How effective?

Hunger is big business

Bush reacts to Lancet study

"Drowned and dammed: Colonial capitalism and flood control in eastern India

Flowering of scientific research in nineteenth century Calcutta

Indian villages refuse telephone connections due to naxal problem

Suspect diagnosis

World Bank's take on Indian forestry sector motivated

Is the Babudom reformed?

Balarama Digest: Kid stuff?

If you think free publicity, like 'free lunch', is a no-no in this newly liberalised world of ours, you have got it all wrong. Take a dekko at …

Filtering the fine print

The confusion resulting from reports about pesticides in bottled water and soft drinks saw a few companies sneak-ride upon the concerns of the …

Self medication - buyers beware

Australian doctors have warned Internet users against buying drugs online. They caution that many "health" websites do not provide adequate …

Website review: http://www.saukaryam.org

Vishakhapatnam residents can register and verify births and deaths online and get the certificates delivered to their residences. Payment of …

Fresh look: Video Review

Changing Currents (six films, 26-minute each) produced by TVE International 2003 English

Sound knowledge

Porrit's new clothes

Science must for UK firms advertising green credentials

UK drug companies trying to subvert independent appraisal processes

Paranoid EU

No a los papelones a film on Argentine activists' fear over pulp mill

Origins of Indo-European languages

Now evolutionary biologists have jumped in where linguists fear to tread, namely the stormy question of when and where Indo-European languages …

EU legislation - The wrong note

The music industry is crying out loud against eu legislation for protecting intellectual property, complaining that it falls short of what is …

Woeful ignorance

Alitalia apologies to wastepicker but that is not enough

Myth of compliance

Book review: Plastics for Environment & Sustainable Development

For those concerned about the 'plastic age' in which we live, this 'eco-assessment study' is a must read. But do not go by the report's name, for …