Truckers’ strike: 90% of food produce at stake

The country-wide truck operators’ strike continued for the fourth day and it was the farmers who lost the most

Jharkhand: West Singhbhum DMF must invest in improving health care services, says CSE

With more than Rs 370 crore in its kitty, West Singhbhum DMF Trust should prioritise reducing child mortality and improving nutrition for local people

Menstrual cycle is normal; our attitude towards it is not

Girls and women have to fight social norms as well as lack of access to safe adsorbents, bathing space and water to manage their menstrual cycles

Debate: Should water be brought under Centre's control to settle inter-state disputes?

Sushmita Sengupta curates a debate among India's top water policy experts

Novel incentive

Activist dismissed

FOOD FIASCOS

Ruminating rural Raj

FOOD SECURITY AND PANCHAYATI RAJ·Edited by Pradeep Chaturvedi· Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1997·Price Rs 400

INDONESIA

Thought for food

NOT GUILTY

KENYA

Right to food upheld

News Snippets

Malthus revisited

Book>> The End of Food • by Paul Roberts • Bloomsbury, Rs 450

The daily bread

Bangladesh's flood victims have little or no work, and little or no money to buy food. And even the foodstuffs that are provided to them under …

Red alert in the east

Real estate developers and government agencies are devouring the wetlands in communist-ruled Calcutta

Winds of change?

Disaster management chaos leaves Orissa as vulnerable as before

Many a slip

Can India meet the 2012 deadline to provide safe drinking water to all rural homes?

Growth thirsty

Groundwater level is plunging in Dhaka. Experts call for making rainwater harvesting mandatory

When 'calamity' strikes

Water harvesting is the new catchword for the government struggling against drought. And the media is going out of its way to spread the word. In …

Bangalore to get treated wastewater

Contamination

In short

Ahmedabad's Narmada water supply scheme not working out