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Not just a nightly ritual
Book>> The Secret Life Of Sleep • by Kat Duff • Simon Schuster • Rs 1,050
Atma Ram Shukla – President, Biogas Forum of India
Atma Ram Shukla superannuated as Advisor (Bio-energy) in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in September, 2011 after working for the …
Second disempowerment
Tribals have lost their decision-making power twice; first to the state then to the Maoists
Memories of a city
Book>> Ahmedabad, Shock city of Twentieth Century India, by Howard Spodek, Orient Blackswan, Rs 795
Together is better
New algorithm shows how group size affects animals’ response to environmental changes
Myth of onion
The humble vegetable’s price is not a lethal weapon against politicians but their victim
A search for a lost friend
Book>> Let’s Call Him Vasu: With The Maoists In Chhattisgarh • Shubhranshu Choudhary • Penguin Books • Rs 350
For the love of gond
How an edible gum works wonders for the taste buds as well as health, explains Pooja Singh
When the ice melts
Book>> The Future History Of The Arctic • by Charles Emmerson • Random House • Rs 599
The joy and the spoilsport
Increase in Durga Puja extravagance has gone hand-in-hand with the erosion of traditional communities and increasing footprints of merrymaking
An identity crisis for the South
The developing world needs to define what the South represents, for otherwise it risks its legitimacy as a negotiating bloc
A handful of aces for the North
Global environmental concerns throw open the South to Northern intervention, whereas the South has limited interest in intervening in Northern …
No taking cheap Colombian coal to Newcastle
John Major's Conservative government is learning the hard way that a free market economy alway works better anywhere but at home.
Speaking for the people
Rio saw the largest ever gathering of NGOs -- over 2,000 of them. And finally the world was forced to acknowledge that NGOs were the real voice …
Off to the next round
The South came back reasonably victorious from Rio, it was only because of the poor leadership of USA. The question now is: will it be able to …
Nothing gained, but nothing lost either
The glitz at UNCED was very impressive -- over 100 heads of government gathered together to thrash out environment politics. But the results were …
The global green farce
At UNCED the inclustrialised countries do not want any serloys restructuring of their economies or their lifestyles to save the earth. But the …
Rio's Stepchild
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification is a non-starter. Administrative and financial matters get the better of any serious attempts to deal …
After 7.9 shock
The earthquake that shook Nepal and northern India underscores the urgency to understand the seismicity of the Himalayas and to improve the …
Forests changing more rapidly than expected
Shifts in species composition associated with environmental change and increased biomass have been identified
Earth-like planet discovered in twin star system
Discovery opens the possibility of many planets in Earth-like orbits in star systems previously unexplored, say scientists
Global temperature highest in 11,000 years
Researchers caution temperatures will rise another 2.0 to 11.5°F by the end of this century
This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline
20 million Americans took to the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970
Rajya Sabha passes coal mining bill
Amendments suggested by members of Parliament rejected
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