Measures to test GM crops for safety leave a lot to be desired In comments bearing direct relevance for India, Prince Charles, heir to British throne, launched a scathing attack on gm crops, calling them the
Open source just one element of computerization Many claim that proprietary software is going out of mainstream. Open source software, which allows anyone to make a new software version (not necessarily an application programme), port it to new operating systems and share it with others, is fast becoming a potent alternative. In India, Kerala has taken to open source software with gusto. But
Two controversial projects in state cleared in a day. People vow to continue with the struggle on august 8, severe rains lashed tribal villages in Niyamgiri hill in Orissa. Far away in Delhi the tribals
Bold Thailand checks the spread of HIV while India still shies from acknowledging the problem among the many differences between Thailand and India, is the way that the two countries tackle hiv/aids. Indians created a ruckus when actor Richard Gere kissed actress Shilpa Shetty during an hiv/aids awareness meeting in 2007. The meeting only advocated safe sex. The kiss, a symbol of
Government can bare its pro-industry fangs many epithets, dripping with political morality a-characteristic of the event, were used to describe what transpired in Parliament on July 22, 2008, when the Congress-led upa managed to win a life-saving vote of trust in the Lok Sabha. But everyone acknowledged this day would change a lot of things for the country. Talk of bribery,
Urgent need to re-examine quality assurance of dams in the northeast On May 10, the Sangai Express, a local daily from Imphal, reported that parts of the Thoubal multipurpose project had developed cracks. Taking note of the apparent lack of quality construction, Thounaojam Shyamkumar, deputy speaker in the state assembly, said that the dam posed a threat and authorities concerned
