Found this article in Dissent magazine interesting: "Is Obama's War in Afghanistan Just?" by Michael Walzer. The core of Walzer's argument is that the decision to go to war inAfghanistan in 2001 was…

Scientific Name Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell. Family Euphorbiaceae Used Part Root Distribution Area Distributed almost throughout India from Kashmir eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh, up…

Scientific Name Nardostachys grandiflora DC. (=N. jatamansi DC.) Family Valerianaceae Used Part Rhizome Distribution Area Found in the alpine Himalayas from Punjab to Sikkim and Bhutan, at…

Scientific Name Berberis aristata Family Berberidaceae Used Part Gum Distribution Area It is found in Nepal. Common Uses . It is one of the chief sources of the drug (rasaut ) sold in the…

UN climate chief sees progress on clean tech deal Copenhagen: UN climate talks are making progress on sharing green technologies but rich nations need to offer deeper cuts in carbon emissions by 2020…

Hint- It's not the obvious one. Here is the question:What is the number one reason men give for cheating on their partner? a) Primarily sexual dissatisfactionb) Other/ no dissatisfactionc) Equal…

What's new at COP15 in Copenhagen 11-Dec-2009 In the main atrium of the Bella Center is a huge globe, a few meters in diameter with countries painted in black on the white surface. Many people use…

Instead of talk on GLOAL WARMING my secretary by mistake sent the speech on TEXTILE EXPORT . I hope you don’t mind if I talk about that. Copenhangen might be next destination of all talks and no…

December 8 SPIEGEL ONLINE has two articles posted on skulls. The former covers a stone age mystery in a town called Herxheim in Germany. We read a graphic description of…

Back in August, I gave a talk at the Pacific AAAS meeting explaining why research scientists need to blog. After a long delay to put my incomprehensible notes in to readable (but still somewhat…

People who like sausage and people who trust 3-sigma peaks should not ask how these are made. T.D.

World should at least halve CO2 by 2050 - U.N. draft Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Fri, Dec 11 08:02 PM Enlarge Photo An activist from the World…

World should at least halve CO2 by 2050 - U.N. draft Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Fri, Dec 11 08:02 PM Enlarge Photo An activist from the World…

COPENHAGEN – Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them — or at least cut them in half — by…

Biggest climate show on earth to open in Copenhagen Buzz Up Share Copenhagen, Dec 6 (DPA) The Organisers of the Copenhagen summit have urged world leaders to get serious about climate change Sunday…

By Preeti Malhotra, India Syndicate, 07/12/2009Yes, legalise sex trade, but then also legitimise graft Few years back as a practicing advocate, I made a suggestion to a senior bureaucrat in the Delhi…

Copenhagen: A bad deal is worse than no deal The cat is out of the bag. However, the leaked political draft agreement crafted by the Danes holds few surprises. There is nothing in the draft Twitter…

Wen calls up Manmohan to discuss Copenhagen summit Buzz Up Share New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) As India and China face a tough task of tilting the climate change negotiations in favour of…

Tomorrow I will be packing up and leaving CERN to fly back home, after a quite eventful, productive, extenuating, exhilarating week. The reason for my coming to Geneva was the CMS week, an event that…

Via Chris Mooney, I learn that Rush Limbaugh, whose ability to smell out a conspiracy is on par with the ability of the male silk moth to sniff out the presence of a female from miles away, has…