Feature Article

There is as yet no conclusive evidence of an adverse effect of mobile phone use on people’s health. An inter-ministerial committee has, however, asked that mobile phone manufacturers prominently display certain health-related technical features.

A case study of how science is taught in some of the primary schools in Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh reveals that a lack of “cultural capital” does hamper the economically poor students in synchronising with the “education” that is designed in school textbooks and taught by teachers.

he impact of the 1991 reforms on the Indian manufacturing sector has been a subject of much debate. The reforms were expected to result in a high growth rate coupled with a structural change towards high technology industries. This paper analyses data on 60 three-digit industries, reclassified into four technology-intensive subgroups, for the period 1980-81 to 2005-06.

Red Letter Day for bamboo

In 2008, the village applied for the right over 18 sq km of village forest area under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006

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In 2009, Mendha Lekha alongwith Marda village became the first villages in the country to win community rights under the Forest Rights Act.