Test tube brinjal

Science and Technology - Briefs

Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana has been extended for five more months

Activists and experts welcome Prime Minister Modi’s announcement

Mandla Brimful of thirst

Average rainfall: 1,300 mm Irrigation: 2% of gross cropped area

Industry evades responsibility for heavy metals in cosmetics

Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has refused to accept that their products have toxins

India's strategies for rice congress

Most cancer patients in India die without medical attention: study

'It is a myth that cancer is prevalent only in urban areas'

DANGER zone

If no action is taken soon, a major ecological disaster is waiting to strike Panipat

Letters

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Undone

10th climate change meet shows how weak the will to combat global warming has become

Fissures in West Bengal's Left government over land acquisition

Doomsday vault in Arctic to save crop diversity

Education policy for kids under six

Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs

UN to cut food supplies to African refugees

The drastic cut will affect 800,000 people in the African continent

Obesity-related diseases: doctors propose lower waist size cutoffs for screening Indian children

Waist circumference is a reliable indicator of metabolic syndrome, says study

Old demons remain, new emerge

Developing nations warn any move to reinterpret UNFCCC will be counterproductive

JUMBO FAST FOOD

MAHYCO refuses to share safety data on GM crops

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SOUTH ASIA

Flower delicacies of the Northeast

Bayer to phase out toxic pesticides

Environmentalists say withdrawal because of economic viability