Farmers shifted from tiger reserve two years ago denied irrigation In 2007, 140 families were relocated from Botezari and Kolsa villages inside the Tadoba-Andhari tiger reserve in Maharashtra. The families, mostly subsistence farmers, were given a new address 70 km away
82 per cent Indian farmers want bio-fertilizers says study excessive use of synthetic fertilizers in India is reducing soil fertility and affecting food production, said a joint study by non-profit Greenpeace and West Bengal
Orissa schools and colleges to buy handloom fabric cotton and silk fabrics from the handlooms of Orissa are prized across the country for their fine weaves but most weavers in the state earn very little. To improve their income, the state
The Bandra-Worli sea link, connecting the suburbs with south Mumbai, has not solved traffic problems. Cars exiting at Worli have to slow down, turn left and negotiate a roundabout. The road was opened to traffic on June 30
VIEW FINDER MODERN ART MEETS WILDLIFE A novel art exhibition in the Schonbrunn zoo in Vienna, Austria, highlights the damage inflicted by humans on the environment. Among the exhibits, put together by artist duo Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf, are a sunken car wreck in the rhino pen and an oil pump in the penguin enclosure. The
Organophosphates include insecticides like malathion, parathion and fenthion, which are widely used in developing countries like India. The pesticides inhibit the activity of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase. The enzyme breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which transmits impulses from brain and to the body. Breakdown of acetylcholine signifies the end of a transmission. This is
Virotherapy now works A cancer treatment method, called virotherapy, involves reprogramming viruses to attack cancer cells in the body. But this method wasn
