw up a lot of dust and kill thousands of people. Even two years after a flare-up, weather patterns in distant …
Compendium on natural history hooks reader
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Explaining the chemistry of an oil spill
Oil tanker spills compound the danger to the marine food chain by crude released into the sea in normal operations and seepage from the earth. …
