Monthly Archives: September 2010
Ayodhya verdict: Anxious moments for all parties
For politicians in UP, this could easily be the most hectic time in last 18 years. As judgment day inches closer, there is much to do — secret rendezvous with ulema, dharmacharyas and assorted pressure groups to daily marathon meetings … Continue reading
GoM crunches numbers for Bhopal payout
How much to demand from Union Carbide or its successors for Bhopal gas disaster is the moot question. The Centre was offered to pick from three high amounts for additional compensation — Rs 5,263 crore, Rs 3,298 crore and Rs 2,936 crore. These … Continue reading
Jalkund as Farmers’ New Hope
Necessity is the mother of invention: And it is the need for water that eventually led to the invention of ‘jalkund’, a small tank constructed on hill slopes for irrigation. The tank was developed by the ICAR, Meghalaya, for use in … Continue reading
Elusive Pluralism in India
BY KULDIP NAYAR IT was a laudable judgment of the Supreme Court which upheld the right of Indian Muslims to inherit the property that their fathers and forefathers had left behind before migrating to Pakistan.
GDP also Green Domestic Product
We must accept the reality that there is a trade-off between growth and environment. Hard choices need to be made about large projects that are considered central to economic growth, but are detrimental to the environment, said Jairam Ramesh, Union … Continue reading
Attract young minds to agriculture: Swaminathan
Renowned agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan today said attracting young minds to farming is the key to revive the sagging sector.
Farmers not keen on availing bank loans
BY JOAO SOUSA M | NT NETWORK One out of every 10 farmers in the state is the holder of the Kisan Credit Card which allows him to avail of loans up to ` 3 lakh at a nominal rate … Continue reading
Biodiversity as important to India as climate change: Jairam Ramesh
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has underlined that Convention on Biodiversity was equally important to India as combating climate change, which tends to hog the limelight.
No gender-based difference in response to HIV treatment
A new study has found that men and women react to anti-HIV drugs in a similar way.The study demonstrated it is possible to recruit large numbers of women into a clinical trial evaluating treatments for HIV infection and found no … Continue reading
New approach to fight HIV could spur vaccine development
By preventing shape-shifting in a key segment of protein from HIV, the immune system can be primed to develop antibodies against the virus, which in turn could pave way for an AIDS vaccine.