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| Innovation Reduces Pesticide Use |
Barrix Agro Services, winner of the Sankalp Forum Award 2013, aims to reduce pesticide use among farmers through traps for insects that attack fruits and vegetables.
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Source: Barrix,
Posted: May 14, 2013)
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| Monsanto Wins Against Indiana Farmer |
US Supreme Court says that planting and harvesting patented seeds amounts to making additional copies of the patented invention.
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Source: DownToEarth.org.in,
Posted: May 14, 2013)
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| Festival with Strings Attached |
Dhaatu Puppet Theatre, a leading puppet theatre company that is working towards promoting and preserving puppetry of Karnataka, India has organised the Dhaatu Puppet Festival 2013.
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Source: The Hindu,
Posted: May 14, 2013)
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| CO2 Levels of Earth to Hit 400 ppm |
This much carbon dioxide has not filled our atmosphere since the Pliocene Epoch 3 million years ago, long before the rise of modern humans.
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Source: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/blogs/earths-carbon-dioxide-levels-to-hit-400-ppm,
Posted: May 13, 2013)
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| Diversion of Forest Land Denounced |
The grant of close to 10000 acres of forest land in Chitradurga in Karnataka for non-forestry purposes threatens the ecology leading irate villagers to decide to boycott the impending State Assembly elections.
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Source: IndiaTogether,
Posted: May 7, 2013)
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| The Larger Implication of Novartis Judgement |
The Supreme Court judgment on the Novartis Glivec case has gone beyond technical and legal issues and linked the question of patenting with net benefits to society.
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Source: InfoChange,
Posted: May 7, 2013)
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| Five Decades of Innovations |
Mr. Nand Lal Gupta whose innovations include adhesives made from cactus, boards made from pine needles and building blocks made of soil.
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Source: BetterIndia,
Posted: May 7, 2013)
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| A Political Film Made in Pakistan |
Chambaili is the first political movie made in Pakistan over the past 65 years.
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Source: Dawn,
Posted: May 7, 2013)
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| 2000 Indian Fewer Indian Farmers Every Day |
The mistaken notion that the 53 per cent of Indian population dependent on agriculture are all farmers leads many to dismiss the massive farmers suicides as trivial.
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Source: The Hindu,
Posted: May 1, 2013)
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| Ancient Roots of Labour Day |
In ancient and medieval Europe, May signalled the onset of spring. It meant the onset of the warmer part of the year. For most people it was time to end winter hibernation and rebirth of soil.
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Source: DownToEarth,
Posted: Apr 30, 2013)
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| Chronicling the Tears of Kashmiri Women |
The atrocities inflicted upon women in the Valley are poignantly depicted in Ocean of Tears, a dcoumentary.
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Source: IndiaTogether,
Posted: Apr 30, 2013)
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| Millet Activist Takes Ragi to France |
Asmall packet of ragi seeds travelled from Bangalore to Treziers, a French village in June 2011. Farmer Jean Jacques Matthiew sowed them in his field. Three months later, he harvested first ever yield of ragi in France.
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Source: The Hindu,
Posted: Apr 30, 2013)
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| A Network for Nature |
They publish books on the environment, talk to youngsters about alternative energy and promote traditional food practices. Chennai based Poovulagin Nanbargal have been spreading green vibes in the city.
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Source: The Hindu,
Posted: Apr 24, 2013)
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| Relevance of Public Distribution System |
When India is debating e Food Security Bill, and Direct Cash Transfers, a new report reveals a sharp increase in reliance on PDS in rural and urban India.
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Source: InfoChangeIndia,
Posted: Apr 24, 2013)
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| Power from Pine Needles |
Avani Bio Energy has developed a process to use pine needles in gasification systems to form producer gas which is cleaned and used in combustion systems to generate power.
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Source: StartupCentral,
Posted: Apr 24, 2013)
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| Burma Frees Political Prisoners |
At least 56 political prisoners have been freed in Burma, campaigners say, following the EU decision on Monday to lift the last of its sanctions.
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Source: BBC,
Posted: Apr 24, 2013)
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| Sahariya Adivasis Struggle Against Slavery |
The Sahariya tribe of Baran district in Rajasthan were forced to work as bonded agricultural labourers for many years.
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Source: BetterIndia,
Posted: Apr 17, 2013)
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| Curse of the Horn |
Soaring prices of rhino horns have led to a new spurt of poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, Assam.
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Source: DownToEarth,
Posted: Apr 17, 2013)
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| Agrochemicals Blamed fo Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka |
A team of Sri Lankan and WHO scientists has linked the high prevalence of chronic kidney disease to indiscriminate use of agrochemicals.
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Source: OneWorld,
Posted: Apr 16, 2013)
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| Doing Timbatku |
The documentary called Timbaktu made by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, won the national award in the environment film category recently.
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Source: The Hindu,
Posted: Apr 16, 2013)
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