Instead of killing the bollworm, pesticides only push cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh deep into debt. For some cultivators, suicide was the only way out
The bollworm has come to stay and eradicating it will be difficult, if not impossible. Scientists are trying to contain the pest by bombarding it with everything they've got
UNTIL the 18th century, India was supreme in the production of cotton goods. However, after the Industrial Revolution, the British initiated a policy to replace the indigenous or desi, short stapled cotton with the American, long stapled American species
As the authorities dither and bicker over how to combat pollution in the Capital, industrial units proliferate and entrench themselves virtually unchecked
People affected by an irrigation project in Rajasthan are not only speaking out collectively against the insensitivity, they are teaming up with others in same soup
Picture this: A doctor draws out cells from a foetus to diagnose if it will develop into a normal child. A simple and quick test of the sample indicates that the child could be struck with a debilitating disease for which there is no cure in its adu
