Mobile tester for crop diseases

Michigan State University scientists have developed a portable, effective device for testing plant diseases. Called Gene-Z, it was unveiled at …

"DBT's role in policy formulation is limited"

A winner of the 1995 Norman Borlaug Award for her contribution to the field of agricultural sciences, MANJU SHARMA is secretary to the …

"Many want to gain from India's experience"

While India's rule-of-the-fist wildlife conservation programmes focus on protection, UNESCO's Man and Biosphere Programme seeks to lay emphasis …

"The EPA is a weak agency"

Armin Rosencranz , the founder and president emeritus of the Pacific Environment and Resources Centre in California, US, spoke to Madhumita …

"Indian science is run by a mafia"

p m bhargava is the founder-director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (ccmb), Hyderabad. He has also been a former fellow of …

"We need to take the development path"

Herman E Daly asks, "What good is a sawmill without a forest?" That sure is an unconventional question coming from an American …

"Bad TV is better than no TV"

'Welcome to tomorrow' seems to be ARTHUR C CLARKE's motto in life. He was the first to hit upon the notion of global broadcasting networks …

"Tribals conserve to survive"

A scion of one of Ranchi's (Bihar) royal families, K S SINGH retired #s the director general of the Anthropological Survey of India (ASI). He …

Under-sea study will help India

Prattipati Shivshankar Rao is the first Indian scientist to sail the seabed of the mid-Atlantic ridge. His search for hydrothermal fields and …

"History does not repeat itself"

A pioneer in the field of environmental history, Donald Worster of the University of Kansas in the US highlights the importance of the subject …

Who wants what, and how?

The subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) met recently in Bonn, Germany. These were the first …

'Supercede capital'

JOEL KOVEL , Alger Hiss Professor of Social Studies at Bard College in Annandale, New York, is best known as the Green Party's candidate in the …

"Alternative fuel helps us tide over oil crises"

LUIS FERNANDES, Brazil's deputy minister for science and technology, talks to T V JAYAN about his government's biodiesel project and its other …

"Free electricity spurs water wastage"

HAZI SAHEB KHAN from Ghagas village in Haryana's Gurgaon district speaks with remarkable clarity on complex issues related to water. Just back …

"We have completely ignored our biomass sector"

A M GOKHALE, secretary. Union Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, in conversation with KUSHAL P S YADAV

"We increasingly rely on inorganic fertilisers"

James Galloway, chairperson of the US-based International Nitrogen Initiative,tells T V Jayan that problems associated with nitrogen cycle …

"Inland aquaculture can improve livelihoods of millions"

M Vijay Gupta, former assistant director general, World Fish Center, Penang, Malaysia was the World Food Prize winner in 2005. He talks to Sourav …

'Forensics can easily be used in wildlife'

Amul takes hygiene a step forward

At Anand, the dairy cooperative movement’s birthplace, no one will defecate in the open. RAHUL KUMAR, Amul Dairy’s managing director, …

"The world needs a new work culture, not just jobs"

Austrian-born Frithjof Bergmann, a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, USA, founded the Center for New Work in 1984 to help …

A reliable HIV self-test

Nitika Pant Pai, assistant professor at the department of medicine, McGill University, Canada, and her team have analysed data on acceptability …

Most disease maps unreliable

Disease maps help capture distribution of pathogens and their transmission intensity. An international team of researchers has reviewed 355 of …

Advocate for Hyderabad's threatened lakes

Jasveen Jairath, convener of Save Our Urban Lakes, a citizens initiative for saving water bodies of Hyderabad, talks about the challenges of …

Pocket air sensors

Rapid urbanisation coupled with growing industrialisation has increased the levels of pollutants in the air manifold. But detecting these …

'Workers' safety is connected with the environment'

The increasing risk of industrial closure on environmental grounds seems to be stirring many trade unions in India to sensitise themselves to …