Eradicating polio in India is proving to be a tough ask. The disease, which seemed to have been contained a few years ago, is rearing its head again. It has returned with vengeance in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Government s deadli

2006 has left a paralytic trail

To fail

Or are there creative alternatives?

Mango is a widely spaced fruit tree comprising a good number of commercial varieties. Mango fruit crop provides opportunities of utilizing the land spaces to its maximum, particularly during the initial years of establishment. Thus, an attempt was made to study the effect of mango varieties on the yield of wheat sown in its inter spaces. Dec 2006

Village approaches police to stop cultivation of GM rice

Ganga Action Plan

THE total seasonal rainfall during the year's southwest monsoon (June 1 to September 30) for the country as a whole was 99 per cent of its long-period average (LPA), which, being within plus or minus 10 per cent of the LPA, can be termed as a `normal' monsoon.

The skewed pattern of rainfall experienced across the country during this year's monsoon appears to be an anomaly.

The polio outbreak that began in Moradabad district in western Uttar Pradesh is spreading. Cases have been confirmed in central Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and West Bengal, says the monthly

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