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Trimming fats

The US is determined to eliminate trans fatty acids from its food. Can India do the same?

Rogue GM crops wreak havoc

Monsanto’s unauthorised GM wheat in the US has spooked the world, but contamination is widespread

When business rules our kitchens

Universal health scare

The country’s planners are debating how to provide healthcare to all. In a drastic shift from the 65-year-old public health system, the …

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Climate of irrationality

Developed and developing countries are divided over regulating super greenhouse gases under Montreal Protocol

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Think before you drink

Studies confirm energy drinks like Red Bull can be unsafe. India yet to limit their caffeine content

Letters

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Durban diary: a visual journal

Time-out

The 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change met in Durban in December 2011. Negotiations were heated and …

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Troubled Beautiful Minds

They are there—each residential area has its mentally disturbed people; each family has anecdotes of crazy relatives. Nobody wants to …

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How vulnerable are we to mental disorders?

Sunshine sector loses sheen

About 40 kilometres from Delhi, in the bustling real estate market of Noida-Greater Noida, lies the biggest irony that the renewable energy …

Future compromised

The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …

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