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Environmentalists beef up defences

How plugging a loophole may create a flaw in a convention

Business ultimately depends on profit. Sustained growth depends on wise investment. But as economies grow and productivity rises, resource use also increases, leading to wastage. This need not be so. Profit making and resource conservation can be complem

Rejuvenation of the Ruparel river in Rajasthan has brought about a wave of prosperity in the region. The gains are manifold

About 150 families in village Velaghat in district Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, have been issued

Adoption of new devices for lighting can help lighten the burden of work and raise human productivity

Low pollution cars which use less gasoline are the need of the hour

Technological improvement for greater efficiency faces many hurdles, especially poor immediate returns on investment

Water starved regions can become sef suficient

Weeds acquire strange resistance to herbicides. Nature seems to go haywire. And causing all the confusion are genetically modified organisms, reports Indira Khurana