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Islands in the river

The insular but self sufficient existence of the marine nomads inhabiting the islands that pepper the Brahmaputra river as it winds across Assam illustrates how humans can adapt their lifestyle to harmonise with their surroundings. But it's a tou

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Gene blues

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What determines a person"s behaviour through the vicissitudes of life: genes, environment or both? There are many who believe that genetic determinism is fascist ideology in scientific garb. There are others who hold that genetics holds the key to everlas

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Churning the stilled waters

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The citizens of Udaipur are increasingly taking on the government to check degradation of the city"s famed lakes

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The rise and fall of eugenics

Hitler brought disrepute to this science, intended to improve the human race

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Shadow over calm waters

Tourism threatens the Jaisamand lake near Udaipur

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The poisoning of the Tungabhadra

Once again, shoals of dead fish were beached on the banks of the Tungabhadra, in Karnataka's Dharwad district, earlier this year. Most people blame the effluents from 2 industrial units on the banks of the river. But the government remains apathetic

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Living in style in Ladakh

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The Ladakh Ecological Development Group is working to make the harsh life of Ladakhis easier through improved housing and easier methods of getting water

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How pollution affects aquatic life

In 1985, the Transnational Centre, a social action group, took the matter of industrial effluents polluting the Tungabhadra to the Karnataka High Court. The organisation detailed the various changes

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A state indictment

A government body concluded 2 years ago that the Tungabhadra water in the Dharwad district was badly polluted

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Fuelling a crisis

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A recent, innocuous check-and-tally exercise by the Delhi administration unearthed a giant racket diverting to the transport sector heavily-subsidised kerosene meant for domestic consumption

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