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India

 Poor proof

The relevance of GM crops to the needs of developing countries and ownership of GM has to be guided by sound policy

Publication Date: 
29/09/2003
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Crops
India

 Sri Lanka s Tree Frogs

In 1957, Sri Lankan naturalist Parakrama Kirtisinghe published a monograph titled The Amphibia of

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
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Pesticides, Animal Breeding, Tropical Forests, Deforestation, Research, Sri Lanka, Crops
India

 India

The Union ministry of urban development has issued a notification stipulating that construction activities that create noise will not be allowed after 10 pm. However, construction of highways, roads,

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Noise Pollution Control, Monuments, Mining, Groundwater Recharge, Forest Fires, Timber Smuggling, Urban Development, Legislation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu, Crops
India

 Billowing Rage

The Sukruli cauldron threatens to boil over if the Orissa government does not act against the smoke spewing sponge iron plant in the area.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
Satyasundar Barik
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Health Effects, Water Act 1974, Respiratory Diseases, Tribals, Women, Children, Tuberculosis, Skin Diseases, Legislation, India, Orissa (Odisha), Bhubaneswar, Toxic Wastes, Crops
Wildlife

 Streching Science

The patent granted on something 'better than' basmati could have been fought better

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Rice, Life Science, Crops
India

 An European experience

India puts up a spirited defence for its European export trade

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Rice, Life Science, Crops
India

 Neighbour's envy, Pakistan's rice

Pakistan is proactive at protecting its basmati markets

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Rice, Life Science, Crops
Climate Change

 With a taste for metals

Made to order plants that eat pollutants

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Industrial Dispersal, Agricultural Research, Crop Biodiversity, Environmental Science, United States Of America (US), Crops
Fisheries

 CLIPPED WINGS

Many species of pre

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pesticides, Cotton, Birds, Migratory Species, Pakistan, Crops
Health

 ECUADOR

Aerial spraying of the herbicide glyphosate by Columbia is posing a serious health hazards for Ecuado

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pesticides, Drugs, Ecuador, Crops

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