too demanding: The Uttar Pradesh government decided on December 14, 2004, to constitute an Irrigation Development and Flood Control Commission. The move is allegedly aimed at merely including

The Hong Kong government has been urged to formulate standards for fine particulate matter (fpm) in ambient air. A recent study reveals that fpm levels in Hong Kong are nearly four times higher

The Chinese fettish for bicycles is ending. While the country's new middle class already prefers cars, a recent government move also indicated the same preference. It cancelled the bicycle

Absence of laws makes China the new hub of primate research

Intensive agriculture is destroying China’s soil

Instead of designing a low priced indigenous tractor, industry copies models used abroad

What runs the small farming economy?

The needs of the small farmer require attention: small tractors or animal power? Both?

World trade negotiations are bound to be more multilateral

Recent efforts by China to build more coal-fired power plants is reversing years of improvements in controlling pollution. And that's not all. Neighbouring countries, too, have to suffer the

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