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In the long run, scientists say, a concerted strategy to battle malaria offers hope, but who will fund this poor person's disease?

The use of synthetic insecticides in repellents

New areas are being researched in malaria control and knowledge in the conventional fields has expanded

Another agent to help control mosquito breeding?

Insecticide treated nets could lower immunity to malaria among children

It's been a century of research and implementation of malaria control strategies. But the disease continues to claim three million lives every year

A story of perseverance in research

The government is yet to decide what stand to take on the international trade in recyclable waste as banning it completely will hit industry hard

The issue of waste import for recycling shot into limelight in 1995, when a public interest litigation was filed at the Supreme Court. Wastes were entering the country in huge quantities. The

While people worry about patenting of upmarket plant products like neem because of transnational interest, India's unique biodiversity of domesticated animals is disappearing because of lack of attention. Indira Khurana of the