Nitrogen overload and its ill-effects
22 July 2015 10:25 PM GMTFor the past 40 years, Ramesh Kumar, a farmer in Murthal village in Haryana’s Sonipat district, has been applying 200 kg of urea in a year on every...
An unhealthy meat culture
10 July 2015 11:02 PM GMTIn August 2013, Mark Post of Maastricht University served two lab-made beef patties at a much-publicised event in London. Post created the pieces of...
World Health Statistics 2015 some achievements, many concerns
31 May 2015 11:41 PM GMTThe UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) draw to a close this year. Leaders of 192 nations signed the UN Millennium Declaration of 2000 as part of...
