The theft by Western corporations of centuries of collective knowledge and innovation developed by Third World women is now approaching epidemic proportions. A prime example of this "biopiracy" is
Study: Despite having the second largest arable area under permanent crops, India has the lowest yield rates ranging from 35 to 98 for the 12 major crops in the world and is further threatened in the
Europe's state-funded health care systems are in a blind over whether the government should fund, purchases of Viagra, amid fears that health budgets may be unable to bear the extra financial burden,
WB: While South Asia as a whole lags behind as far as the status of women is concerned, Pakistan in particular has one of the worst records in female health and education, says World Bank
A new interactive software that could analyse health parameters of a person and indicate his risk status and factors with regard to cardiac diseases, has been launched at Bangalore.
The M.S. Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection 1998 has been given to Dr. Joseph H. Hulse, President of Siemens Hulse International Development Associates. Dr. Hulse was given the award for
Aiming to go beyond the 'energy = electricity' equation of centralised planning, the Kerala State Planning Board intends to give an added thrust to 'integrated, panchayat level energy planning' in
The Union Ministry for Non-conventional Energy Sources has earmarked Rs 26 crores for development of non-conventional energy sources in the North-Eastern states during the current financial year. The
Seriously concerned over the rapid depletion of the ground water-table, the state government has come up with a plan of harvesting rain water through a large number of pits and tanks at a number of
The Delhi government is set to launch "Project Green Engine", with funding from The Netherlands, for a pilot project to convert 50 diesel-run buses of Delhi Transport Corporation to propane fuel
