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Aug 1-15, 2014

Cover Story

Hatching Superbugs
At a time when chicken consumption is at an all time high in India, a study by Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment shows poultry meat could be churning out robust microbes that can render all antibiotics ineffective
Lab study Ramakant Sahu & Poornima Saxena, Research Amit Khurana & Mouna Nagaraju reporting Ankur Paliwal & Jyotsna Singh

Editor's page

How smart is a smart city?
Smart is as smart does. The NDA government’s proposal to build 100 “smart” cities will work only if it can reinvent the very idea of urban growth in a country like India. Smart thinking will require the government to not only copy the model cities of the already developed Western world, but also find a new measure of liveability that will work for Indian situation, where the cost of growth is unaffordable for most.

Interview

`Many doctors are simply businessmen'
Samiran Nundy, chairperson of the department of surgical gastroenterology and organ transplantation at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and editor-in-chief of the jou...

`Irresponsible reportage can harm business'
Vishal Nath, director, National Research Centre for Litchi (NRCL), says there is no scientific evidence to prove that acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in child...
`Eating chicken is like taking a course of antibiotics'
Devi Shetty, cardiac surgeon and founder of Narayana Health, has seen increasing cases of antibiotic resistance at his hospital. Even those who had never taken antibiotics are r...

Patently Absurd

Jugaad of Indian innovation
Patting ourselves for our ability to arrive at makeshift solutions will not take us far

Science & Technology

Science & Technology - Briefs
Fruit scare
Encephalitis is not only threatening lives in Bihar, but also the livelihood of litchi farmers as unconfirmed reports link the disease to the fruit
Solar push for Railways
Indian Railways can reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 239 tonnes per year per train by fixing solar panels atop coaches

Special Report

Budget can't bring change
The finance minister pleased the growth brigade with three letters "PPP" but failed to bring change where it was most needed. Down To Earth lists five such key development areas
An order of chaos
National Green Tribunal's decision to declare an area of 10 km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary as ecologically sensitive has put the future of 74,000 home buyers in NCR at stake
Beetles high on coffee
Erratic weather is fuelling the growth of a pest which destroys Arabica coffee. In the absence of effective pest management, India's coffee production is at stake
Signal, interrupted
By allowing high-rises around an advanced weather radar in Mumbai, IMD sets a bad example for the rest of the country

Feature

How to cure corruption in healthcare
Rx: Only an effective governing body, which includes medical and non-medical members, can stop the culture of kickbacks
Rice from dry river
Farmers in an arid Andhra Pradesh district revive traditional irrigation system to tide over drought
Bead's eye view
Glass beads reveal ancient Indian Ocean trade networks
Brief history of a line
The official definition of poverty keeps changing. A look at how the concept evolved
Illustrations: Sorit
Security threat to hornbill
Armed with a feather and a memory, Vivek Ramachandran pitches for saving the last 300 Narcondam hornbills from radar station

Food

Ferment food for the gut
Almost all communities in India have festivals that revolve around stale food high on probiotics

Letters

Letters - August 1-15, 2014
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