Sunday warriors

Residents of Lucknow have taken up the task of cleaning the river Gomti

Lab's labour lost

Products designed by premier scientific institutions fail to find the pulse of the market

Mango resistance

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s mango belt are clear they will not allow Lucknow’s solid waste facility on their dashehari land

Monument to hunger

The 1784 famine of Lucknow region and a nawab's philanthropic gesture gave us a magnificent monument

Wildlife mismanaged

The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves

Hobson's choice

The Uttar Pradesh government's proposal to shift the Lucknow zoo stirs a hornet's nest

Grounded!

A new rule in Lucknow keeps vehicles off the roads unless certified as pollution-free

Fossil find

Scientists find the oldest life form in Indian geological history

Autumn for neem

Insects that cause defoliation put neem trees at risk

Tiger alert

Pluck and dry

Herbarium trip shows climate change not the only threat

Herbal cure for stones

INDIA

Power to pollute

More power will mean more pollution, say participants at a recently-held seminar in Lucknow

Brahmi brouhaha

The memory-boosting effects of a Brahmi -based drug in humans is yet to be fully ascertained

Paying the price

Uttar Pradesh forest officials slap a hefty fine on poachers

This is a good bioenhancer

Drumstick molecule increases absorption of drugs

Grow your vegetables

Amol Kalan Paschim, a nutrition-secure village

The herbal coming!

An Indian research institute has developed a herbal insecticide and a neem-based insect repellent

Using urea

40 km for Rs 5

Indian scientists design a bike engine that runs on air

Drug booster

Anti-fungal medicine can make malaria drugs deadlier

Fruits of science

An Indian research institute is in the process of developing a banana variety with a longer shelf-life

FARMERS PLIGHT

'Television had promised rain'

RAMESH YADAV, migrant auto driver, converses with NITIN SETHI on drought, media, politics and migration