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Driven to despair

Instead of killing the bollworm, pesticides only push cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh deep into debt. For some cultivators, suicide was the only way out

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"Carpet bombing" the worm

The bollworm has come to stay and eradicating it will be difficult, if not impossible. Scientists are trying to contain the pest by bombarding it with everything they've got

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The long and the short of Indian cotton

UNTIL the 18th century, India was supreme in the production of cotton goods. However, after the Industrial Revolution, the British initiated a policy to replace the indigenous or desi, short stapled cotton with the American, long stapled American species

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Just shifting the issue

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As the authorities dither and bicker over how to combat pollution in the Capital, industrial units proliferate and entrench themselves virtually unchecked

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Linking up to stay afloat

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People affected by an irrigation project in Rajasthan are not only speaking out collectively against the insensitivity, they are teaming up with others in same soup

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Cross words

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When it comes to industries in Delhi, authorities seem to revel in working at cross purposes

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Bark and bite

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A whopping 25,000 people formed a human chain in Kerala's Jeerakappara forest to rally against the wanton destruction wrought by encroachers

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Capital pollution

It's not just illegal factories that are to blame; industrial estates are also culpable

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Counting on origami

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The Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes empowers tribals with the knowledge of mathematics

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The double edged sword

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Picture this: A doctor draws out cells from a foetus to diagnose if it will develop into a normal child. A simple and quick test of the sample indicates that the child could be struck with a debilitating disease for which there is no cure in its adu

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