For months, El Nino has brought crippling drought to much of Southeast Asia. First hit was Papua New Guinea. In Indonesia, the drought has compounded the economic crisis and made the haze generating
Brain tumors are one of the most frighening forms of cancer as they damage the soft sponge, packed inside the skull, that controls our lives. But there is glimmer of hope from a radical new treatment
For the second consecutive year, the endangered Olive Ridley turtles have chosen not to come for their mass nesting (aribada) to Gahirmatha beach, the world's largest rookery, raising the fear that
Rural areas can hope to have less waterborne diseases and better public health, courtesy a novel water quality surveillance programme being developed by tthe All-India Institute of Hygiene and Public
The Tripura Upajati Juba samity (TUJS), a tribal-based political party, has strongly opposed the creation of a wildlife sanctuary for an endangered species of monkey in South Tripura apprehending the
Intel Corporation, unveiled its new low cost Celeron chip worldwide. The chip, a scaled down version of the Pentium II processor, is targeted for use in the basic PC market
The peanut stripe virus (PStV), a pest posing threat to groundnut crop in the country, has been successfully eradicated, the National research Centre on Groundnut(NRCG), Junagadh in Gujarat, has
A pioneering system of seed treatment aimed at cutting the need for spraying crops with pesticides and fungicides is being offered to UK vegetable farmers as a green alternative, seed suppliers,
Forest Minister Roop Singh has said more powers will be given to forest officials to deal with timber and resin smuggling in Himachal Pradesh. He also made it clear that under no circumstances would
