For thousands of years, the Neem tree has been used for its medicinal purposes in India. Some years ago, an American company said that it had sole right over the tree...  
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This inauguration did not make the media go crazy with their cameras but when 20 brand new rickshaws rolled on the roads it was an important event. Finally, someone decided to lower the stress of the rickshaw driver with a better design.  
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Pong Dam lake is not the same anymore. The number of migratory birds that flocked there each winter is dwindling, but this is not a surprise - the lake has shrunk and the climate is hotter.  
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A devastating quake rocked Gujarat, claiming thousands of lives and reducing tall buildings to dust and rubble, a few days ago. Bodies are still being dug out of the rubble by rescuers.  
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There are fewer vultures to feed on the dead in the Parsi community, in Surat, Gujarat. The bodies are rotting, creating fear of infections. The reason is that the vultures themselves are dying, in many parts of India.  
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A lake and a river suffer from chemical toxins as statues of gods are immersed in them. Migratory birds lose their winter homes. More cars, more noise, more chemicals - Indians, too, will soon go the way of migratory birds. An environmental report on pollution levels in India points out that cities like Delhi, Ankaleshwar, Surat, Delhi, Alwar and Pondicherry have dangerously exceeded pollution limits.  
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Twelve-year-old Kalu, a former child worker, was a special invitee to the White House recently. The occasion was the launch of a book on child labour. A look at Kalu's story and on the situation of child labour in India.  
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French King Louis the XIII sat on this 'throne' while presiding over his court. Indian women though, are lucky to access even the most ordinary ones in public. Some facts on the toilet.  
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For people across the country the rains come as a relief. But with the rains come heavy floods in parts of Assam, Bihar, Bengal and north-east India. What is the reason for these monsoon floods?  
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The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister is in the news again. He wants to change the face of a national park. The only problem is that the park may not survive this change.  
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The Indian Army men have finally got their due. Whether a soldier dies in Kargil, Assam or Sri Lanka, his family will now get the same amount of compensation from the Government of India.  
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The amount of resources we use are like footprints. They show whose lifestyles are a burden on the earth and whose aren't. April 22 was Earth Day so these are the right questions to ask.  
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A well known anthropologist asks if all recycling is good? Especially of plastic.  
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