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TESTING TOADS: Zoology Professor Pranab Kumar Mallick, who believes toads are an integral part of the food pyramid, has launched a campaign to save them from being dissected on the laboratory table.

ENLIGHTENED INITIATIVE: The Government has constituted a committee to validate the Japanese proposal to restore the ancient Buddhist University at Nalanda, Bihar.

DIET FOR DIABETICS: Research has revealed that Type 2 diabetics could regulate blood sugar levels by adding cinnamon to their diet.

INVESTING IN FUTURE: NCERT’s National Talent Search scholarships have been increased from 750 to 1,000 this year, including 150 for Scheduled Caste students and 75 for Scheduled Tribes.

SPOILSPORT NIKE: Top Olympic sponsor Nike is accused of human rights abuses in its Asian factories in a report by Community Aid Abroad — Oxfam Australia. The report alleges that Asian women factory workers are made to undergo humiliating physical examinations to even claim menstrual leave.

WATER WOES: Part of the 705-acre sweet water aquifer Arda in Puri is believed to be leased out for construction purposes which may soon force the town and its deity to do without sweet water.

BUSINESS OF DESTRUCTION: Pakistan has doubled its annual weapon sales to the Middle East and Europe in the past two years.

PILL POVERTY: A survey revealed that only one per cent of married Indian women consume oral contraceptive pills in comparison to the 50 per cent in Europe.

-- RADHIKA K. WANKANER

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