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Votes for dogs appeals, but giving animals rights is moral chaos | Simon Jenkins
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19.3.2010 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Better to assert the human qualities of kindness to all creatures and avoid unnecessary pain to any of them
Should animals get the vote? If they are said to have rights, surely they should have representation; and if representation, then the vote. In Switzerland, they have lawyers and fight cases. Their lobbyists cite chapter, verse and precedent for their moral status. We are thinking of widening the franchise to under-18s and prisoners. How long before we embrace animals?
Country Life magazine this week goes a step further. If animals did vote, it asks, which party would they support? Using random sampling (a "fox pop") and presumably assessing closeness to a polling station, the magazine lists voting intention by species, based on ... |
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Good response to technology week
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19.3.2010 |
Hindu: Tamil Nadu |
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Rs. 640-cr. budget for Mysore ZP
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19.3.2010 |
Hindu: Karnataka |
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A ‘fruitful' training for tribal women
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19.3.2010 |
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India’s organic farms get GPS tracking edge
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19.3.2010 |
Hindustan Times: News |
| In a global first, India’s 3.3-lakh organic export farms are now GPS-tracked, a technology leap aimed at giving it an edge over competitors like China and the US. |
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Land grabbing: Court notice to Wipro chief
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19.3.2010 |
Deccan Herald: State |
| Land grabbing: Court notice to Wipro chief |
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Its hot!
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18.3.2010 |
New Indian Express |
| Its hot! |
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Too hot to handle
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18.3.2010 |
New Indian Express |
| Too hot to handle |
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Corp Bank funds for organic farming in the state
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18.3.2010 |
New Indian Express |
| Corp Bank funds for organic farming in the state |
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Highest yield under SRI in Musiri block
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18.3.2010 |
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The swami who turned barren land into a gold mine
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18.3.2010 |
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Cool option
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18.3.2010 |
Hindu:Metro Plus: Chennai |
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An organic farming guru's success story
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17.3.2010 |
Rediff: Business |
| Though he grew up in the green belt of Tamil Nadu, he chose to work in the driest areas of the state. |
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Back to our roots, eating healthy
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17.3.2010 |
Citizen Matters |
| On a bright Sunday during the first week of this month, Namma Santhe - Navachetana Trust's first organic market, with 20 odd stalls selling vegetables and fruits, spice mixes, packaged health products, herbal plants, and eco friendly bags, attracted a mixed crowd. Middle class couples hoping for fresh produce and interesting pickles, a considerable number of the elite who had developed an interest in sustainable living, and the common man curious as to what the whole thing was about. One could hear occasional grumbles about the setting - the grounds of a school in Vidyaranyapura in north Bangalore. When some visitors… |
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Judge allows Bt beet harvest
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17.3.2010 |
Deccan Chronicle: International |
| A federal judge on Tuesday said farmers can harvest their genetically engineered sugar beets this year, ruling the economic impact too great and that environmental groups waited too long to request that the crop be yanked from the ground and otherwise barred from the market.
Nearly all sugar beets planted are genetically engineered and the crop accounts for half the US sugar supply. U.S. Distr
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Technology week at Krishi Vigyan Kendra
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17.3.2010 |
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State to have Organic Mission soon
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17.3.2010 |
Hindu: Kerala |
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Going green makes you mean
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16.3.2010 |
Hindustan Times: News |
| When Al Gore was caught running up huge energy bills at home at the same time as lecturing on the need to save electricity, it turns out that he was only reverting to “green” type. |
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A new farming practice to promote resource conservation in cultivation of rice crops
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16.3.2010 |
Govt of india: PIB |
| A new farming practice to promote resource conservation in cultivation of rice crops |
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TNAU starts technology website
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16.3.2010 |
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