Ritu Gupta

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More fuelwood = more forests?

In India, where 500 million people out of about 1,000 million depend on forests for their survival, any 'sweet-talk' about wood consumption is …

Code of misconduct

The human genome may not solve all our problems. One of the most far-reaching consequences of the decoding is the ability to predict people's …

Afghanistan's parched wetlands

This war-ravaged country is heading for a disaster

Making houses energy efficient

Our houses gobble up energy and spew out carbon dioxide. Shocking, but true. Buildings, primarily residential and commercial facilities, are …

No silver lining

Even as UNEP calls for an international treaty on mercury pollution, India and other developing countries are oblivious to the dangers of being …

Barriers under pestle

There is an urgent need to rationalise traditional medicinal systems to stop unscrupulous use

Dengue - reality bites

The millions affected have many to curse -- the mosquitoes, officials and the scientific communityby Ritu Gupta

Recipe for rice

The two recently-published incomplete rice genome sequences do not in any way undermine the ten-country effort at a complete sequencing of the …

Melting into oblivion

With rising atmospheric temperatures, glaciers worldwide are rapidly melting. This is a disaster in the making that is yet to be acknowledged

Lull before the storm

The world is about to face the wrath of El Nio. Is India prepared for it?

Blow to anti-AIDS campaign as condom turns taboo subject

The paanwallah-doubling-up-as-a-condom-vendor ad has been taken off the air. Instead, Doordarshan will show a village council member warning …

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