By reducing the GST rate for bidis from 28% to 18% while increasing the GST rate for other tobacco products to 40%, the new GST rates, labelled as “landmark tax framework” and “next-generation GST reforms”, are a public health disaster
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While the criticism about high tree density per sq. metre in Miyawaki forests is partly valid, the vertical growth due to high density is not inherently unnatural or detrimental, but rather mirrors early-stage dynamics of natural forest regeneration, and may even enhance carbon sequestration and canopy formation in the short term
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Biodiversity of peninsular India — home to unique plants and animals, and a dramatic geological history — has responded differentially to geoclimatic history, with a few groups remaining unperturbed by these events while others exhibiting varying rates of speciation.
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A study found that each species in northeast India responded differently to climate change — some expanded, others shrank, and some speciated. As climate change continues, knowing how species responded before can help conservationists design better strategies. This is important in northeast India, where biodiversity is high but research is limited
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Read MorePublished in The Hindu on May 19, 2006 Over the past few decades, human activity in the name of development
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