Technicians at the world's largest nuclear plant shut down a reactor after a pump controlling power generation stopped working. There was no danger of a radiation leak from the trouble, a spokeman
NASA has begun construction of a full-scale air traffic control tower simulator that will provide under realistic airport conditions and configurations - a facility that will test ways to combat
Senior cabinet minister Narottam Patel has squarely blamed the Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board (GWSSb)-- the main official body respobsible for making potable water available in the state,
After two years of planning, preparations, appraisals and clearances, two major World Bank-funded projects for modernisation and expansion of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine and the
Over 27,000 drivers from the nearly 30,000 surveyed on the Ahmedabad -Mumbai national highway No. 8 suffer from HIV(human immuno defeciency virus) or AIDS (acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome). The
In a significant order, the division bench comprising Chief Justice K Sreedharan and Justice A R Dave of Gujarat High Court on Monday, while disposing of the Odhav Industries Association, observed
Demonstrations will be held outside Canadian embassies across Europe in protest at the destruction of Canada's last remaining areas of temperate rainforest and as four activists spent their third
In a decision that could undercut the use of trade sanctions to promote global environmental goals, the World Trade Organisation ruled that the United States was wrong to prohibit shrimp imports from
Women who might become pregnant need 400 micrograms of folic acid per day to reduce their risk of having a child with neural tube defects, according to the latest report on Dietary Reference Intakes
The WHO has expressed concern that the maternal mortality rate in the South East Asia region, which includes India, continues to be "appallingly" high, overshadowing the various gains that have been
