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How the villagers of Pujara Ki Chowki foiled hamhanded attempts of the state forest department to force start a plantation on a forest already protected and nurtured by the people

Increased incomes, innovative financing schemes, short-sighted policies and wasteful attitudes have led to an enormous amount of energy being squandered

Moulded plastic handles enable the farmers of the Tahirpur leprosy colony in Delhi to harvest high yields

Developing countries should opt for solar water heaters

With successful implementing energy conservation measures, Brazil has proved that developing countries need not head for a burnout

How do you fix faulty genes that cause cellular havoc by sending out all the wrong signals? Using molecular genetic techniques, scientists are trying to insert bits of foreign DNA into cancerous

In India, medical research has concentrated on communicable diseases like tuberculosis and leprosy. Cancer research is still at a preliminary stage and most research centres have focused on the

Cancer sneaks in through various agents. Some instances:

Cells are not immortal. But cancer scientists have only recently taken this fact seriously. Apoptosis, a Greek word meaning the shedding of leaves in autumn, refers to the tendency of cells to commit

Geographical Information Systems is revolutionising the present and portend a happier future. Or so we hope in the maps of our minds.